Italy’s best kept secret – the island of Elba in the Mediterranean

On my recent Seabourn cruise around the Mediterranean, our first port of call was the Tuscan island of Elba. It’s the third largest island in Italy, after Sardinia and Sicily but is only a fraction of the size and is just 10km off the coast of Tuscany. We were smitten with this slice of Mediterranean […]

Explore Rome’s bohemian Trastevere district and enjoy the great restaurants

The cuisine in Rome is superb and I’d like to share some of the ‘best’ food we ate in the delightful Trastevere district in Rome. I love Italian food and while the weather is still balmy in September, there is nothing more enjoyable than sitting outside on the pavement and watching the world go by. Trastevere […]

Great casual dining in NYC -Eataly

If you like open space market style of eating, where restaurants have no boundaries and meld with delicious food products, you must visit Eataly in New York. It’s one of only two locations in the USA, located at 200 Fifth Avenue, as well as one in Chicargo. As the name suggests it’s an Italian company foundered […]