What a fantastic experience – a few days in Tuscany thanks to travel experts G Adventures – one of which involved a long cycle ride aroundRead More

Apparently that little tool you roll the dough down to make the characteristic ridges in Gnocchi is called a Rigagnocchi. A little man I know inRead More

If truth be told I didn’t learn a thing. I didn’t absorb a single word that our rotund little chef said, nor did I engage inRead More

My last meal in Naples was a simple pasta lunch at a little family run restaurant down near the docks. A seemingly long week of neverRead More

Biscotti Di Vini Cannella, sounds so much more sophisticated than simply cinnamon flavoured wine biscuits! This recipe hails from the Barberani Winery down Orvieto-way (via aRead More

A fine location for the 2011 edition of the European Wine Bloggers Conference – Brescia, Italy. Off the beaten track really, few tourists make it toRead More

A trip to Venice… All photographs from this trip up on Flickr.

Two versions of the same photo; both having undergone some extreme work via Photoshop filters. Can’t decide if the first, in a pseudo HDR mode isRead More

There is this little restaurant I know down Venice way. You have to grab a ferry to Mazzorbo Island, jump ship at the Bisol owned VenissaRead More

There is a big scrawl in my note book surrounded by a double square. It lies half way through notes on the meal I had lastRead More