I spent 2006 and 2007 riding my Vespa, Katcha, around Italy working on a series of stories and writings about the country's changing state. My Mum is a proper Italian Mama, with all the trimmings of pasta and wearing black, but I grew up in Sydney wanting to order my pizzas from Dominos. It was food that brought me back to my roots, I trained as a chef, and like Jamie Oliver in his TV series, Katcha and I went looking for the best original and traditional recipes.

These are some of the things I wrote about or loved from my time in Italy.

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