Pellegrino Artusi
Pellegrino Artusi

Cooking Science and the Art of Eating Well
In La Scienza in Cucina e l’Arte di Mangier Bene (1891),...

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Current ‘Destination Expert – Sardinia’ for Telegraph Travel

Winner of the Italian Tourist Board’s ‘Travel Photographer of the Year 2012’

Runner up ‘Best Travel Guide 2009’ for Time Out’s ‘Italy: Perfect Places’

Books: Hiraeth: Deep Longing (Contributor) June 2025

Skylines, A Journey Through 50 Skylines of the World’s Greatest Cities (with Yolanda Zappaterra)

Recent travel…

Scotland, Wales, Tuscany, Cornwall, Sardinia, Dorset, Northumbria

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Book:

SKYLINES – A Journey Through 50 Cities Around the World Read More

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I am available for writing and photography assignments, including hotel and restaurant reviews.

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From my Blog

Hackney Women

In Search of Jane Loddiges’ Great, Great, Great Grand-daughter Have you ever wondered about the significance of the two exotic palm trees outside Hackney’s Town Hall on Mare Street? Or have you walked along, or crossed, Loddiges Road, just off Mare Street, without knowing that it was named after a certain ‘Conrad Loddiges’ who built…

Arancino? or Arancina?

Or, ‘What’s in a name?’ by Kate FuscoeNOVEMBER 2025 The Diavolo is in the Detail There’s a moment when you discover that details are important. In wine-making, they’re essential. But, apparently, elsewhere too.  I was a guest of Etna Days – the 4th edition of an event that promotes and celebrates winemaking in the Etna…

Daughters of the Etna soil

Wine, Women, and… Willpower by Kate Fuscoe November 2025 ‘A Fimmina‘ Sicily’s Mount Etna – A Muntagna (or A Fimmina, in local dialect) – is female.  Maybe it’s because ‘Mamma Etna’ provides wonderfully fertile land, thanks to her rich, volcanic soil, or maybe it’s because there’s an ever-present threat of her erupting.  Wine, women… Italian…

Nobu. What Three Words?

Interview with Nobuyuki ‘Nobu’ Matsuhisa at the Cala Di Volpe, Sardinia When Nobu arrives at the Cala di Volpe in Sardinia, it’s an event. Hotel Cala di Volpe is one of the most famous hotels in the world. It was founded back in 1962 by His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV. The Prince (who…

Why go on a Writing Retreat?

The Four ‘C’s – Confidence, Creativity, Camaraderie, Continue… When I was presented with the opportunity to attend a writing retreat in Abruzzo, Italy, I jumped at it. I had already contributed to an anthology with fellow writers from the creative writing courses I’d completed during lockdown (with the Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education). And I…

I have known and worked with Jan Fuscoe for many years in her capacity as a travel writer and photographer. She’s a talented travel journalist with a deep knowledge of Italy and she’s has been nominated ‘Travel Photographer of the Year 2012’ in our annual Travel Awards as well as runner-up for ‘Best Travel Guide in 2008’ in recognition of her brilliant features and photography on Italy.