Sweets or slippers? Sienese traditional sweets of the end of Christmas festivities
In Italy, the Epiphany on January 6 marks the official end of the Christmas season, commemorating the day when the three Wise Men arrived at the manger, bearing gifts. The occasion is celebrated with the arrival of La Befana. In Italian folklore, on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) this old woman delivers gifts […]
Palermo style chicken slices recipe (with vegetarian option)
Palermo style chicken slices recipe (with vegetarian option) Here a Walk About Italy we are all looking forward to the new walking season. It’s November 11, 2020 and we are all under the second lockdown. In the meantime we keep ourselves busy polishing tours, watching tv series and cooking. This is the first of a […]
A guest’s trip to Umbria: olive groves, black celery and our leader couldn’t make a simple candle!
My name is Giovanna. As in Italy we are going into lockdown again, I was lucky enough to be able to travel with Walk About Italy team about 15 days ago to Umbria for a 3 day walking adventure. Umbria is famous for being a wooded region. With my great surprise I discovered open, sunny […]
Virtual tour in the orchard and a new relationship!
A tour in the orchard with peas (and not green beans) fava beans, garlic and sage. Let me introduce to you my new sweetheart. Today I have been with my Sicilian family (my partner is Sicilian, born close to Palermo, in a town that is considered the capital of Italian artichokes) to pick vegetables: peas, […]
Playing the Flute for Guests
From time to time I love to stop in a church along the path and play some music. Music is such an important part of my life. I’ve been playing the flute since I was 22. The flute was not my first instrument. I started to play guitar when I was 15. Soon I joined […]
Growing in Italy with an Italian mother
“Non correre che sudi!” “Don’t run or you’ll be all sweat!”. Growing in Italy with an Italian mother * Ok, I’ll go straight and talk about my mother. She is definitely an Italian mother. First of all, being my first page in my first blog ever, sorry for any butchering of this beautiful language. I […]
easy bread tutorial
Pane comodo is an amazing and super easy recipe to make bread at home. Follow this bread tutorial with Gianni. In this video I teach you, step by step, how to make bread at home. You can find millions of bread tutorials on the web. This one here is particularly easy and convenient. Comodo in […]