Udine: Hostaria Alla Tavernetta
On Valentine's Day, I bid farewell to Trieste and took the train to Udine, where I discovered that the sottopassaggio (underground walkway) held a passage leading from the train platforms…
Muggia: Lilibontempo (Trattoria “Ex-Hitler”)
On my last day in Trieste, I took bus #20 from the train station and, after a half hour of winding through the city’s southern suburbs, arrived in the town…
Flavors of Friuli: ForeWord Review’s Book of the Year Awards
Flavors of Friuli: A Culinary Journey through Northeastern Italy has just been awarded a bronze medal in the "Cooking" category of ForeWord Review's 2010 Book of the Year Awards. Other…
Pasticceria Penso: Torta Sacher
It was a blustery February morning, and I had returned to Pasticceria Penso, one of Trieste’s oldest bakeries, to inquire about some local dessert recipes. Several days prior, I had…
Trieste’s Aquarium and Pasticceria Bomboniera
I had arrived in Trieste to begin the research for my book Flavors of Friuli. Being particularly interested in the city’s local foods, I set out first thing in the…
Dream of Italy: May 2011 issue
This month I have two articles featured in the Dream of Italy newsletter: "Rediscovering Paradise in Castiglioncello" and "10 Great Things to Do on the Island of Elba." I first…
Trieste: Buffet Da Pepi
Armed with a mission to discover everything there is to know about Friulian cuisine, I arrived in Milano on a cold February evening to find myself without a hotel reservation.…
Flavors of Friuli: Eric Hoffer Award
Flavors of Friuli: A Culinary Journey through Northeastern Italy has just been awarded the prize of First Runner-Up in the "Home" category of the 2011 Eric Hoffer Book Award. Other…
Flavors of Friuli: The Journey Begins
If you have been following my posts from the beginning, you will have read about my travels in Friuli up until 2004. It was the beginning of that year that…
Book-signing at Sacramento Italian Cultural Society
On Sunday, April 17, I appeared at the Sacramento Italian Cultural Society to sign copies of Flavors of Friuli. Following my slide presentation that highlighted Friuli's culture, geography, and architecture,…