Planning guides: what is in season, which region to choose, and how to get there.
Piedmont white truffle season runs late September to January with the peak in October and November; the Alba fair runs 10 October to 6 December 2026. Month by month, how a hunt works, what it costs, where to stay.
Istrian truffle hunts compared: a family hunt above Motovun with a truffle meal, a ninety-minute walk from Livade, the top Viator option, and what to do without a car. Plus when white truffle season really is.
Three Naples pizza classes compared: the three-hour pizza and tiramisù class, the two-hour family class with gelato, and the class taught by a working pizzaiolo at his own oven.
Which Slovenian wine region to visit from Ljubljana in a day: Goriška Brda, the Vipava Valley or the Karst, with drive times, what you'll taste, tour prices and a sample day.
Croatia's wine grapes explained: Malvazija and Teran in Istria, Plavac Mali, Pošip, Grk and Babić in Dalmatia, Graševina in Slavonia, what they taste like and where to taste each.
Split vs Dubrovnik for food and wine: markets, food tours, cooking classes, Kaštela versus Pelješac wine days, prices, and which to choose for a first trip.
Neapolitan vs Roman pizza: dough, oven, shape and texture, why one is soft and one crisp, pizza al taglio and scrocchiarella, and where to take a class in each city.
Trastevere vs Testaccio food tours in Rome: what you eat on each, morning versus evening, price and pace, and which to choose for a first visit or a second.
Cacio e pepe, carbonara, amatriciana and gricia: what each is, the ingredients they share, why carbonara has no cream, and where to eat or learn them in Rome.
Tuscany wineries without driving: small-group tours, private drivers, the buses and trains that reach Chianti and Montalcino, e-bike and Vespa options, and what each costs.