Diane Watson, by email “This photo is a view of Castelluccio as we returned from a wonderful circular walk from the town. Again we just missed the incredible show of coloured spring flowers on the plain to the right of the picture but it was still a dramatic vista.”
Trish Fuell, Fakenham, Norfolk “I attach a photo taken in Lucca on one of my many trips to Italy. There was a large mirror on the outside of this shop and I thought it made a nice framed shot of the amphitheatre in Lucca.”
Pasta, grilled vegetables and pesto Pasta, verdure grigliate e pesto ➤ Serves 4 ➤ Preparation 20 minutes ➤ Cooking 10-30 minutes I like to grill my vegetables on the barbecue and cook the pasta on the stove, then combine the pasta dish and eat it while other things that need grilling take up the space on the barbecue. The […]
“And suddenly there is Cagliari,“ wrote DH Lawrence. “A naked town rising steep, steep, golden-looking, piled naked to the sky.” Adrian Mourby explores this ancient Sardinian city… You have to choose your angle these days to see the Sardinian capital as Lawrence did in 1921, but the Aragonese fortress (known as Castello) still towers over […]
Feeling inspired to book a trip to Cagliari this summer, after reading 48 Hours in Cagliari? Here’s our top tips on where to stay, where to eat and what to see and do. INFORMATION ➤ Meridiana (0871 222 9319, www.meridiana.it) offers direct flights from London Gatwick to Cagliari, outward on Saturdays and returning on Thursdays, from £178.45. […]
Antipasti are a way of life in Italy, and an essential aspect of the nation’s favourite first course of any meal is preserved vegetables. Here we present a selection from the UK high street. Go to any restaurant in Italy and you’ll be provided with the option (and who could turn it down?) of a […]
It was not until 1924, when the nuns of Santa Chiara in Naples swapped digs with the monks, that outsiders were allowed to view these beautiful tin-glazed earthenware tiles, known in Italy as maiolica. Music plays as men and women dance and flirt with each other, food and wine is quaffed with abandon; general merry-making […]
Some ceramic pots await the kiln outside an artisan pottery in Puglia… This is a scene that an inhabitant from 2,000 years ago would readily recognise as a symbol of her homeland… The region of Puglia has been famed for its ceramics since the days of the Ancient Greeks – ie, some time before the […]
This great shot of a Venice Water Taxi was sent in by Anthony Sullivan by email.
Jane Keightly discovers the wonderful world of truffles at perhaps the most famous truffle fair in all of Italy: The Alba White Truffle Fair… One of Italy’s most interesting seasonal events is the truffle season in Piedmont, when food lovers from all over the world descend upon the town of Alba for the International White […]