In Italy pomegranates rather than pumpkins are a sign of fall. In the Cilento region of Southern Italy where Greek ruins are everywhere, pomegranates recall the cult of Hera which later became the Madonna of the Pomegranate.
Read MoreWhen I arrived at Borgo La Pietraia, my cousins set a plate of handmade cavatelli and zucchini flowers before me and poured a glass of Falanghina wine.
Read MoreWhen guests asked me for the "hidden gem" or "next big thing" on our wine list, I invariably recommended these bottles produced by a biodynamic winemaker in the Cilento.
Read MoreNeapolitans take frittata di spaghetti to the beach, an easy, satisfying finger food. Italian-Americans refer to this simple mixture of leftover pasta and eggs as "spaghetti pie."
Read MoreWhen Chianti is scorching hot and crowded, Irpinia is lush, green and cool with hardly a tour bus in sight. See why Irpinia, with 4 DOCG wine varietals, is Italy's best destination for summer wine tours.
Read MoreRead an excerpt from Domenica Marchetti's latest cookbook about discovering Italy's very best buffalo mozzarella at Tenuta Vannulo on the Cilento coast.
Read MoreBefore or after a Feast on History tour in Campania, visit these extraordinary sites in Capri, Pompeii and Naples for a day trip or a longer stay.
Read MoreEdgar Degas's first masterpiece "The Bellelli Family" portrays members of his Italian family whose abandoned palace I visited in Capaccio.
Read MoreSerious art lovers should go now to the Naples Archaeological Museum where they can see the Alexander Mosaic, the Farnese Hercules and the "secret cabinet" of erotic art from Pompeii.
Read MoreExplore the ruins of Villa Oplonti in Torre Annunziata as a day trip from Naples and then see treasures from the excavations at these United States art museums.
Read MoreOur upcoming tour of Naples visits sites described in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. See a photo slideshow of Piazza dei Martiri, the Caffe Gambrinus and more places that served as the backdrop for the lives of Elena and Lila.
Read MoreGuests on our spring 2016 food and wine tour learned to make "torta caprese" from a Baronessa. Get the recipe for this regional chocolate cake and see a photo slideshow from our week on the Amalfi and Cilento coasts.
Read MoreScialatielli are a chewy handcut pasta from Amalfi. Get the recipe as well as the perfect wine pairing from Campania.
Read MoreFor those who want to eat, cook and drink wine in Sicily, Allison has a phenomenal tour this May co-hosted by the chef and owner Melissa Muller of Eolo Seasonal Sicilian Kitchen. You may have seen Chef Muller on PBS recently where she took host Michael Colameco on a tour of Sicily.
Read MoreGattò, from the French word gâteau, derives from the French period in Naples when this rich potato and cheese cake would be prepared for the aristocracy by their butler, a monzù or monsieur.
Read MoreOn March 6th we hosted a "Ferrante Feast" to celebrate the Elena Ferrante novels known as the Neapolitan quartet. Here is the full menu of classic Neapolitan dishes that we enjoyed.
Read MoreA visit to Naples will reward Elena Ferrante super fans because her novels are full of details that would only make sense to a Neapolitan. Here are just a few.
Read MorePhiladelphia pastry chef Angela Ranalli tells us why it takes two people to make sfogliatelle, how blood pudding helped her locate her Neapolitan ancestry and why painting with wine helps the creative juices flow.
Read MoreCappellacci dei Briganti are a unique pasta that are shaped to look like the hats worn by 19th century guerrilla fighters called brigands. Get Chef Joe Cicala's recipe "brigands hats" or try them at his Philadelphia restaurant Brigantessa.
Read MoreIf you want recipes for the food we enjoy on our Feast on History tours, look no further than Arthur Schwartz's "Southern Italian Table." Many of them were honed at the cooking classes Schwartz led at Baronessa Cecilia Baratta Bellelli's farms.
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