What better time than Carnival to bring a little joy and lightheartedness to these cold, gray winter days? In Andria, there's a deeply evocative local tradition linked to tenerelli, the...
“November smelled of olives, smoke, and chrysanthemums — a month that taught me what it means to remember.” I remember November vividly, perhaps more than any other month, because...
In the large courtyard of our family home, we used to wash sheep's wool from mattresses and pillows. It was an ancient ritual that marked the passing of the seasons,...
Today, I buy tomato puree at the supermarket like most people do. But until about twenty years ago, when I still lived in the countryside, we made it at home....
During the summer months, we harvested almonds. As a child, I remember seeing mountains of almonds piled up in my father’s warehouse, which was attached to the house where we...
My mother often prepared dried fava beans with wild chicory — a simple, rustic dish that was a staple in our home. I never once saw her remove the skins...
Olive oil appears in all recipes of modern cuisine, but in the past, even in Puglia, despite being the region that produces the most oil in Italy, it was not...
The cod (baccalà) I buy at the supermarket, in the trays at the refrigerated counter, is absolutely not like the one my mother used to buy at the New Market...
In this picture below I am in family's vegetable garden In Apulia, this is what they call the bunches of tomatoes hung up for winter storage Today, cherry tomatoes are...
During the summer, almonds were harvested. I remember, as a child, mountains of almonds in my father's warehouse, which was adjacent to and communicated with the house where we lived...