Ask anyone serious about food which is the best gastronomic region of Italy, wrote Frank Bruni, and unless they are “seafood lovers, contrarians or Sicilians” the answer will likely be one of two places — Emilia-Romagna or Piedmont. The way I see it, he’s certainly right, but there is a particularly special thing about [...]
Is there any image more evocative of la dolce vita of Italy than licking a cone of delicious gelato? Honestly, I’m not sure there is. I was lucky enough to spend nine weeks traveling all around Italy this past summer, and I had more than my fair share of gelato. 45 different gelaterie, 102 scoops [...]
It didn’t take long on my trip to realize that my Fodor’s Italy guidebook wasn’t exactly infallible when it came to culinary advice. But when someone points out a restaurant as being the best in a region often considered to be the best food region in Italy, you definitely take note. I came to find [...]