Driving through the hills of Friuli last week, I was struck by the fact that everywhere I looked, there were vines or fruit trees with houses scattered amongst them. Unlike the coastal part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia where there is quite of bit of industrialisation, the inner parts of the region seem to have maintained their […]Read Post ›
Whenever I visit family in Monfalcone, we go to Ristorante Al Cavaliere, part of the Ai Sette Nani hotel. It is one of the best restaurants you can find on the upper shores of the Adriatic Sea, on the coastal road to Trieste. Not only is the food local, fresh and of outstanding quality, it is run […]Read Post ›
I am very excited to bring this post to you today. In it, renowned pastry chef Maurizio Di Mario teaches a class of aspiring pastry chefs how to make savoiardi (also known as “ladies fingers”) at Chef Academy. Firstly a bit about Maurizio – he runs the renowned Pasticcieria Adriano in Orvieto, the cellars of […]Read Post ›
My dear friend Ksenia and I met when we were 15 and I was living in Italy. We spent a summer in Pola in Croatia together. Her grandfather knew my father many years ago before he moved to Australia. I have only seen her a few times since then but it is like we have […]Read Post ›
italy on my mind 