Her tiny features appear in my cameras viewfinder as I focus, her self-consciousness something new between us. 'So, Anna, tell me what you're doing while you're doing it', I say, the tiny mirror in my camera clinking up and down. 'Hello, I am Anna, Silvestro's house keeper and I'm making a
Read Morebuon natale da Lecce, Italia
12/24/2011 • .......the Christmas lights in Lecce, Italia. We hope you can be with us next year, in our kitchen and around our more
li lampascioni: hyacinth bulbs
12/20/2011 • It used to be that when students booked, I'd ask them what they expected to find with regards to the more
la cicoria lessa: boiled chicory
12/13/2011 • 'So tell me, what is the biggest surprise about your job to those that don't work in the field', is more
La Cotognata (Quince Paste, Salento-Style)
11/03/2011 • Come autumn time here in the Salento, a number of fruits and vegetables start to turn up in the markets, more
eating the calendar: our tomato sauce, last year, this year and the next
10/25/2011 • 'E mo' si balla belle mie', I say to the last three remaining bottles of tomato sauce in the back more
lu ranu stumpatu al vincotto (wheat berries with reduced grape must)
09/15/2011 • Hemingway is often credited with the phrase, Dessert is for those that don't drink enough. Whether he said it or not, more
la capunata (detto ‘la cialda pugliese): a barley-bread based salad
08/10/2011 • Try it sometime. Next time folks ask what you do for a living, tell them that you run a cooking more
who you’ll meet at the castle: salvatore il barista
04/11/2011 • Every job has its drawbacks, even being a barista in Italy, as a good chunk of your clients arrive before more
