Regions, owners, kitchens, buildings and seasons: Italy written slowly, by people who live there. The first pieces are being written now.
1 published, 3 in the making
OwnersSalentoComing soonBy email
Across Italy, old houses are sold to whoever bids highest. Some owners chose the slower road and restored instead. What that decision means for the people who come to stay.
Words by Anastasia9 min read
RegionsCampaniaComing soon
South of the Amalfi Coast a national park runs down to the sea, and the villages never learned to hurry. Where to go, when to go, and why so few people do.
Words by Anastasia10 min read
FoodSalentoComing soonBy email
In a Salento kitchen the menu is written at the fish counter that morning, not the night before. A morning spent following it from the stall to the table.
Words by Nick7 min read
Each piece in the Journal is written by someone who lives in, or keeps returning to, the place it is about.
Italy
I write about Italy from wherever the season sends me, north to south. I am more interested in why a place feels the way it does than in what to tick off, and I keep the notebook open at dinner.
Puglia
I live in Puglia and write about the heel of Italy: the masserie, the coast, the kitchens and the people who keep them going. I would rather show you one town properly than five in passing.
A region still to be named
This chair is still empty. The third editor will write from a part of Italy the Journal is not yet covering, and will be introduced here when the first piece is in.
