Slow ride through Slow Food country   For all the times I’ve visited Italy, I’ve never been in Piedmont until now, except once, to ...

Torino, Italy-- I just arrived in Torino, and as usual when I visit Italy, I felt an immediate sense of well-being. ...

All Over the Map is out in paperback! Even though I love the hardback as an object--the cover is beautiful--it's probably best ...

This is a story told at an open mic last week for San Francisco’s Porchlight storytelling series. The theme was “fashion.” I used ...

My friend Fabrizia Lanza, the director of the Anna Tasca Lanza Sicilian Cooking Courses, will be here February 13th, and I'm throwing ...

TripAdvisor asked me about my favorites restaurants, hotels, and places to travel, plus my travel suggestions for San Francisco. Here's the interview: VIP ...

I'm having the pre-book jitters, in a big way. The thing about writing a memoir is that when you're writing it, alone in ...

The Times ran a story today about the demise of Gourmet magazine and how its readers aren’t flocking to Bon Appetit or ...

Ciao, Italia! I left Italy this morning and heard my last “arrivaderci.” I was sad to go, not only because I had a ...

I am in Palermo, and had a quintessentially Palermo experience today: I went to visit Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi di Lampedusa, who is ...