andiamotrips - campania, italy with karen phillips

Here we are- a little over a year after Chef Francesco Sodano decided to leave his role as Executive Chef at a Michelin starred restaurant on the Amalfi Coast- he is ready to embark on a new adventure a little different...a little pop .   Is Pop , the new project developed by  Francesco who puts his territory "at the center of the village" along with his desire to bring people closer to eating well. Is Pop is located in Pomigliano d'Arco, in the province of Naples, a stone's throw from Casa Sodano: this is the starting point of a project that can expand, maintaining its popular soul, its pop soul . The format will in fact have a prefix: Ciabatta Is Pop, because it focuses on bread and sandwiches-featuring amazing breads that Sodano is famous for.  The project is also  wide-ranging and the goal will be to have a  Gelato Is Pop , a Fresh pasta Is Pop and so on. Think globally, act locally so to speak . At Is Pop you can find all the specialties that have distingui

Something new has popped up on Via Madonna Del Pantano in Varcaturo.     Maroder Restaurant - a popular place in the area for traditional Italian cuisine since 1996- has done a little more than just changed their sign in the parking lot.  They've totally revamped part of the dining room turning it into a modern lounge bar which also serves sushi.   I was quite curious, so the other evening I decided to check it out.  The lounge opens up at 6 pm- I arrived at 6:15, greeted by barman Fabio Cacciapuoti.    Fabio Cacciapuoti After a quick tour and chat, Cacciapuoti led me to the bar and began to prepare my first cocktail - The Truffle Maroder . Visualizza questo post su Instagram Un post condiviso da karenp (@andiamotrips) Ingredients include truffle bourbon, chestnut brandy, sugar, lemon juice, milk, an aglianico wine float, marron glacè, and a spritz of truffle essence. Perfect for the fall season when chestnuts and truffles make their appearance. While s

The event created to promote the beauties and tourist-cultural proposals of the Phlegraean area, organized by Malazè Laboratorio di Comunità APS, continues in its second weekend of events dedicated to food and wine, the beauties of the territory, the landscape, the myths and its stories. These are the ingredients that will accompany young and old "ViaggiAttori" to live an experiential dimension that only these unique places can offer. "We are halfway there, happy to have resumed this year but aware that Malazè - explains the creator of the event, Rosario Mattera - cannot limit itself to being a showcase of the Phlegraean Fields for only two weeks a year. We want to look to the future in an innovative way to create wealth responsibly in the food sector as well as in cultural and social enterprise, in new digital technologies and in design. But we haven't forgotten our past; we know that roots can make a difference in the globalized world ”.  Below is the complete cale

Malazè is back, the festival-lab conceived by Rosario Mattera to promote the beauties and tourist-cultural proposals of the Phlegraean Fields. Now in its fifteenth edition, Malazè is an event that spreads throughout the Phlegraean Fields and ideally unites Naples, Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Monte di Procida, Quarto and Procida as well as numerous associations and businesses in the area. This year an edition full of events dedicated to food and wine, the beauties of the Phlegraean area, history but also leisure, designed so that you can  immerse yourself in the myths and legends of this land. "The goal is to let those who do not know it discover this land and to thrill those who already know it but not enough", explains Rosario Mattera. “This is the fifteenth edition, every year is a different bet and we did not expect to get this far; I am driven by the conviction that the territory has strengths that are not sufficiently valued and that it still has a lot to offer ". Fifteen d

    It’s as if I am rediscovering you and your cuisine, Angelo. That is how I answered Angelo Carannante, chef of the Michelin starred restaurant Caracol Gourmet, during our after lunch chit chat that windy afternoon. Rediscovering, reliving, and in some ways - silently celebrating- my latest lunch at one of Campania’s top restaurants. My first visit was back in 2017.   I remember as if it were yesterday. Each yearly visit since then (minus 2020 due to Covid)   includes a steep downhill ride in the restaurant’s 4x4 (the only way to reach Caracol). Colorful, no frills , packed with flavor dishes. A wine list with international as well as local wines from Campi Flegrei.   And of course- the fantastic view. Definitely a stellar experience. Visualizza questo post su Instagram Un post condiviso da karenp (@andiamotrips)   Let’s rediscover together- Visualizza questo post su Instagram Un post condiviso da karenp (@andiamotrips) My afte