For our international visitors: a new, ongoing series of images taken by yours truly. Popular devotion in Italy comes in all sizes: small, big and over the top. As usual, it’s at its best when it’s at its most sincere, which often means: off the beaten track. In the big cities there’s real...

Media: oil paints on wood Dimensions: 3.5" X 6" X 1/2" This painting is part of my "Italy On My Mind" series. The Tuscan hills are always coming to my mind: they are some of Italy's most breathtaking panoramas. The tree depicted in this painting is on top of a hill in Buonconvento, a small village...

Here is a great recipe for marinara sauce using canned tomatoes. This marinara sauce is delicious over your favorite pasta, on top of pizza and over mussels and shrimp. The beauty of this sauce is that it can be used with a number of other recipes, so it's a great starting point in Italian Cooking...