Anytime the perfume of orange and lemon groves wafts in the window; the human body has to feel suffused with a languorous well-being.
Sometimes you have to travel back in time, skirting the obstacles, in order to love someone.
Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come.
Venice, the most touristy place in the world, is still just completely magic to me.
The world cracks open for those willing to take a risk.
What has impressed me the most about the Italians whose tables we've sat at is that they are traditional cooks but also outrageously innovative. These people are wild improvisers.