In Cilento, dried biscuits are used to make a bread salad called Aquasale, a name which reveals the clever origins of these biscuits.
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Chestnut Chocolate Fig Pie
This rich dessert pie combines the flavors of autumn in the Cilento National Park.
Read MoreEscarole and anchovies
in Cilento
200 residents from Malmö, Sweden are temporarily moving to Cilento to uncover the secret to their extraordinarily long, healthy lives. This dish is one of them.
Read MoreIrpinia, where tradition and innovation meet in Italy
in Irpinia
Irpinia is what Tuscany was decades ago – a place you could sit with a medieval fresco in a small church all by yourself, or wander around an ancient hilltown and find yourself invited to dinner.
Read MoreSfogliatelle for breakfast
in Naples
Originally published in Roads & Kingdoms: Almost 200 years later, Pintauro’s pastry shop on the Via Toledo is still in place. Locals gather there for sfogliatelle on Sunday afternoons though legions loyal to “La Sfogliatella Mary” crowd around it in the Galleria Umberto.
Read MoreScarpariello, The Shoemaker's Sauce
This easy, delicious sauce from Campania requires only a can of tomatoes, a few drops of olive oil and some grated cheese.
Read MoreSmall groups tours in Abruzzo, Calabria and Sicily
Meet our trusted friends and colleagues offering small group tours in the Southern Italian regions of Abruzzo, Calabria and Sicily.
Read MoreThe secret to the best ragú in Naples
These restaurants serve the best ragú sauce In Naples and we discovered the secret ingredient that makes it so good.
Read More“In this heartland of classicism, settled by the ancient Greeks, this radically contemporary terminal could very well join the temples of Paestum and even the Roman ruins of Pompeii as one of the area’s monuments.”
Zaha Hadid's ferry terminal for Salerno
Critics say the oyster shaped ferry terminal at Salerno designed by late architect Zaha Hadid is as important to Campania as the Paestum temples in nearby Cilento.
Read MoreSummer 2017 Irpinia Food & Wine Tour
Christian Galliani's signature wine tour of Southern Italy's Irpinia region which, unlike the rest of Italy, is cool and dry in July. Sit down and taste wine with the winemakers themselves, eat at Slow Food restaurants, Michelin starred Marenná and spend 2 days in Naples.
Read MoreLive in Italy For One Week
Instead of taking a tour of Italy, this is your chance to live in Italy. For one week, you'll see how the past meets the present, eat the true Mediterranean diet and be safely in the care of an Italian family.
Read MoreInsalata di Rinforzo: A Winter Salad from Naples
This winter salad with roasted cauliflower, peppers and black olives is a twist on the traditional insalata di rinforzo from Naples.
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Castellabate: Italy's Most Beautiful Village
Swim at the beach of Santa Maria Castellabate on the Cilento coast, then explore the medieval streets of Borgo Castellabate, a UNESCO World Heritage site also named one of Italy's Most Beautiful Villages where tour guests discovered an abandoned chapel.
Read MoreCannoli class at Egidio's Pastry Shop
Egidio's Pastry shop has been in business since 1912. Join Feast On History for a cannoli class with baker Carmela Lucciola in this historic Southern Italian style bakery in the Bronx's Little Italy neighborhood.
Read MoreFeast of the Seven Fishes in Italy: Myth or Tradition?
Get new inspiration for Feast of the Seven Fishes including baccalá from Naples, pasta con ceci with bottarga from the Cilento coast and black squid ink pasta with sea urchin from Arthur Avenue.
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Ruins of the medieval Goleto Abbey
Discovering Irpinia for Dream of Italy newsletter
My feature for Kathy McCabe's November Dream of Italy newsletter is all about Irpinia, the cool, lush region east of Naples. Food and wine lovers will find paradise in this sub-region of Campania that offers the best of ancient and contemporary Italy.
Read MoreItaly's Largest Art Museum
The Museo di Capodimonte in Naples is the largest art museum in Italy. Housed inside a former Bourbon Palace in the center of a public park, the museum is full of treasures, but not crowds of tourists.
Read MoreTears of Parthenope
The "Tears of Parthenope" necklace by Treasure of the Sirens creator Rita J. King was inspired by the mythical founder of Naples.
Read MoreCapaccio-Paestum: Unique Towns of Italy #ItalianFWT
Capaccio-Paestum is home to the temples at Paestum, the Sanctuary of the Madonna of the Pomegranate and Feast On History's home in Italy.
Read MoreFerrante Fever Tour 2016
A summary of Ferrante Fever 2016, a tour of Naples inspired by Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels.
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