Olive and Pine | Homes in Italy

An American Cook in Tuscany. Becoming more Italian, one recipe at a time. Pull up a chair and join me at my Kitchen Table, the heart of the home.

Food, travel, fun links & cocktails (not necessarily in that order)

An American in Napoli, Italy, traveling the world to find home.

Stories and recipes from my Tuscan kitchen | Seasonal, nourishing, vegetable-forward food by Tuscan food writer and cookbook author Giulia Scarpaleggia.

An adventure of discovery and of being free to be me.

I run custom retreats at our beautiful twelfth-century fortress in northern Tuscany. I am a cookbook author and stylist. Welcome to my life in Italy.

Finding terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations.

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