This Venetian poached eggs, asparagus, pancetta and parmesan recipe is one of our favourite spring time recipes, and a classic that works for breakfast or brunch. Light and healthy, it doesn’t leave you feeling full, and with a glass of bubbly it leaves you feeling fabulous. Here in Venice if you get up early in … Read more
We usually take our prices for Price Check from the local supermarket, or supermercato, regardless of what things cost at the local market or mercato, because supermarkets generally provide a better yardstick for comparing prices between different cities and countries, and sometimes supermarkets may be your only choice for getting started, especially if you arrive … Read more
Puglian pizza making is a two stage process over two days, we learn when I get lessons in making homemade pizzas in the wood-fired oven attached to our trullo just outside Alberobello in Italy’s southern region of Puglia. Maria, the caretaker of our traditional trullo, has quickly become my cooking instructor and our friend. When she came … Read more
Our orecchiette con sugo al pomodoro recipe comes courtesy of Maria who taught us to make it in the rustic kitchen of the traditional trullo we settled into in Alberobello in Puglia in southern Italy. Maria gave us lessons in pasta making, teaching us how to make handmade orecchiette and this rich sugo al pomodoro … Read more
You know you’re in Italy when simple food combinations taste sublime and waiters welcome you like old friends. Sadly, those two experiences are often missed by many travellers who opt for fixed priced ‘tourist menus’ and restaurants on a town’s main square instead of a pizzeria and trattoria down a back alley. In Teulada, there … Read more