As much as I love cooking, I also enjoy dining out and I’m just as comfortable at the local pizza joint as I am at a fancy venue. Restaurant prices in Puglia are more than fair, and you get a…
Puglia in the Kitchen
Rita’s cooking class was a great introduction to traditional Puglian cuisine, which is probably among the best in Italy (although that’s a tough call… food is good everywhere in this country). For a month, I had a lovely kitchen to…
A Cooking Day in Puglia
Just a few days after installing myself in Monopoli, my home base for in Puglia for the next month, we attended a cooking class organised by Rita at her Cucina in Masseria. Unlike a typical cooking class for an evening,…
Nuns’ Breasts and Antique Ovens of Altamura
Sometimes it’s good to head into the unknown without a plan. The only thing that was certain was the accommodation for the next two nights and that it might be nice to stop in Altamura, renowned for its bread. Indeed,…
Chilling in Cilento with Water Buffalos
As everybody surely knows, Campania is the home of mozzarella, or more specifically mozzarella di bufala, which is made of the milk of water buffalos. There aren’t so many lakes in the region, and I don’t think the water these…
Greek Gods of Paestum
Just to the north of Agropoli lies Paestum, one of the best-preserved Ancient Greek sites in the world. It was founded some time around 600 BC, so it is older than anything I’ve seen to date. The best time to…