The Joy of Cookbooks
A case for avoiding search engines and embracing well-loved, sauce-stained, taped-together, fall-open-to-someone's-favorite-dish recipe collections More »
Elizabeth Helman Minchilli is a Rome-based writer who contributes to over 40 publications including Food & Wine, Town & Country, the International Herald Tribune, and Architectural Digest. More
A case for avoiding search engines and embracing well-loved, sauce-stained, taped-together, fall-open-to-someone's-favorite-dish recipe collections More »
International flavors like sesame oil and soy help an Italy-based expat stave off weeks and weeks of the same old minestrone More »
How to find true—and good—hole-in-the-walls abroad? An expat entrusts herself to a tour company, eats for hours, and shares her discoveries. More »
In Italy, Negronis and other classic drinks dominate the bars—so this Rome-based writer decided to experiment with Campari at home More »
What accounts for the high-end brewers cropping up in northern Italy? A love of terroir, local ingredients, and barrel-aging. More »
One daughter is happy with Chicken McNuggets—but she isn't the one this mom is worried about. It's the one who needs money for fancy French sea salt. More »
Traveling to England to drop her daughter at "uni," a writer discovers what might be the U.K.'s most glamorous farm store More »
Does Italy's strongest liqueur remind you of paint thinner? You haven't tried the right stuff. A devotee drinks elegant varieties made by an elegant family. More »
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