Garden hops, bruscandoli and tamarisk. This is how the Rialto Market is decorated right now, to show off all the bounty in late May and early June, spilling over onto the city from the Lagoon islands. So yes, the Rialto Market is back to work, it never ceased working during the pandemic, and there’s very…
May is the month dedicated to bees, with 20 May being World Bee Day – La Giornata Mondiale delle Api. 75 per cent of the plants we use for food and medical purposes (more than 50000 species) depend upon pollination by bees. And there are also bees on the marshlands in the Lagoon of Venice,…
It looks like it’s raining any minute in Venice .. and the city is clad in thick mist called caígo. Just before a soft drizzle sets in, the gardens turn completely quiet, and the scent of the spring blossoms is overwhelming. That’s why a misty spring day has its advantages: It’s an opportunity to take…
Walking along Fondamente Nove on a limpid day, you can make out a long island in the distance, stretching forever behind La Certosa: This is Sant’Erasmo, the greenest spot in the Lagoon. Such a bounty grows on Sant’Erasmo, the island of artichokes and vineyards. It’s home to the finest ingredients, tasting slightly of sea salt,…
Risi e Bisi (garden pea risotto) is a favorite spring dish in Venice: By mid-April, the Rialto Market looks like this, and everyone who loves fresh peas will feel like heaven: You’ll see peas of all sizes, from the estuary, the northern Lagoon, and even from southern Italy (Campania, south of Salerno). So it’s really…
The last day of the year in Venice was very sunny, all pearl skies, like a hopeful ray of sun and outlook for the year ahead .. A fine spot to enjoy New Year’s Eve – often sunny – is Serra dei Giardini, the garden hothouse on Viale Garibaldi near the Biennale gardens. It has…
August has arrived in Venice, and the Lagoon is as beautiful as always in this strange and unprecedented year. Breathtaking colors and skies, which by mid-August will fuse into something magical, the azure and purple the colors of the “fifth” season (more about that term soon). For now, we’re in the midst of a heatwave…
Venice is so quiet, and the water is turquoise and crystal clear. Several times last week on social media, surprising images were shared, such as the ones showing millions of fish born in the Venetian canals during the past week!
