Laura Lazzaroni

Feb 16, 2024 | shorturl.at | Carolyn Brown |Mary Morris |Laura Lazzaroni |Paul Theroux

Falling in love with a Tuscan villa in a serious state of disrepair transformed Frances Mayes’ life and career. Her tale of restoring Bramasole, in Cortona, is at the heart of Under the Tuscan Sun, her bestselling memoir and the film of the same name. Diane Lane played Mayes in the big screen version. She’s gone on to write eight more books about Italy, including her most recent, Always Italy. Kathy McCabe also had a dream of Italy.

Apr 4, 2023 | discover.silversea.com | Laura Lazzaroni |Sue Bryant

Good luck having a decent serving of homemade pasta alla Norma if you’re the youngest sibling in a big Sicilian family. Traditionally, in fact, this iconic primo – made with fried eggplant, tomato sauce and a hefty snowfall of salted sheep’s milk ricotta – comes to the plate in an age-based assemble-it-yourself fashion, seniors first. Pasta alla Norma was born around 1920, when a quarrel over a play erupted at the house of a theater actor between the host and poet Nino Martoglio.