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Bella Mozzarella 7 Jul 2013 | 05:24 pm
I can’t believe it’s the last day of the Grundtvig Project. We’ve come such a long way and made such great friends. The extraordinary conical Trullis of Alberobello glint in the strong sun. (Alberob...
The Monaci’s Chef Shows Us How To Do It! 12 May 2013 | 05:38 pm
From the finest wines to the most delicious food, we certainly weren’t expecting this all in one morning. For days we had been treated like royalty and so it continued. After our fantastic, informativ...
Learning From The Monacis – In Wine Making, Sympathy For Environment Is Key 23 Mar 2013 | 07:46 pm
When I woke up this morning it was snowing whirling dervish flakes. God! It’s nearly Easter too. Poor Suggs and Co: stirling performance last night at the sad closure of BBC Television Centre in Wood ...
Inventive With Wine-The Venneri Family Introduce Us To Vincotto. 25 Feb 2013 | 01:39 am
We are sitting in the sun, glinting through the panes of what can only be described as an enormous industrial greenhouse. The young lady talking to us is of Venneri stock and her English is easy and ...
The Delicious Flavours Of Apulian Wines Capture The History Of Life And Death In The Region. 3 Feb 2013 | 11:03 pm
We had started the day meeting the little kids at a local school at Serrano. With all their lives ahead of them, they were so sweet, all lined up in a row, waving their National Flag proudly as they s...
Extracting The Best From The Olive – You Get What You Pay For 5 Jan 2013 | 05:39 pm
After our delicious lunch we were treated to a tour to see the industrial side of olive oil production. A visit to Co-operativa Agricola San Giorgio is a must if you’re in the Lecce area, nicely finis...
Virgin Olive Oil – A First Time For Everything 25 Dec 2012 | 12:09 am
They gathered together giggling like girls, four elderly ladies in traditional scarf and swooshy, full skirt. Brandishing a witches broom each, they demonstrated how they used to harvest olives in day...
Instituto Antonacci – Sleeping Pretty in Lecce 16 Dec 2012 | 05:31 am
I was knackered, having stayed up past 2am doing my post-processing. There was no urgency, except that I really wanted to see my shots. My room had high ceilings and one window whose cil started about...
Restaurant Risorgimento – Something A Little More Sophisticated 8 Dec 2012 | 07:03 pm
You know that really tired feeling, when your head throbs slightly and things seem a little distorted? We had had such an amazing day but it wasn’t all over yet. Vita certainly had packed a lot into o...
Pasticcioto at Donno’s Bakery, Cutrofiano 1 Dec 2012 | 08:14 pm
I have to say at this point, after a considerable feast at Bakery Caroppo earlier today, I didn’t think I could fit another thing in! It was exceptionally dark in Donno’s Pastry shop in Cutrofiano, li...
