Category: Food & Wine

  • How to Eat Fish in Venice

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    Eat fish in Venice…but don’t touch that lemon!

  • Five Favorites: Recipes from Rome

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    Five recipes from Rome that are easy to enjoy anywhere. Eleonora Baldwin shares her favorite Roman recipes.

    Fiori di zucca - Fried zucchini blossoms
  • How To Make Bolognese Sauce [Video]

    Here’s a great way to bring Italy home – learn how to make Bolognese sauce! There are dozens of instructional videos out there on how to make hearty Bolognese sauce. This one from GialloZafferano, a well-known Italian cuisine website and YouTube channel, is one of the most authentic ones that I have found. And this…

  • Rumblings in the Wine World: The Brunello di Montalcino Wine Scandal

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    It has been a little under two weeks since Italy announced the findings in the Brunello di Montalcino scandal. In case you haven’t been following this case, Italian authorities — prompted by the United States — started an investigation to find out whether some renowned manufacturers of Brunello di Montalcino were making their wines with…

    assorted wine bottle lot displaying on rack