The Italian Locations That Inspired "Cucina Romana: Another Italian Adventure"

The first thing I did during the lockdown—after seriously stocking up on food and wine—was escape to Italy. Sort of. Without the ability to actually fly there (why haven’t I obtained my dual citizenship?!), I stayed sequestered in New York and journeyed to Italy each morning through my imagination via the writing of “Another Italian Adventure.” Cucina Romana is the sequel to Cucina Tipica, the latter being the story of Jacoby Pines, a disheartened American who arrives in Italy on