flavorofitaly

When most of us hear the word salsa, we probably picture something red, tomato-based and perhaps fairly spicy, sitting alongside a bowl of tortilla chips. But salsa is a much bigger world than that. It can be fresh or cooked, red or green, fiery or mild, made with tomatoes, fruit, herbs, roasted vegetables or even ingredients you would never expect. Once you start thinkin...

There are certain ingredients I simply can’t imagine my kitchen in Italy without, and lemons are high on that list. I have a lemon tree at home outside Rome that has been with our family for almost 39 years, and I leave the lemons right where they belong - on the tree - until I’m ready to use them. I’ll pick one for salad dressing, zest another over pasta, or squeeze fres...

Some places in Italy are destinations. Others quietly become part of your life. Sperlonga and the Odyssey have been intertwined for nearly two thousand years, but my own relationship with this little whitewashed town on the Lazio coast began much more recently - although long enough ago that there were no cell phones, no internet, no Instagram and certainly no endless str...