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Sun, 8 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [2421]
Nothing quite induces simultaneous appreciation and dejectedness like the last day of a holiday. I was just getting the hang of sleeping in when – for the first time since arriving in Alba – my alarm woke me up. Monforte was waiting. Pietro ... Read more >
Tags: italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, sharing, thoughts, travel, world nomads
Sun, 8 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [1568]
The most perfect week of my life has come to a close and there’s a train ticket on my table with tomorrow’s date on it. I’m telling myself to get excited for Parma, my next travel destination and the beginning of my first ever ... Read more >
Tags: hiking, tourism, wine
Sat, 7 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [3051]
According to the Bible, the seventh day is supposedly the holy day of rest. I’ve never been religious which is just as well as we had a full itinerary to get through. It started in Grinzane Cavour, where we briefly checked out national monument, ... Read more >
Tags: cooking, food, italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads
Sat, 7 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [974]
I’d been gazing at the beautiful terraced vineyards across from my hotel balcony all week, so when I woke up this morning to a wonderfully wide open blank on the schedule, I took my opportunity to go for a hike. After climbing the countless, ... Read more >
Tags: cook, hike, swim
Fri, 6 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [3118]
One of the things I love most about Langhe e Roero is that passionate people power it. Small producers know how to work the land, and do so with love and determination. Anna Adami is one such woman, rising early at her sheep farm, Cascina Raflazz in ... Read more >
Tags: cooking, food, italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads
Fri, 6 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [1089]
At 5:00 this morning another of my culinary dreams came true – I baked my first real focaccia. Though it was still dark out and I hadn’t quite yet rubbed the sleep from my eyes, the sight of several loaves baking already assured me that there ... Read more >
Tags: baking, bread, cookies, kitchen
Thu, 5 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [3160]
This day was a good day for many reasons, the first being I now know what I’m going to call my daughter when the prospect of having children no longer terrifies me. Gaia. It’s nice, no? The Gaia we met first thing in the morning was nice ... Read more >
Tags: cooking, food, italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads
Thu, 5 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [898]
A trip to Cinque Terre isn’t complete without hiking from one town to another at some point. At home in California, I hike almost every month, sometimes every weekend if I can. I’d heard about the trails in Cinque Terre and had been ... Read more >
Tags: garden, hiking, wine tasting
Wed, 4 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [3028]
Andy Warhol once said, “An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have”. Take for example the multi-coloured Barolo Chapel in La Morra, painted by pop artists Sol LeWitt on the outside (US) and David Tremlett ... Read more >
Tags: italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads
Wed, 4 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [2180] | Video

I think that the only way to truly understand Cinque Terre is to spend a day out on a boat with a local fisherman. Luckily, I had the chance to do this. Unluckily , I tend to get seasick just looking at a boat. Nevertheless, I left Monterosso this ... Read more >
Tags: boating, fishing
Tue, 3 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [3010]
Maurizio Albarello was late, as Italians often are. As for us, for the first time that week, we were right on time. “Mauriziooo!” yelled Pietro from the ground floor, ringing the bell like an excited six-year-old and banging on the door at ... Read more >
Tags: italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads
Tue, 3 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [3324] | Video

I’m starting to feel like a regular at the Aristide café in Manarola and, in fact, breakfast is something I look forward to every night as much for the food as for the experience. Sitting at my little table out front, I watch the people ... Read more >
Tags: anchovies, cooking, lemons
Mon, 2 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [3638] | Video

First, a bit of background…
All across Cinque Terre, the hills are lined with rows of short stonewalls – some are neat and orderly, others are overgrown with plants; in many places, the walls have crumbled into mere piles of rocks. Were ... Read more >
Tags: baking, building, cinque terre, honey, olive oil, ravioli, walls
Mon, 2 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [2920]
Fact: the wind feels better in your hair in Langa. I can’t count the number of times I caught myself with a big, stupid grin on my face in the car side mirror. We drove everywhere, windows down, Bob Dylan blaring. The weather was on our side; despite ... Read more >
Tags: italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads
Sun, 1 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [4167] | Video

Langhe e Roero is renowned for food with soul and wine with body. It’s also the home of the world-famous white Alba truffles, and the birthplace of Nutella, the largest family-run company in the world. It was only fitting to start our first full ... Read more >
Tags: italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads
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