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Make This Easy Limoncello for a Taste of Italy Wherever You Are
Trip to Naples, Capri, and Ischia September 1-12 (Fingers Crossed)
So a friend of mine and I are planning on arriving in Naples on September 1. We will spend the 1st full day there (September 2) on a boat cruising the Amalfi Coast, and will be in Naples a total o...
Northern Italy trip report: Liguria - Emilia - Venice - Milan
I have just accomplish a blitz food intensive tour of Northern Italy in the company of my adult son. While the impressions are still fresh I am putting the feelings about the places together. I...
Buying wine between Lucca and Rome
Hi all, on an Italian trip and driving down gradually from Lucca to Chianti and on to Rome before flying back to London. Will have a few days in each place. Any suggestions for good places to buy w...
Why don't Italians eat grape leaves (or do they in some part of it)?
Does anyone know?
Summer 2-week foodie road trip in Italy incl. Sicily - need ideas!
If things in Italy open up this summer, my hubby and I want to do a foodie roadtrip there in July. I know some parts of northern Italy decently well (did an incredible foodie trip to Modena and Bol...
Florence - Firenze - Best Cappuccino
I was just in Florence for 30 Days - the best coffee is in the Piazza Santo Spirito @ Ristorante Ricchi
Venice and Genova suggestions for a Week in September? [Split from Who has Plan? post]
I'm headed to Venice in Sept. for a few days (to see family from Germany), then I have an unplanned week. I will celebrate my 70th birthday with friends in Genova before heading back to Baltimore,...
Trattoria La Buca, Zibello
Miriam Leonardi has died. She was 78. My wife and I knew her well for 39 years. She was sui generis. Miriam made La Buca a wonderful place to enjoy a true Emiliana country meal "down by the Po....
February 2021 COTM: Lidia's Italy
Welcome to Lidia Bastianich Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most. If you a...
Who has plans?
I just got frequent flyer seats for spring 2022. Into Rome and out of Venice with (maybe) a week in Abruzzo in between. I am dreaming of meals at Armando for starters. Anyone else going this yea...
Mario Avallone in Naples - still in business!
We loved the generous spirit, delicious food and sharing of Campanian food specialties at Avallone's Il Stanza del Gusto on past visits to Naples. So glad that he is still doing his thing there! ...
Dead Calm in Emilia-Romagna on Tuesdays
I started to plan my trip to Italy with my adult son (for whom it will be the first time in Italy). I decided to some of my favorite spots in Emilia while driving to Bologna from Genova. My plannin...
Reputed Mafia Fugitive Busted After Police Find His Italian Cooking Channel on YouTube
But how are his recipes?!?
Stanley Tucci 'Searching for Italy' is delicious...
Watched an episode of actor/culinary enthusiast Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy on CNN and it was mouthwatering all the way thru. His visit to Rome included preparation of 'vera' Carbonara, and A...
February 2021 COTM: Lidia online recipes & other print sources
Welcome to Lidia Bastianich Month! Please use this thread to post reports on recipes from Lidia's online recipes or recipes from books other than Lidia's Italy, Lidia's Favorite Recipes, Lidia's M...
Advice on Navarini Rame silver lined copper skillet
I bought 9 pieces of Navarini Rame copper pans, from a huge rondeau and 34 cm skillet to a 16 cm skillet and 12 cm pot for eggs. (Original post: https://www.chowhound.com/post/unboxing-9-piece-set-...
12 Online Cooking Classes for Travelers Dreaming of Italy
"For those of us missing Italy, sipping Chianti or gesticulating with Duolingo might soothe withdrawals, but a cooking class led by an Italian professional could work even better. Here are a dozen ...
The Daily Decameron: Tales to Connect Us in Troubled Times
While not food stories per se, eating and food references are woven into most of these episodes drawn from Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron set in the 1300s when bubonic plague decimated Europe. ...
Italy to lift travel restrictions: who is willing to travel this summer?
Italy is opening its borders for non-Italian tourists in two weeks time. Who is willing to travel to Italy, and if so, how are you planning to do this? For me, living in Northern Europe, Italy i...
Tuscany's Wine Windows "Buchette del Vino"
" . . . First introduced in the 1600s, their true purpose went untapped for centuries after the plague — that is, until a new one came along this year. 'Everyone is confined to home for two mont...