An excuse to shower your lover with material manifestations of your affection, Valentine's Day offers us all a chance to channel our inner-romantic. Whether you spend weeks planning out elaborate gifts and meals, or need to grab a bunch of flowers on your way home, February 14th isn't just a day to symbolize love through mass commercialization, nor is it a day made to celebrate monogomy over celibacy or polyamory. If anything, the origins of Valentine's Day cam closer to celebrating the latter rather than the former.
When we think of romantic dinners for two, visions of dimmed lights, flickering candles, and soft music spring to mind. Why not extend the romance past the enjoyment of a meal to include the preparation? We've put together a delicious, romantic, and playful way to celebrate Valentine's Day together this year.
Stretching into the gentle embrace of the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas, Italy's heel is fortuitously graced with a long sun-drenched coastline and diverse landscapes. With fertile, limestone enriched soils, Puglia's hot dry climate makes it deal for growing wine grapes. Delivering rich, bold reds and acidic, mineral whites, explore the exquisite wines produced in Italy's second largest wine region.
Love, lust, jealousy, corruption, betrayal, kidnap, social upheaval, murder, passion, and plague, Allessandro Manzoni’s I Promessi Sposi has all the elements of an epic love story. Written in 1827, the story is set during the Spanish rule of Lombardy in 1628, and follows two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, across Italy as they fight to bind their...
Whether you spend your winters working through your reading list, or live for days spent outside in the snow, colder temperatures always call for fare that warms from the inside out. Stir up this bright and botanical toddy for a delicious taste of sunshine this winter.
Light, fresh, and redolent with brine, feta cheese is a crumbly and exquisite representation of the Mediterranean. Traditionally made from sheep's cheese, the Greek masterpiece adds a distinctly salty punch wherever its welcomed. Roasted at a high temperature, Feta caramelizes. Drizzled with wildflower honey and a sprinkling of fresh herbs and fiery chili flakes and you get the perfect appetizer.
Allow the warm, rich scent of crispy chicken skin to fill your home and permeate your senses with nostalgia. Combining the aromatic flavors of our Herbe di Sicilia blend and bright Lemon Blossom Honey to brighten each bite, serve this melt-off-the-bone chicken with crispy potatoes, fresh salad, or lemon-drenched pasta.
Amber, golden, translucent, creamy, sweet, herbal, floral, there is no shortage of adjectives available to describe nature's sweetest, purest candy: honey. For some, honey might just be the delicious bioproduct of the laborious honey bee's life. To others, it can serve as a biological map identifying the health and verdure of an entire ecosystem. For all of us, the stunningly diverse and unique nectar is a gift.
