Off the beaten track

“Don’t be afraid to hurt it,” Nonna Violante tells me jokingly as I stare, perplexed, at the ball of dough in front of me. I’m halfway through my cooking class…

Photo by: 055Firenze.it Love it or loathe it there’s no escaping from graffiti and though many people think it’s the scourge of modern society the truth is…

Photo credit: http://www.inexhibit.com/ The 2015 summer season is almost over, and Venice is still packed, as it is every other year, with the usual polluting…

One of those defining facts of life that I learned early on in Italy, was that everyone loves gelato. Rain or shine, tough bikers and housewives alike, winter…

[Image above: 'Canestra di frutta' by Caravaggio, 1599, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.] With the World Expo well under way, Milan appears to be the “it” destination of…

Capri is less than an hour away from Naples but that short trip across the bay is like being transported to another world. The island of Capri is strikingly…

Bolsena is a 'miraculous' lake in the Tuscia area, between Rome and Tuscany, which is dotted with enchanting towns that dominate the 'path of the Etruscans'. …

Strada delle 52 gallerie and Rifugio Papa - Ph: wp.caipievedisoligo.it For you’re interested in the Great War and/or engineering achievements then a visit to…

“I just know when it is ready”, says Lucia D’Angelo lightly touching with the back of her hand the curdling ewe’s milk that is heating up slowly in a large…