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Little Victories

I have a job in Italy working with Southern Visions Travel. Lately though it feels like I have two jobs, the other being battling the Italian bureaucracy in order to live here legally. But the good news is after a couple knock downs its seems that I am winning. As it stands today I have Italian residency...

October 14th, 2011 | Blog | Read More

Interview with Gillian and William Gibson

Last week I spent a lovely afternoon wandering around Masseria Il Frantoio with Gillian and William Gibson from Vancouver, BC. On the last day of their vacation they spent some time sharing some of their thoughts about Puglia with me. How did you end up here in Puglia with Southern Visions? A colleague...

October 3rd, 2011 | Blog | Read More

Fico d’India Season

We are in the season of the prickly pear blossom, or as we say in Italian, Fico d’India. And being full of prickly pear cactus, Puglia has no shortage of this spiny fruit in these days. Soon they will flower magically but for now, we eat them. And admire the touch of pinkish, orangish, redish color...

September 24th, 2011 | Blog | Read More

A little East Coast and Phase 2

Back to Puglia after a month long respite in the U.S. The break was great……needed I’d say. I toured New England and New York in my little black Toyota that sat piled under snow last winter in my father’s Boston driveway. It wasn’t so much a whirlwind but a series of rock solid visits and...

September 10th, 2011 | Blog | Read More

Mercatino del Gusto

Held last week in Maglie just south of Lecce, The Mercantino del Gusto brilliantly showcased the variety of artisinal food from the top of the heel to the very bottom. Put on by Slow Food Puglia, the event was a 5 day extravaganza full of tastes and samples of everything this delicious region has to...

August 8th, 2011 | Blog | Read More