Italian food

[june 2012] In the Eolian Islands, off Sicily, I had sea-foods every day.They are so good that I, who regard myself as a meat eater, did not miss meat at all.The photo is a tuna…

[june 2012] At lunch time, I went into a restaurant, just next to the fish market in Catania, Sicily. Of course the fresh sea-foods were excellent, but for me the orange salad was amazing. This…

[june 2012] This is a box of snails I saw in Catania, the second biggest city in Sicily, south Italy. They are all alive and wiggle continuously. In this market, mainly sea-foods were sold, but…

[may 2012] We had a very light dinner, a glass of red wine with assorted ham and salami in Tirano, the border town between Italy and Switzerland. The red one on the right is called…

[april 2012] On the day I went to Lake Iseo in north Italy, I had seafood lunch.It is not quite right to eat seafoods on the lake shore, but it was excellent, so I wanted…

[march 2012] bread and grissini

[march 2012] This is a ravioli dish I had in a restaurant facing the port in Genoa. Inside is sea-bass and the sauce was made of crab. Excellent! The name of the restaurant is Tre…

[March, 2012] Eating wonderful foods at a beautiful place is bliss. Here in Langhe in Piedmont, Italy we experienced again. It was at a small restaurant in Castello di Grinzane. 5 starters, 2 mains and…

[March, 2012] The second winery I visited on the day when I went to Langhe in Piedmont in Italy was called Gertotto.The first one was keen on trading abroad, but this one was more local…