Silvestro’s So. Italy
video from Italy: fresh sausages from scratch
Here in Southern Italy we're busy making a lot of[...]
video: il castello
Here is a video made for Italian television about our[...]
this year’s bicycle trip through southern italian wine country (departing april 5th)
They are often the high points of the year each[...]
Simmered figs, Salento-style
It's an odd fact but the longer I remain a[...]
la rapa ‘nfucata: suffocated turnip tops (SIC) or wilted rapini
It is perhaps the oddest part of my job as[...]
ciceri e tria: the salento in a bowl
Ask anyone here in Italy what people eat up[...]
fae e cicureddhe (fave e cicoria: broad beans and chicory)
'OK, Angela, tell me how you make this dish', I[...]
….overheard at this year’s olive harvest in the deep Salento…..
(Translated from dialect- and occasionally Italian- late November 2012)[...]
