The Book I Found in Assisi which led me to Sicily
It started in a bookstore in Assisi. I was just wandering around and ended up in a bookstore at the town’s main piazza. And…
May 12, 2026
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7 Dishes Inspector Montalbano Would Approve Of
If you’ve ever watched Commissario Montalbano, you know it’s not just about solving crimes on the Sicilian coast. It’s a show about life and…
August 18, 2025
Arrivederci Montalbano- thoughts on Riccardino
This is not a book review but just my personal thoughts of Riccardino -the last novel of the Inspector Montalbano series. The crime stories,…
February 27, 2024
Books that give an itch to visit South Italy
Have you been sitting at home while people around you are traveling the world??! Travel has opened up for sure but maybe it is…
April 26, 2022
103 Other Adventures In and Around Rome – a must read for Italophiles
The Italophilia community keeps getting bigger and bigger and I could not be more thrilled to share about two passionate Italophiles and Romanophiles (is…
February 8, 2022
Book Review: South of Somewhere by Robert Camuto
I recently had the pleasure to read Robert V. Camuto’s book “South of Somewhere: Wine, Food, and the Soul of Italy“. For 4 weeks,…
December 18, 2021
Women in Translation- 3 Italian Authors You Must Read
Italian literature is synonymous with writers such as Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, Dante Alighieri, Giacomo Leopardi, Elena Ferrante and Andrea Camilleri. Often times, many…
August 3, 2021
Midnight in the Piazza- an art mystery set in Rome
I love connecting with fellow Italophiles and expats in Italy just like Tiffany Parks. We both connected on Instagram, thanks to a mutual love…
May 1, 2021