Caponata Icon of the Sicilian kitchen Pride of the Sicilian table Eggplant, onions, sweet red peppers, garlic, tomatoes, olives, capers, the whole bathed in a sweet-and-sour agrodolce and olive oil, extra-virgin and fresh, of course! Come join me and…
I love Sicily at any time of year (except July and August when it’s way too hot for my cool northern blood), but I especially love Sicily in autumn, when the newly…
Olive Oil in Sicily: An Autumnal Tour October 27 – November 1 at the Anna Tasca Lanza cooking school November 1 – November 7, small group tour of southeastern Sicily Guests are welcome to do…
Here’s a photo I took a few years ago of the Saturday market in Siracusa, that wonderful town tucked into the southeast corner of Sicily. I’ll be visiting here again in a few…
This is Rosy Grottoli, chef at Masseria Fumarola, which will be our home in October and again in November for AmorOlio in Puglia, six days honoring the cuisine and culture…
I’m on my way back back to frigid Maine after ten days in Puglia, the region at the tip of the Italian boot where massive ancient olive trees are kings of the…
Why is AmorOlio going to Puglia? There are a number of reasons, not least the fact that this long skinny region in the southeasternmost corner of the Italian peninsula produces, all by…
After four or five years in Tuscany, we’re heading out to greener pastures—or I should say fresher olive groves—to continue exploring great extra-virgins, great cheeses, great wines, and the fabulous cuisines of…
Plans are shaping up for our autumn AmorOlio program, October 21 to 27, 2013, at Villa Campestri (“the world’s only olive oil resort”), in the hills above Tuscany’s Mugello valley just…
Chef Michele Forgione, from Montreal’s acclaimed Osteria Venti, is joining us as AmorOlio’s guest chef at our first session, March 25 – 31, at Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort, in the Mugello…
I’m happy to say we’re finalizing plans for our next AmorOlio programs, to take place March 25 – 31 and April 22 – 28, 2013 at Villa Campestri, the world’s only olive oil…
We just finished the fourth edition of AmorOlio at Villa Campestri, and I think all my “students” agreed that it was a great experience, learning how to tell good olive oil from…