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News, stories, and recipes for anyone who loves Italian food, wine, spirits, and travel

Appetito

Julia DeBari is a travel writer with an essayist&#8217;s instincts, drawn to the kind of cultural immersion that only comes from slowing down. After 25 years as a UX professional, she brings a researcher&#8217;s curiosity to unfamiliar places, paying close attention to how people actually live, eat, and gather. Her essays sit at the intersection of observation and reflection, shaped by traditional accommodations, local food, and the histories embedded in a place. It&#8217;s less about checking off destinations and more about noticing what a place reveals about being human.

Julia DeBari

Pasta Frittata at home. Photo Credit: Julia DeBari

Travel

The Only Dish I Know How to Cook: Pasta Frittata

Sheila Donohue founded Vero in 2018 as a second career after 30 years in Fintech. Italy has been a home for 
her since 2001, which is where she became a sommelier and got to know many small wine and food artisan 
farmers whose products were not available in the US market. Vero imports and sells small batch, artisanal 
wines, olive oils and specialty foods from around the world to businesses and consumers across the USA. 
Check out Vero at <a href="https://verovino.com/">verovino.com.</a>
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Sheila Donohue

Chef Riccardo Severi making fresh passatelli by hand in his kitchen. Photo credit Marco Valgiusti

Features

An Intimate Culinary Discovery of Romagna at Sovescio

A professional chef and Italian cooking instructor for over 20 years, Deborah Dal Fovo has a passion for Italy. As a young woman in search of a more meaningful life, she left her home in the U.S. and moved to Northern Italy to rediscover family roots in the Dolomites. After living in Milan and Tuscany for 20 years and cultivating a wealth of culinary knowledge and skills, Deborah now divides her life between Italy and California, where she shares her mastery of Italian cuisine and lifestyle.
Chef Deborah has cooked for royalty, rock stars, tech moguls, and political leaders, and plenty of regular folk celebrating a love of the good life. She teaches Italian cooking online and in person at schools and venues around the world, including the Culinary Institute of America in Napa, Eataly Silicon Valley, and Italian Cultural Institutes.
Dubbed the Italian Martha Stewart by her clients, Deborah shares the beautiful Italian lifestyle ‘la bella vita’ through her brand of cooking and entertaining. You can find Deborah in the kitchen cooking up Italian feasts, teaching in person and online cooking classes, creating recipes and cooking videos for students and followers, and hosting week-long food and wine tours in the Dolomites for travelers wanting to get an insider taste of Italy. Deborah is sharing the passion for food and cooking that defines the Italian way of life!
For more on Deborah, please visit her site <a title="http://www.deborahdalfovo.com/" href="http://www.deborahdalfovo.com/">www.deborahdalfovo.com</a> and her La Bella Vita blog: <a title="http://www.theartofitalianliving.com/" href="http://www.theartofitalianliving.com/">www.theartofitalianliving.com</a>.

Deborah Dal Fovo

Chef / Cooking Instructor Deborah Dal Favo at a Parmigiano Reggiano facility in Emilia-Romagna.

Bologna

The Only Dish I Know How to Cook: Pasta Frittata

An Intimate Culinary Discovery of Romagna at Sovescio

Join Deborah Dal Fovo in the Food Mecca of Emilia-Romagna