Silvestro’s So. Italy

Olive oil and Children, Olive you
In the last few weeks I've been[...]
New Courses!
Every year we add a new course: here are the[...]
Angelo our fishmonger al castello
Angelo's shop is still decorated the way you might decorate a sleeper car on a train or your bed in a military barracks: a crucifix, an old picture of a long-gone relative, a cheap trinket with a private story.
Mario our butcher al castello
‘I have it in the blood’, he says, his face registering both senses. ‘My father started teaching me when I was 15. He learned from his father, my paternal grandfather. There was a time when I thought about going into police work….. -
peaches in primitivo
Come summer here in Puglia, each of us of develops[...]
recent press
For the last 11 years we've had our fair[...]
Australia loves the Salento and Puglia!
Recently there has a been a lot of literary[...]


