Updated 2018. Even *I* learn something from the pages of Dream of Italy! Though many of the story ideas and articles are conceived and written by me, I also hire the best travel experts to help uncover more Italian gems. I first read about master pizzaiolo Enzo Coccia and his Naples pizza school when guest editor Barrie Kerper handed in …
Awesome Italy Video: 10 Things We Love About Italy
10 Things We Love About Italy from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo. This is guaranteed to make you hungry…and happy!
The Pizza Pilgrims Leave on a Delicious Journey
Tomorrow, British brothers Thom and James Elliot are setting off on a month-long culinary quest to serve fresh pizzas as they drive their Piaggio Ape throughout Italy. The brothers, who dubbed themselves the Pizza Pilgrims, purchased the three-wheeled vehicle outfitted with a custom pizza oven, and will fly from the United Kingdom to the far reaches of southern Italy to …
Eat Pray Love in Naples Italy: Especially Eating!
Author Elizabeth Gilbert has charmed many an armchair traveler with her New York Times best-selling memoir, Eat Pray Love. Once achieving what most would call success (a celebrated career, a husband and a lovely home) Gilbert realizes that she has cultivated a life for which she is not completely suited. Gilbert decides to take a year off from her life …
Slide Show: Preview of Dream of Italy’s Umbria Harvest Week Trip
Join Dream of Italy this November 6th in Umbria for a week of food, wine and ceramics: Customize a slideshow Highlights of Dream of Italy’s Umbria Harvest Week: • Six nights at the 17th-century farmhouse villa La Fattoria del Gelso near Assisi, Umbria. • All meals ─ homemade by the villa’s fabulous chef or at restaurants. • Visit to Italy’s …
Meet Mr. Pantoloni Pepperoni
I’ve been getting requests from those who were there on pizza making night at Fattoria del Gelso for a photo post of Pantoloni Pepperoni or did we call him Pepperoni Pantoloni? No matter. Ladies, you know who you are and this is my Thanksgiving present to you. Without further ado…
Shooting Stars, Saracens and Pizza: Events in Italy This Summer
Our fr*ee online calendar of events is back and filled with tantalizing festivals, concerts and celebrations taking place this summer and fall in Italy. Here are some highlights: Donnafugata (Sicily): Calici di Stelle (Goblets of Stars) August 10, 2008 Italians throughout the land celebrate Notte di San Lorenzo (celebrating San Lorenzo on August 10th) outside, under the stars. It is …