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Lemon farming on the Amalfi Coast has always been linked to the Aceto family, who have been operating for five generations. "Salvatore Quasimodo, do you know what he said? That we Amalfitans don't notice when we go to Paradise because we've already spent a lifetime there." Luigino Aceto (known as Gigino) is 84 years old, and he laughs as he freely...

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Tracy Roberts-Pounds is the new Consul General of the United States of America, Naples. She began her career in the U.S. Department of State in 2000 and is a career diplomat in the Senior Foreign Service. From 2018 to 2021, Ms. Roberts-Pounds served as head of the Regional Peace and Security Office at the Bureau for African Affairs. Previously, she...

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Since 1997 the Amalfi Coast has been part of the World Heritage Site thanks to its renowned beauty, breathtaking scenery and crystal clear sea. Not surprisingly, it is among the favorite destinations of summer holidays of Italians and foreigners who, every year, choose to stay between Positano and Vietri to enjoy a few days of sea and relaxation. A...

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In New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles everyone says “I love San Marzano DOP”. This is the name of a promotion program aimed at enhancing the typical Italian tomato cultivar, which is enjoying great success in the US. The promotion activities are co-funded by the EU and promoted by the Consortium for the Protection of Pomodoro San Mar...

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I was hot and thirsty one late afternoon in the ancient city of Benevento, in the middle of the ankle of the Italian boot. So I walked up to the shaded terrace of a café for something cold. “Some San Pellegrino,” I called out in Italian to the barman standing in the doorway. “Bianco o rosso?” he asked. He apparently thought I wanted wine, possibly...

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Each and every region in Italy has incredible highlights—cultural, historical, and gastronomical. Campania is no exception.   There are many reasons to love Campania, the stunningly beautiful Italian region south of Rome, framed by the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west and Neapolitan Apennines to the east, and with the fortune to have Naples as its capita...

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The high-speed train flies between Rome and Naples in just over an hour, but I prefer to vagabond it between these two cities. I travel to eat, and I’ve learned in my 15 years of living in Rome that the artichokes and pastas you find along the way are, I’d wager, just as delicious as whatever you get on arrival. So I stretch the trip into a four-da...

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Many years ago, while interviewing my cousin Herby for family recollections, he had mentioned that our grandfather, Antimo (nicknamed “Tony”) operated a produce store, around the corner from Arthur Avenue (across from St.Barnabus Hospital.) *Note: The timeline for this story is around the mid to late 1950’s.* Herby clearly recalled the fact that, w...

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Above the green hills of the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy, an agile farmer leaps across terraced lemon groves overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Balancing between one wooden pole and another, the not-so-young acrobat defies gravity, bending to pick lemons and transport them in crates weighing more than 25 kilograms (55 pounds) between vertical ga...

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Wild beaches and pristine landscapes surrounded by the scents of Mediterranean vegetation, hidden coasts caressed by a turquoise sea that is just as good as any tropical paradise: from Liguria to Sardinia, from Veneto to Campania, Italy enshrines breathtaking beaches where you can enjoy the sea and feast your eyes with magnificent views. Here for y...

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