Five Sicilian Pastas

Five Sicilian Pastas Pasta consumption and production is spread out throughout all of Italy, but there’s something magical about pasta in Sicily, from the shapes and their names to the sauces and all ingredients used to make the sauce: starting from the pachino...

Weekend Escape: Bologna

Weekend Escape: Bologna Fall is the perfect season to visit Bologna as the cooler weather makes it more socially acceptable (and pleasant) to eat countless bowls of steaming hot tortellini with broth. The temperature is also warm enough that you can enjoy walking...

Weekend Escape: Val d’Orcia

Weekend Escape: Val d’Orcia I’ve been lucky enough to call the beautiful area of Val d’Orcia, UNESCO world heritage site, my home since January 2020. With the exception of three months of pause from exploring and discovering the area thanks to a...

Florence Food Guide

Florence Food Guide Florence is a wonderful food city which offers a vast variety of dining options, from super traditional osterie to hip and modern restaurant concepts. Here is a list of my favorite ones. Restaurants Perseus, Viale Don Giovanni Minzoni, 10/R A...

New York City Food Guide

New York City Food Guide Behold my treasure, my personal list of all my favorite restaurants in New York City, the ones I had the pleasure of discovering during my 3 month stay at the end of 2019. Treat Yo Self The Four Horsemen, Greenpoint  Sitting at a table sipping...

Rome Food Guide

Rome Food Guide Rome is full of wonders and a great destination for a long weekend. Here is my curated selection of where to eat very, very well – without falling into any tourist traps. Settimio all’Arancio, Via dell’Arancio 50 A traditional Roman restaurant...