I’ve infiltrated one of my favorites places in Puglia to share another behind the scenes look next week. Anyone have a guess where I went? Or what’s in the photo?

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Barbecuing in Italy I have found to be less concentrated on the food and marinades, and more about staying outside and being together while eating fresh, simple food. Some ingredients for a perfect barbecue in Italy: Plenty of pane e pomodoro, bread and tomatoes, the most addictive form of crack that I know of. Start [...]

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Way back in December, while driving around Gargano, Puglia, and after we made a stop in Ischitella to pick up those delicious Marzipan fruit, we stopped in on some of S’ relatives, naturally unannounced. And what a sight I beheld! His cousin was busy at work, making an army of orecchiette all by herself. Orecchiette, [...]

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Since we’re going to India over the Christmas break, we decided to go visit S’ family since we have spent the past 3 years with them. This time we made a special trip deep into the National Park Gargano. S’ father was born in Ischitella, a small town with less than 5,000 people in it [...]

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Be sure to read: Part 1 of Inside a Pugliese Forno (Breadmaker) In part one, we looked at preparing the dough for the rising and baking. Now our oven is ready for the all the dough we prepared. I love this picture – it could be the inside of Any Forno, Italy. The baskets of [...]

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