Eleonora Baldwin

Today, one in three Italian children under 12 years is overweight. While these rates are far behind those of the United States and the United Kingdom, Italy is working hard to reverse the trend. 

For Italians, eating seasonally is a no brainer. Many would never consider eating tomatoes or strawberries in January, or tucking into porcini in July. Eating seasonally means fresh ingredients at the height of their flavour. Here’s what is in season...

Typical Ferragosto fare features fresh, raw vegetables and fruit to ward off the heat. Cold beverages, fruit salads, cold pasta are almost always on the menu. But tradition dictates the menu more than temperature. Here are a few examples. Please...

For Italians it’s normal to end beach days seated at a seaside table, feet in the sand, eating fresh seafood and drinking chilled wine before heading back to the city. Here are some of the best beaches (and restaurants) along...

Food lovers in the know seek solace from city bedlam in out of town havens. As part of our Out of Town series, today we travel to the province of Naples, where only one hour outside of the city is...

The weather and wealth of breathtakingly beautiful piazzas in Rome make it the ultimate urban living room and an ideal place to dine al fresco. Although lunching outside in the scorching summer heat is not a smart choice, as soon as...

It’s often wise to escape the usual culinary itineraries, seeking delectable refuge in lesser-known spots. Fortunately only one hour outside of the Eternal City is a treasure of peripheral areas where the flavour and wholesomeness of local cooking make a...

Headed south and leaving city bedlam behind, we embark on yet another suburb exploration, in search of lesser known, authentic dining destinations. Here are our favorite eateries in Ostiense, Garbatella and Portuense – three very interesting working class districts of...

Suburbs are considered reservoirs of conformity, but not in Rome. Peripheral, working class and trendsetting, the outlying eastern districts of Centocelle, Quadraro and Torpignattara are setting some of the highest dining standards in town.

Italians summers can last as long as mid-October, and sometimes even beyond that. Despite this climate extension, Italians are slowly getting ready to bid summer goodbye. This comes with back-to-school anxiety and office blues. The best way to fight this?...