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Michelle Damiani

writing with Italy at heart

Food and Drink

Recipe and menu suggestions to experience Italy wherever you are.

Michelle Damiani
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Here’ll you find recipes from my travels in Italy and around the world. If you want new delicious recipes (plus travel tips and stories) delivered to your email inbox once a month, make sure you sign up for my newsletter, the Grapevine. As a special welcome gift, I’ll send you an e-copy of my bestselling novel, Santa Lucia. Imagine that! In a few keystrokes, you’ll be transported to the landscapes, the cities, and the beauty of Italy. No passport required.


January 22, 2020

How to Host a Pizza Night

January 22, 2020/ Michelle Damiani
How to Host a Pizza Night

Fabulous fun and flavors! Here are my tips for pizza night, from recipes to process to make it a night to remember.

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July 24, 2018

Focaccia Pizza

July 24, 2018/ Michelle Damiani
Focaccia Pizza

It’s easy to make a soft, delicious focaccia pizza. Let me tell you how, and let you get creative with toppings!

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Michelle Damiani

Website for Michelle Damiani, author of Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, the funny and heartfelt memoir of an American family living in Spello, as well as Santa Lucia, a page-turner set on the Umbria border. 

Rumors. Romance. And more than a little espresso.

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Are we excited, I think we are! Or at least I am! The last week has been so incredibly packed I haven’t given a thought to the fact that TOMORROW WE’LL BE IN ITALY UNTIL LITERALLY THIS MOMENT. I wonder what our first meal will be? Knowing
One of the great joys of my life is watching my adult kids play together with the same ease and joy as when they were small (in yesterdays post). I’m unsure if it’s because my eldest set the tone and loved making up games or if it’s
When I had kids I thought my traveling days were over and hung out to dry the dream of ever living abroad.  Little did I know how bringing children along for the ride would allow me to slow down, learn flexibility, and find new ways of connecting acr
If you read my post about Australia and thought, “Wee kangaroos hopping through the foggy forest is well and good for you Michelle— as for me, there’s no way I’m sealing myself into a tube with wings for that long” I&rsq
It took me a year to write this post about my trip to Australia. Time I needed to let the whirlwind of thoughts settle into something cohesive. Check out my stories or bio to read how Australia is like visiting another planet—creatures you didn
My book survived its next round of editing! So much fun to gab about Aramezzo while sipping coffee. Kris has loads of opinions about what she wants to happen, but I’m keeping mum 😊 Here’s her blurb: “Come sit at the town bar with a
There’s a common joke that calls Molise “Mol’isnt”. Or another one that refers to the Italian region as “Molise è niente” (Molise is nothing). But I gotta say, I had a smashing time in Termoli a few years ba
Draft of the upcoming installment of my “Murder in an Italian Village” series is now with editors! And it’s about time, too, as the zillions of piles of dirty and clean laundry have blurred into one mega-pile screaming for attention
🍷 If you love wine, you may have heard of Montefalco, the Umbrian city famed for growing Sagrantino grapes. But unless you live in central Virginia, you probably haven’t heard of Montifalco. A name that made me chuckle for years. The owners&rs
I love my “job”.

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Festival participant, speaking about “Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center”

Festival participant, speaking about “Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center”

Featured speaker on panel discussing Romance for “Santa Lucia”

Featured speaker on panel discussing Romance for “Santa Lucia”