Browsing by Category: Naples & Campania

Liquid nitrogen aperitif at The Fat Duck.

2011 has come and gone and my 2012 calendar is beginning to fill up with what promise to be exciting culinary adventures. There is something very satisfying about planning meals half a year in advance but before I begin drifting in and out of food comas, it is high time to reflect on the meals, dishes and experiences that enriched (more…)

Procida’s arrival port

My aversion to fancy things is almost as intense as my attraction to that which is unpolished. It is both of these factors that draw me to Procida, an island off the coast of Naples, again and again. On my first trip here with with Mamma Parla back in 2005, it felt like a little slice of Naples (more…)

Photo from BrooklynFare.com

While my January 5 dinner at the Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare was in progress, I thought to myself “this is the best meal of the year”. Chef Cesar Ramirez’s just received two Michelin stars and dinner that night will be the meal to beat in 2011. (more on Scatti di Gusto…)

My friends over at Pastificio dei Campi have recently launched a new type of pasta called the campotto (plural, campotti). The name comes from “Campi” combined with otto, the word for 8 in Italian. In fact, when they are dry, they look like little 8s. When I saw them for the first time (more…)

Lot’s of visitors to Italy skip over Naples, heading straight for the Amalfi Coast, squandering precious culinary opportunities in the process. Naples has one of the best food cultures in the country and its specialties scratch nearly every (more…)