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Roasted white
chocolate and
ricotta cannoliJOANNA SAVILL
journalist
The other lake, p
Once upon a time, Joanna
Savill met an Italian chef on a
Tuscan island. Then she fell for
Giuliano’s home city – Brescia, in
the northern region of Lombardy- and the spectacular lake
nearby. “Of all the Lombardy
lakes, Garda is the biggest
and most fascinating. Postcard
landscapes, freshwater fish,
mountain cheeses, a freak
Mediterranean climate and
a murky fascist history. The
perfect spot for a holiday home.”
JACLYN KOLUDROVIC
chef
Sweet life, p
“When I was asked to twist up
some southern Italian desserts
I got excited. I’m not Italian, I
don’t have a nonna passing me
cannoli, but I love theefortless
simplicity of Italianfood,” says
Icebergs Dining Room & Bar’s
pastry chef Jaclyn Koludrovic.
Honing her dessertskills with
Philippa Sibley atCirca, she
later perfected them under the
watchful eye of Justin North at
Bécasse where she also met her
husband, Monty Koludrovic.KATIE PARLA
writer
Matera city hitlist, p
A Rome-based food and drinks
writer, Katie Parla is a regular
visitor to Basilicata, her maternal
grandmother’s ancestral
homeland. “I have an ainity
for caves, tunnels, and cisterns- a strange interest, but one
that chimes well in rock-hewn
Matera,” says Parla, a trained
archaeological spelunker. When
she’s not exploring Matera’s
centuries-old cave churches,
she’s strolling between
gelato and cofee stops.
CHRISTOPHER WISE
photographer
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“Piero della Francesca is the
insider’s Renaissance artist,”
says photographer Christopher
Wise. “I don’t think his brilliance
is fully appreciated.” Known for
their dream-like serenity and
humanism, della Francesca’s
frescoes can be seen in chapels
located in a small triangle at the
corner of Tuscany, Umbria and
the Marche. “The sites form
a trail, dotted with sublime art,
lovely towns and delightful
trattorias,” says Wise. PHOTOGRAPHY BEN DEARNLEY (JACLYN KOLUDROVIC, CANNOLI)16 GOURMET TRAVELLERContributors