Rainbow over the Tanaro I got a call recently from a pal in back home. He was going to try out a new Italian spot and would report back...

C alifornia is my kind if déjà vu. Wherever I go, there is a memory. When I talk to someone from California, we share commonalities, wheth...

T here’s nothing like breaking one’s obsession by going in a totally opposite direction. Thusly, I headed for Napa Valley this week, leav...

Taking time off from my usual posting schedule to celebrate a birthday. Back sometime soon. written by Alfonso Cevola limited rights...

T he ferry is closed, rough waters in the Strait of Messina. Airplanes cannot fly in and out of Catania airport, too much ash from Etna. A...

I n trying to comprehend what Etna means, to the area, to Sicily and to the world beyond, one visit will not reveal much. There are those ...

I t’s 4:30 in the morning and I’m awake. Done with sleep. My rattled skeleton is still trying to pull itself together. Coughing is painful...

E very day during this last trip to Sicily there were wines to be tasted. Fortunately most of the wines were tasted with food, although th...

Gioacchino Campanella ~ Buon “quarumaru” - photo by Manuela Laiacona T his last trip, first through France and then Italy, was one of t...

T he drive from Etna to Chiaramonte Gulfi was one for the books. After saying goodbye to Salvo Foti and his family I headed out. He had re...

I was running late to the town of Passopisciaro on Sunday. Somewhere between Palermo and Catania when I tried to get onto the highway, th...

H ow many times have I opened a bottle of wine from this estate in the last 25 years, never knowing this place? How often has a newer, bri...

Parental Advisory: Some of these images might make you hungry We're far from the dog days of summer but that was no consolation for...

Il Genio di Palermo I f you are reading this then you know I made it to Sicily from France . From the dark, rainy cold of Bordeaux to the...

S canning the Twitterverse this week I ran across this tweet: ‏@jamescwilmore “Among opinions I've heard: #vinexpo now just for PR an...