Umbrian Horseback
The horses were led off to be watered, the riders took their places at table...
Tu, Lei, and Everyone Else
As a hardy West Country girl, I have never felt the cold and made it a point of honor not to wear a sweater.
Squirting the rim
I find myself in the ludicrous situation of trying to defend a country that is not my own.
Seismic saint
Living with constant earth tremors is an unnerving business.
Foreign policy
Every time we go away, we face the same battle over whether or not to take out insurance coverage.
Young vipers
The sinister rustle in the undergrowth dulls some of the pleasure of the spring ritual of asparagus-picking.
Teach me
Clare Pedrick thinks a little more schooling might do Italian students a great deal of good.
Missing lesson
Italian children hardly ever go to school, or so it can seem.
Perfectly clever
Clare Pedrick says the way Italians go about beating their system is inimitable.
Clever Italy
Like it or not, Italianism are destined to make their way into your vocabulary.
Dead famished
At a Naples funeral, Clare Pedrick sobs sincerely, but she’s also — dare she say it — hungry.
The hunger
In Italy, funerals are marathon affairs that can make you ravenously hungry.