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Becky Munson: A Dream to Live Tuscan (February/March 2021)

This article originally appeared in the February/March 2021 issue of Dream of Italy. How many people can say that they met at a cocktail party hosted by Frances Mayes at her iconic villa, Bramasole? Well, my friend Becky and I can! We were filming the cocktail party in October 2018 for the Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special for PBS and …

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Susan Gravely: Bringing Italian Craftsmanship Home (February/March 2021)

This article originally appeared in the February/March 2021 issue of Dream of Italy. Susan Gravely’s first trip to Italy nearly 40 years ago was filled with serendipity. After arriving on the Amalfi Coast and falling in love with the intricate patterns on their hotel’s dinnerware, Susan, her mom Lee and her sister Frances found themselves struck with passion for the handmade …

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Recipe: Polenta and Sausages (December 2020/January 2021)

This recipe originally appeared in the article Polenta: A Poor Food That Endures in the December 2020/January 2021 issue of Dream of Italy. Ingredients 1 lb (400 g) coarse or medium coarse cornmeal for polenta, organic and stone-ground if possible 10-12 pork sausages (not spicy) 1 each of the following: onion, carrot, celery stick, fresh bay leaf, sprig of rosemary, clove 1/2 cup …

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Basilicata Enchants With Unusual Experiences (December 2020/January 2021)

This article originally appeared in the December 2020/January 2021 issue of Dream of Italy. My first visit to Basilicata in southern Italy was to see where my grandmother’s family came from. My husband, Bryan and I, along with my mom and sister, stood at the high-altitude town awestruck by the beauty that surrounded us. On a subsequent visit I found family members, …

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Polenta: A Poor Food That Endures (December 2020/January 2021)

This article originally appeared in the December 2020/January 2021 issue of Dream of Italy. You probably don’t think of corn among Italian food ingredients unless the subject of polenta, a cornmeal porridge, comes up. Even then, Italian cornmeal is generally associated with the northern part of the country. Yet there is a long history of corn cultivation in central Italy. …

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Recipe: Traditional Emilia-Romagna-Style Piadina

This recipe originally appeared in the article Piadina: Emilia-Romagna’s Daily Bread in the October/November 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Makes 5 piadine Ingredients 4 cups of super fine flour 4 generous tablespoons lard 2 pinches of baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons of salt Directions Place the flour on a spacious flat kneading surface and create a small crater in the middle, …

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Piadina: Emilia-Romagna’s Daily Bread (October/November 2020)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. My technical first encounter with the piadina tradition happened in a way that would make any red-blooded romagnolo wag his finger—and possibly tell me, rightfully so, that it didn’t really count. I was in Piedmont, of all places—specifically, just a few feet from Turin’s National Museum of Cinema—and …

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Glamour, Gourmet Food and…Gunfire? (October/November 2020)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Picture an Italy on high alert. Dread isn’t quite what’s afoot, exactly, but in the major cities—Milan and Rome, in particular—people look suspect. Bodies are quick to stiffen in public spaces. Sirens cry late into the night; carabinieri eyes linger on residents a little bit longer than they’re accustomed to or comfortable with. And glitzy, expensive restaurants with densely seated clients don’t exactly feel like the safest places to …

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Seven Ways to Photograph Italy Like A Pro (October/November 2020)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Anyone who has been to Italy knows how visually seductive it is. If you’re carrying a camera (and with every mobile phone equipped with a high-quality camera, who isn’t?) Italy becomes even more alluring, compelling you to make photographs of nearly everything you see. But why is it …

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The Women of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Portraits (August/September 2020)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. Growing up in late 15th-century Florence, Leonardo da Vinci was surrounded by smart, beautiful women. While the young artist was learning from Andrea del Verrocchio, painters were busy depicting upstanding women in profile. In these portraits, the point was not to reveal anything about the woman’s personality, but rather …

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