Eating Your Way Through Italy

At de Bondt chocolate shop by the Arno, Paul de Bondt, congenial, long-haired, and Dutch, was one of the original leaders of Tuscany’s cioccolate a

Walter Massa has resurrected an ancient, indigenous white grape: Timorasso. Massa’s wines have earned multiple tre bicchieri, the highest distincti

Order dense, chocolaty squares of torta barozzi, a singular specialty hinting surprisingly of peanuts.

Stop by this dairy and cheesemaker for perfect Parmesan.

Food artisan Giancarlo Rubaldi presides over Bar Schiavoni, in Modena’s exquisite covered market. Oblivious to the huge lines, Rubaldi meticulously

Pick up porchetta at this market stall.

Located in the tony Posillipo quarter is Pizzeria La Notizia, where il grande Coccia bakes his featherlight pies. Perfection, so he explains, relie

Have lunch at ’E Curti, an osteria in the shadow of Vesuvius, where super-mamma Angela Ceriello cooks regional soul food and her son Enzo D’Alessan

The shop makes Tuscany's most exclusive, sought-after cheeses.

Sniff out a whole world—licorice, citrus, tobacco—in slow twirlings of fabled Avignonesi vin santo on the winery’s property overlooking the Sienese

Drizzle truffled honey on slices of young pecorino at this wonderful truffle shop near Città di Castello.

Order the limoncello-soaked baby babas.

Gracchi looks spare—clinical even. But a just-delivered crate of wild strawberries fragrantly reassures you. So does Gracchi’s pistachio gelato, co