022: How to tell if your extra virgin olive oil is really extra virgin
After a short catch up on life at the villa, including a couple of culinary tours and our harvest of peppers, you'll learn about our PLUS method (Price. Label. Understanding. Source) which you can use to help ensure the extra virgin olive oil you are buying is truly extra virgin olive oil.
Topics we cover:
Why you should always back...
018: Why southern Italy is better than northern Italy
Learn some of the advantages southern Italy has over the northern sections. While most people have visited the northern cities like Rome, Pisa, and Milan, they might not realize what they are missing in the south. Paul and Steven discuss a blog post about this and whether they agree with every point.
Topics covered:
Paul’s Uncle Guy listening to boxer Nino...
043: Eat Happy with Anna Vocino
Anna joins us again for another fun podcast, featuring an amazing day of food shopping with Paul, a delicious lunch, and a fun discussion about her new cookbook Eat Happy.
Topics we cover:
How Anna's last name is ironic. It translates to "little voice" yet she is a voice over talent.
Anna's mission to find stracciatella (more info below)
How...
027: Is an Italian woman’s place only in the kitchen?
What role do Italian women play in their society? How about American women? Does it differ? Joe and Andrea Lathe-Vitale return for the second part of our sit down with them around the kitchen table. Things got a little political and we discussed a bit how we have seen women's places in Italian culture and society.
Topics we cover:
A couple...
001: Puglia, Italy and Villa Cappelli
This episode's all about the villa and Puglia, Italy. Why we are here, what the villa was like when we found it, and what it's like running an agriturismo and villa rental in Italy.
You’ll discover:
That Puglia has been called “The new Tuscany,” but why Paul feels is should be called “The old Tuscany”
The history of the area,...
046: The Best Italian Culinary Tour
There are all kinds of Italian Culinary Tours, but we like to think ours is pretty special — that's why I can say "best" because it's ours. So Paul and I fire up the mics to talk about our Culture and Culinary Tour (better name perhaps to be determined).
If you'd like to skip right to more details and the...
041: Fighting big drug companies with Celebrity Trainer Vinnie Tortorich
We talk with Italian-American trainer to the stars, Vinnie Tortorich, about his life growing up in an Italian family in Louisiana, his NSNG lifestyle and his new Pure Vitamin Club. WARNING: This episode is not family friendly. Any young ones should probably not listen.
A little intro to Vinnie:
He's Hollywood's go-to guy when it comes to health and fitness. A...
038: Is there Italian food without pasta?
While that is a bit sacrilegious to talk about Italian food without pasta, it can be done. And rather easily. Anna Vocino, joins us for the second part of her interview where we talking making "noodles" from vegetables and how to eat Italian food without eating sugar or grains.
Topics we cover:
How Paul has been foraging for wild asparagus...
045: Non Stereotypical Italian Music with Michael Hynes
At Villa Cappelli, we often surround ourselves with stereotypical Italian music like pizzica or Neopolitan classics, but when guest Michael Hynes visited, we were entertained with the likes of Elton John, Billy Joel and more! It was another magical moment with our guests, and hopefully, the podcast captures even just a little bit of that.
Topics we cover:
How guests...
003: Easter in Italy
Easter in Italy.
It's a strange and magical experience, almost straight out of the Godfather. Discover just how different and mysterious the celebrations are here in Puglia, Italy.
The "show notes" are below. Please note that they are just that, "notes." I will try and write a more thorough post about the events, but really, to get the full experience you...
