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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Be sure to read Part 2: Inside a Pugliese Forno (Breadmaker): Into the Oven! “Oooo, I’d like to go in there.” When my friends and family here hear this, they know that I am immediately making plans to infiltrate whatever I’m talking about. What I really mean is, I want to approach complete strangers, follow [...]

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The beaches on the coasts of Italy are completely different from region to region, and even from kilometer to kilometer, but most don’t fit the ideal of a beach that I grew up with – miles of wide, open beach and fine sand confronting a turbulent ocean. I have divided most of my life between [...]

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When I saw that my visit in Puglia coincided with the Sagra della Bruschetta e Nodino – Festival of the Bruschetta and (mozzarella) Knot, I was ecstatic. I consider these little “knots” to be one of my top ten favorite foods in Italy. Something that must be sampled and savoured here, because the freshness and [...]

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Still talking about being in the Puglia – Apulia region (see previous Puglia articles), there’s a dish that many may not have heard of but are quite familiar with – Spaghetti allo Scoglio (literally: rock/reef) but often known as Spaghetti ai frutti di mare – “fruits of the sea.” This is usually one of the [...]

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