Recipe: Pesce Mediterraneo
1 lb of fresh white fish
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup black olives
2 cloves of garlic, smashed, sliced
1 bunch of fresh basil leaves
extra virgin olive oil
a splash of white wine
salt and pepper
to taste (remember the olives)
or: use a bit of crushed red pepperoncino for pizzazz!
Our first morning sail took us around to the south side of Procida, to see the panoramic pastel houses that grace the island, all bunched together like a bee colony.
For those of us who love to cook or to garden, each ingredient has a personality. We develop relationships with our favorite vegetables, fruits and grains, returning to our favorites, thrilled when they come back into season or we can invite them to another new recipe. Written by Rebecca Wood …
“An early member of the Slow Food movement, Peggy Markel takes culinary tours to numerous parts of Italy but also goes further afield to Morocco.” Top 10 Culinary Guides, written by Bruce Palling The Wall Street Journal October 2010 Read more.
Un Pezzo di Uomo. Tony, our captain on the June 2010 ‘Sailing and Savoring Amalfi Coast’ sailing trip, breaks out into spontaneous opera while at the wheel.
His head fell into my lap with exhaustion, preceded by the rest of his Neapolitan body. He was wet and cold and the night sea water was rough and dangerous.
“Peggy Markel, entrepreneur, gastronome and world traveler, has designed and directed culinary tours since 1991. Her love of food and travel have developed into a livelihood as a cultural translator; opening doors to experiencing and understanding culinary traditions at their source.” Read more.
“Although I knew her only from her “modern” life in Boulder and from traveling together in Europe, Peggy Markel actually grew up in Alabama. (Unrelated—or at least not directly related—to catfish, she runs a cooking school in Tuscany and food tours in Italy and Morocco.” Read more here.
“For the past 15 years, Peggy Markel has done it all by combining her greatest passions into a dream job…it is obvious that Markel feels at home sitting around a kitchen table, talking and reminiscing.” PROFILE: Raging at the Sky, written by Natasha Gardener Women’s Magazine May 2007 Read more.
