When traveling, there are two things I will stop dead-in-my-tracks for: anything culinary and anything vintage. Continue reading “Una Bella Sorpresa in Nizza Monferrato”
Month: December 2015
It doesn’t take much to make me happy
Perched on a hill top in La Morra is a tree. Continue reading “It doesn’t take much to make me happy”
At the Foot of the Moutain: The Ultimate Foodie Travel Guide to Piedmont
Imposing snow-capped mountain peaks form a silently dramatic background to the sequence of romantic rolling hills, fertile valleys and enchanting plains which unite themselves into the 8 provinces (Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Vercelli) of Italy’s 2nd largest region –Piedmont (Piemonte). Continue reading “At the Foot of the Moutain: The Ultimate Foodie Travel Guide to Piedmont”
Homemade Mulled Wine
One of the things I cherish most about Europe, are its enchanting Christmas markets. The glittering lights, the hum of a bewildered crowd, the smell of candied almonds and chestnuts roasting, and of course: the mulled wine. Mulled wine is to the Winter, what ice cream is to the summer: an ephemeral nostalgic pleasure. Continue reading “Homemade Mulled Wine”