|
 |
Croatia
The first week in March I have been invited by the Croatian National Tourist Organization to Croatia. I will be going to Zagreb and to Istria.
|
 Friuli/Venezia Giulia and The Veneto
From December 8-12 as a guest of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and its Press Office "BuonItalia" I participated in a gastronomic tour of Friuli/Venezia Giulia and the Veneto together with four other US journalists. We visited several top wineries, cheese consortiums, the Consortium of San Daniele Prosciutto, Lucio Torresan's radicchio farm, and the city of Treviso. The photo is of me with top chef Emanuele Scarello, the owner of "Agli Amici" in Godia just outside Udine. With two Michelin stars and a top rating in the Italian Espresso and Gambero Rosso guides, "Agli Amici" is rated the best restaurant in Friuli/Venezia Giulia. Scarello is President of "Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe".
|
 Naples, Italy
From November 27-29, as a guest of the Regione Campania, I attended the International Jewelry Awards.
|
 Colorno
Over the weekend of October 4-5, I was a guest of world-famous chef, Gualtiero Marchesi, at ALMA, the International University of Italian Cuisine, the only cooking school with Italian Government accreditation. ALMA is located in Colorno about 8 miles from Parma in the ducal palace that was once home to the Austrian Princess Marie Louise, Napoleon's second wife. One of the founders of ALMA and its Rector, Marchesi was the first Italian chef to have 3 Michelin stars. He will turn 80 in March.
|
 Gragnano
From 11th-13th September as a guest of town hall, I attended the 9th "Festa Internazionale della Pasta", renamed this year "I Sensi della Pasta", held in Gragnano above the Amalfi Coast. Gragnano is known worldwide as "The Capital of Pasta", which has been made there since the 1500s.
|
 Manchester, U.K.
The last week of June I traveled to Manchester as a guest of the local Tourist Board to write up two major Egyptian collections there and interview the chef Andrew Nutter.
|
 Luxembourg and Trier
In late May and early June I traveled to Luxembourg and Trier in Germany courtesy of the New York offices of the German National Tourist Organization and the Luxembourg Tourist Board. The focus of my stories was on on gastronomy and religion.
|
|
