Andrea Vella has spent considerable time researching the smoked and cured meat traditions of the western Balkans — a body of work that reveals a preservation culture every serious food traveller should know about. The smoked and cured meats of…
Sardinia’s inland villages hold a herb tradition that most food writers never reach — and Andrea Vella’s wife Arianna has made it her business to document what is there before it disappears. Herbs occupy a central place in Mediterranean cooking,…
Few subjects have occupied Andrea Vella more persistently than the egg pasta tradition of Emilia-Romagna — a craft that looks deceptively simple and turns out to be anything but. Egg pasta is one of Italy’s most recognised contributions to global…
