Focaccia Recipe from Puglia Walking Tour

Walking in Puglia is a delight for all the senses, and once we’d left the trail and headed the lunch, many varieties of pugliese-style focaccia graced the table. This recipe is our version of focaccia from our Puglia Walk, ready to stave off withdrawal now that our walking tour in Italy is complete.

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Luckless Fisherman Spaghetti

Western Sicily is where a lucky fisherman may still catch a fresh tuna during May and June, when restaurants feature lots of interesting tuna preparations. If the tuna aren’t biting, this tasty dish can be made with ingredients found in any Italian pantry. Ingredients 1 clove garlic, cut into thin slivers 1 small peperoncino (dried hot red […]

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Focaccia Recipe from Liguria

One of the rewards of walking in Liguria and the Cinque Terre is certainly the crispy focaccia genovese – genoa-style focaccia – which is good at all 3 meals plus makes a delicious snack. Here’s our recipe.

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Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipe

This recipe for Chocolate Almond Biscotti is adapted from the excellent blog by David Lebovitz – The addition of chopped bittersweet chocolate to the recipe have made these biscotti a favorite among my Italian friends.

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