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Campania Tasting Box – We are the Sauce

Campania Tasting Box – We are the Sauce

A post long overdue, a few weeks ago I received a tasting box from We are the Sauce. As per their website, The Sauce is a new and fiercely independent company based in London. Their team of three takes care of all aspects: they speak to the producers, coordinate the shipping and even built their  website.   They travel across countries to research (and in a very detailed fashion too) the local food scene, finding out about relatively little known…

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Discover Cilento – it happened again…

Discover Cilento – it happened again…

Discover Series… We did it again. Following on from the success (well, it felt that way) of the fundraising dinner DiscoverAbruzzo, I decided to plan a second event. Same cause (FAI, the Italian heritage trust), same location (our humble abode) but this time, why not enroll the help of fellow Cilento lovers @Squadrilla75 and Chiara, her friend from school and pastry chef? During our summer holidays in Villammare (Cilento), the planning begun.  We shopped for food, we asked our local chefs…

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Hidden gems in Italy: Cilento and sun, sea and food

Hidden gems in Italy: Cilento and sun, sea and food

Cilento The word itself brings back memories of long, endless summers, old villages, the sound of the crickets in the midday sun, the blue sky and the stars Since I was 2, I have been spending my summer holidays in a small place called Villammare, located on the Gulf of Policastro, near the town of Sapri. Italians are usually familiar with the area, at least geographically, but foreigners hardly ever know where Cilento is located. Yet, you mention the Amalfi…

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