Sun May 16th, 2010
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…)
Categories: Culture, Fish, Food & Wine, Gastronomic Traditions, Naples & Campania, Restaurants, Sweets & Dessert. This post has 2 comments.
Wed March 17th, 2010
In honor of the upcoming Easter holiday and one of my favorite cities, I present an alliteratively titled blog post about pastiera napoletana. This classic Napolitan Easter pie is made with ricotta, cooked grain, orange-flower water, vanilla, (more…)
Categories: Carbs, Culture, Gastronomic Traditions, Naples & Campania, Rome & Lazio, Sweets & Dessert. This post has 5 comments.
Wed March 17th, 2010
I love the texture ofpasta di gragnano. The surface of these lasagne is rough like sandpaper due to its having been extruded through rough bronze forms.
Categories: Carbs, Daily Food Photo, Gastronomic Traditions, Naples & Campania. This post has one comment.
Mon March 15th, 2010
Today, the premier issue of Southern Flourish Magazine, a digital publication all about life and culture in the American South, went live. When the editor asked me to contribute a piece about the Italian south, I naturally wrote about eating (more…)
Categories: Basilicata, Culture, Food & Wine, Gastronomic Traditions, Naples & Campania, Puglia, Sicily. This post has 3 comments.
Mon March 1st, 2010
What is better than pizza? Fried pizza. In Naples, you can grab one of these portable personal pies from the frigitorie (fried food stalls) around town. Via Pignasecca and Via dei Tribunali are two famous destinations for such treats. I Decumani (more…)
Categories: Carbs, Culture, Daily Food Photo, Fried Foods, Gastronomic Traditions, Naples & Campania. This post has 2 comments.
Sat February 27th, 2010
Polpette, fist-sized meatballs, make a delicious Saturday lunch. At Donna Teresa in Naples, they are fried in a pan of oil and served with contorni (vegetable side dishes), but at my house, they were cooked in tomato sauce and served over (more…)
Categories: America, Culture, Daily Food Photo, Food & Wine, Fried Foods, Gastronomic Traditions, Meat, Naples & Campania. This post has 3 comments.
Thu February 25th, 2010
My love of ricotta in all its sweet forms is no secret. I couldn’t turn down a cassata, crostata, or cannolo to save my life. My obsession with lo sfinge is no less intense. And while many are busy avoiding such things for Lent, I’m eating (more…)
Categories: Carbs, Daily Food Photo, Fried Foods, Gastronomic Traditions, Naples & Campania, Rome & Lazio, Sicily, Sweets & Dessert. This post has no comments.
Mon January 4th, 2010
Taking a page from the London Eater‘s guide to dining in London, I took the short trip to Brixton from my London abode on Saturday afternoon. My culinary destination of the day was Franco Manca, a hole-in-the-wall pizza joint serving (more…)
Categories: Carbs, Food & Wine, London, Naples & Campania, Pizza, Restaurants. This post has 8 comments.
Thu December 31st, 2009
This past year has been full of great meals and food that is very bad for me. Here are some of the things I enjoyed eating in 2009: (more…)
Categories: America, Culture, Food & Wine, Istanbul, Meat, Naples & Campania, New York City, Offal, Pizza, Pork, Restaurants, Rome & Lazio, Sicily, Sweets & Dessert, Turkish Cuisine, Wine. This post has 7 comments.
Wed November 18th, 2009
I just received my contributor’s copies of Fodor’s Italy 2010 and The Amalfi Coast, Capri & Naples. You can order your copy of the Italy guide here and pre-order your copy of the other here.
Categories: Culture, Naples & Campania. This post has 4 comments.
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