Photo courtesy Agata Janus, All Right Reserved, www.gagatka.pl On my site dedicated to the Italian Riviera… here’s the lede to part two of this multi-part…
Genoa is one of the great food cities of Italy. It not only has dozens of hole-in-the-wall specialty food shops selling everything from excellent, natural…
Another new post on the new site, WanderingLiguria.com, this time about Rapallo’s great food and wine boutiques, including an artisan coffee-roasting establishment with some of…
Corniglia, one of the Cinque Terre villages, seen from above (photo copyright Alison Harris) Wandering Liguria is a new site dedicated to the Italian Riviera:…
Dawn over Genoa this morning. Now it’s downright hot… Perfect weather, no crowds, fab food… This is winter on the Italian Riviera. I once had…
There’s a reason “Wreck-Oh!” is the irreverent nickname for Recco, the Italian Riviera’s self-styled “culinary capital” and probable birthplace of the cheese-filled delicacy focaccia con…
Have you seen this hat before? No? Really? Look again. It’s been on my head every day as I’ve hiked around the Italian Riviera. Here…
(image: San Rocco, again…) The other day at Arturo’s butcher shop – that’s Arturo Paolucci here in San Rocco – I was waiting in line…
The Nativity scenes aren’t even down yet – the Magi only arrived on Epiphany, January 6. And the mimosa is already in bloom! Allergens galore!!…
(photo shown: Alison’s cover shot for Enchanted Liguria, which shows the church of San Rocco di Camogli) The perched village of San Rocco di Camogli…
From Passo del Gallo up we went, hauling ourselves to the top of the cliff face by using the handy chains placed there by the…
Ironically the Italian Riviera’s Wild West is on its eastern half, up and away and behind the seaside resorts of Camogli, Santa Margherita Ligure and…