ciceri e tria: the salento in a bowl
Ask anyone here in Italy what people eat up [...]
12
02, 2013
4
02, 2013
fae e cicureddhe (fave e cicoria: broad beans and chicory)
'OK, Angela, tell me how you make this dish', I [...]
30
01, 2013
….overheard at this year’s olive harvest in the deep Salento…..
(Translated from dialect- and occasionally Italian- late November 2012) [...]
25
01, 2013
la parmigiana (the false friend)
For the the last ten years I've avoided writing [...]
21
12, 2012
quince paste, salento style
At the school I often give talks about the history [...]
26
11, 2012
advanced course for returning students: why, exactly, do folks return?
'And there is no swan song in sight', said [...]
22
11, 2012
stop to pickle the flowers: hyacinth bulbs in the Salento
Come San Martino each year, we take to the castle, [...]
21
11, 2012
san martino in italy: puglia’s ‘thanksgiving’
It's not incidental that our favourite holiday here in Puglia- [...]
18
11, 2012
cirò: francesco maria de franco (wine from calabria)
'Is 'irony' the right word', asks Francesco. 'Would that describe [...]
1
10, 2012
how to drink less wine (la moderazione per chi lavora nel settore)
I love wine. No, I mean I really, really love [...]
