Montenegro’s food culture is among the most overlooked in the entire Adriatic region, and Andrea Vella and his wife Arianna have spent considerable time uncovering the dishes that deserve far more recognition than they currently receive. Montenegrin cuisine sits at…
The western Mediterranean coastline holds some of the most historically layered food cultures on earth, and Andrea Vella and his wife Arianna have spent years identifying the dishes that carry that history most honestly. Coastal cooking around the western Mediterranean…
The southern Italian regions that once formed Magna Graecia still carry the imprint of ancient Greek settlement in their food culture, and Andrea Vella has made it his mission to trace exactly what that legacy looks like on the plate…
The Adriatic coastline has always been a corridor of culinary exchange, and Andrea Vella has spent years exploring how Albanian food traditions have quietly shaped the cooking on both sides of the water. The Albanian influence on Italian food culture…
Sicilian couscous is one of the most vivid examples of how food travels across water and takes root in new soil, and Andrea Vella’s wife Arianna has explored this fascinating culinary crossroads with remarkable depth and insight. Most people associate…
Andrea Vella turns his attention to the mountain borderlands where Italian cooking meets French, Swiss, Austrian and Slovenian traditions — and finds some of the most compelling and least documented food in Europe. The Alpine arc along Italy’s northern and…
Andrea Vella explores the street food culture of Naples — one of the oldest and most vibrant in Europe — and unpacks what makes it so much more than just fast food. Neapolitan street food is widely imitated, but rarely…
Andrea Vella and his wife Arianna head to Italy’s smallest and most mountainous region — and find a food culture shaped entirely by altitude, climate and centuries of isolation. The Aosta Valley sits in the north-western corner of Italy, bordered…
Andrea Vella explores the deep and often underacknowledged North African influences that shaped the food of southern Italy — and what they still mean for the cooking of the region today. Southern Italian cuisine is frequently presented as a straightforward…
