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Acquasale: Bread and Tomato Salad

July 19, 2018 in Cilento, Southern Italian Recipes
Acquasale: Bread and Tomato Salad

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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Tags: acquasale, pane biscottato, tenuta vannulo, bread salad, arthur avenue, bronx little italy
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Chestnut Chocolate Fig Pie

December 22, 2017 in Southern Italian Recipes, Cilento
Chestnut Chocolate Fig Pie

This rich dessert pie combines the flavors of autumn in the Cilento National Park.

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Tags: chestnuts, figs, cilento, pie
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Escarole and anchovies

October 24, 2017 in Cilento
Escarole and anchovies

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.

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Tags: escarole, anchovies, mediterranean diet
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Irpinia, where tradition and innovation meet in Italy

October 23, 2017 in Irpinia
Irpinia, where tradition and innovation meet in Italy

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.

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Tags: irpinia, taurasi, goleto abbey, montevergine, avellino, feudi di San Gregorio, caggiano, luigi moio, salvatore molettierri
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Sfogliatelle for breakfast

October 08, 2017 in Naples
Sfogliatelle for breakfast

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.

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Tags: sfogliatelle, naples, pintauro
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Scarpariello, The Shoemaker's Sauce

May 15, 2017 in Southern Italian Recipes
Scarpariello, 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. 

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Tags: scarpariello, naples, elena ferrante, shoemaker, tomato sauce, red sauce
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Small groups tours in Abruzzo, Calabria and Sicily

March 20, 2017 in Small group tours
Small 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. 

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Tags: small group tours, sicily, abruzzo, puglia, tuscany, rome, calabria, campania
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The secret to the best ragú in Naples

February 27, 2017 in Naples, Southern Italian Food
The 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.

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Tags: ragu, naples, Neapolitan food, sunday gravy, recipe
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“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.”
— Joseph Giovaninni, New York Times

Zaha Hadid's ferry terminal for Salerno

February 23, 2017 in Campania destinations

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.

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Tags: salerno, cilento coast, amalfi coast, zaha hadid, ferry terminal, campania
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Summer 2017 Irpinia Food & Wine Tour

February 02, 2017 in Wine Tour, Irpinia, Food Tour
Summer 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.

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Tags: irpinia, wine tour, southern italy, campania, food tour, feudi di San Gregorio
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Live in Italy For One Week

January 23, 2017 in Art and Archaeology, Campania destinations
Live 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. 

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Tags: cilento, capaccio, paestum
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Insalata di Rinforzo: A Winter Salad from Naples

January 02, 2017 in Southern Italian Food, Southern Italian Recipes, Elena Ferrante Tour
Insalata 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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Tags: insalata di rinforzo, naples, Elena Ferrante, winter salad, italian food
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Santa Maria Castellabate tour Feast On History Cilento

Castellabate: Italy's Most Beautiful Village

December 29, 2016 in Art and Archaeology, Food Tour, Cilento

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.

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Tags: castellabate, cilento coast, campania, food tour, wine tour, southern italy
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Cannoli class at Egidio's Pastry Shop

December 13, 2016 in Baking Classes
Cannoli 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. 

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Tags: egidio's pastry, baking classes, cannoli, arthur avenue bronx, carmela lucciola, southern italian pastries
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Feast of the Seven Fishes in Italy: Myth or Tradition?

December 02, 2016 in Southern Italian Food, Southern Italian Recipes
Feast 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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Tags: feast of the seven fishes, amalfi coast, bottarga, falanghina, scialatielli
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Ruins of the medieval Goleto Abbey

Ruins of the medieval Goleto Abbey

Discovering Irpinia for Dream of Italy newsletter

November 28, 2016 in Campanian wine, Wine Tour, Irpinia

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.

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Tags: irpinia, wine tour, montevergine, feudi di San Gregorio, goleto abbey, dream of italy, kathy mccabe
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Italy's Largest Art Museum

November 28, 2016 in Art, Naples
Italy'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.

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Tags: naples, museo di capodimonte, caravaggio, Bourbons, shuttle bus
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Tears of Parthenope

November 14, 2016 in Naples, Art and Archaeology
Tears of Parthenope

The "Tears of Parthenope" necklace by Treasure of the Sirens creator Rita J. King was inspired by the mythical founder of Naples.

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Tags: naples, parthenope, treasure of the sirens, jewelry, rita j king
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Capaccio-Paestum: Unique Towns of Italy #ItalianFWT

November 03, 2016 in Italy Small Towns, Cilento
Capaccio-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.

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Tags: #ItalianFWT, Capaccio, Paestum, italy, Cilento
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Ferrante Fever Tour 2016

October 21, 2016 in Elena Ferrante Tour
Ferrante Fever Tour 2016

A summary of Ferrante Fever 2016, a tour of Naples inspired by Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels.

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Tags: Elena Ferrante, ferrante fever, neapolitan novels, naples, tours, my brilliant friend
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