10 life lessons from 14 months in Italy





- Jul 31, 2020
- 17 min
How to travel through Puglia without a car: A complete two-week itinerary


- Jul 28, 2020
- 5 min
Why I love Puglia


- Jun 30, 2020
- 4 min
10 fun facts from a month on a farm


- Jun 16, 2020
- 5 min
WWOOFing in Tuscany, reveling in the repetitive and embracing change


- May 10, 2020
- 4 min
Thoughts after a week in Phase 2


- May 6, 2020
- 6 min
Recipes from my quarantine cooking challenge


- Apr 19, 2020
- 5 min
The big and little things I'm grateful for during the lockdown


- Apr 3, 2020
- 6 min
The friends I never knew I'd meet in culinary school


- Mar 19, 2020
- 7 min
How the coronavirus lockdown has changed the way I cook, plus my favorite #quarantinecuisine recipes


- Mar 13, 2020
- 6 min
A long overdue food-shop crawl in Florence, a last hurrah before the coronavirus lockdown


- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
February is a good time to be a dessert lover in Florence


- Jan 15, 2020
- 5 min
My arms hurt! Pasta, squid, and yet another surge of respect for restaurant cooks


- Dec 31, 2019
- 8 min
My favorite culinary techniques from Cooking Light and Molecular Cuisine


- Nov 15, 2019
- 5 min
It sure feels good being useless


- Oct 28, 2019
- 7 min
Turning over a new leaf in November — plus some recipes


- Oct 12, 2019
- 6 min
The extreme act of eating in Sicily


- Oct 2, 2019
- 10 min
What it's like to work in a restaurant kitchen for the first time ever


- Sep 17, 2019
- 3 min
My favorite bready thing in Florence doesn't involve cheese, cured meat or cow stomach...


- Sep 12, 2019
- 5 min
Mom's visit to Florence