http://www.katieparla.com Freelance Writer - Food and Wine Expert - Scholarly Tours Sat, 08 May 2010 13:54:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Filippo La Mantia, a high end restaurant serving Sicilian and Sicily-inspired dishes is the brainchild of Filippo La Mantia while Lucio Sforza of L'Asino d'Oro dishes out affordable Umbrian comfort food. Read the full piece on these two restaurants here. http://www.katieparla.com/published-in-new-york-times-sunday-travel-section/ The South has a character all its own, be it in America or Italy. In my article on Southern Italian regional cuisine I dish on some of my favorite culinary specialties in Italy's deep south. You can read the piece in the new Southern Flourish Magazine here (see pp. 136-440). http://www.katieparla.com/published-in-southern-flourish-magazine/ Roman artichokes are in peak season now and my piece for the NY Times In Transit Blog details how and where to eat them. You can read the article here. You can find my other NY Times contributions here. http://www.katieparla.com/published-on-ny-times-com/ Pre-order your copy of National Geographic's Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe here, set to be released October 20, and look out for my contribution on dessert culture in Istanbul. Learn where to find the best lokum, kabak tatlısı, tavuk göğsü, and aşure ... http://www.katieparla.com/published-in-national-geographic-food-book/ In April the lovely ladies of GoGavavanting.com came to Rome to film an episode of their online travel guide. We visited the the Porta Maggiore and Piazza Vittorio Market together. Look for my appearance around the 6:00 mark. http://www.katieparla.com/featured-on-go-galavanting-tv/ Check out page 8 of the June issue of TimeOut Istanbul, on newsstands now. I was interviewed by Ayşe Şahin on my travels, work, and future plans in Turkey. You can read the online version here. http://www.katieparla.com/interviewed-in-timeout-istanbul/ During the winter, I worked on the first edition of The Rough Guide to Naples & the Amalfi Coast. This guidebook is now available in bookstores and is the ultimate travel guide with detailed coverage of all the region's top attractions. http://www.katieparla.com/published-in-the-rough-guide-to-naples-the-amalfi-coast/ Pick up the latest edition of the Rough Guide to Italy. Check out my contributions to the Puglia, Basilicata, Abruzzo, Molise, and Lazio chapters. http://www.katieparla.com/published-in-the-rough-guide-to-italy/ I just got the great news that I will be working on the next edition of The Rough Guide to Turkey. That means this summer I will be heading back to Turkey to check out lots of hotels, restaurants, and archaeological sites. I'll be starting in Istanbul before moving on ... http://www.katieparla.com/working-o-the-rough-guide-to-turkey/ I am excited to announce the launch of my new website, Parla Food, a blog devoted to my eating and travel throughout Italy and the Mediterranean. Most of the old posts from this site have moved over the Parla Food. http://www.katieparla.com/introducing-parla-food/