PUGLIA, Italy—Pasta is an Italian national staple, but it plays a special role in Puglia, the heel of the country’s boot. The region is Italy’s breadbasket, typically producing more durum wheat than ...

LECCE, Italy — Warm, crumbly and traditionally filled with a silky, lemon-scented custard, pasticciotto is a shortcrust pastry from Puglia, the southern region of Italy that forms the heel of the boot ...

There’s a French-Italian film by Marco Ferreri called La Grand Bouffe about a group of friends that decide to eat themselves to death. While the point of the movie is to satire consumerism, you ...

Focaccia; orecchiette with broccolini and breadcrumbs; fregola with shrimp and tomatoes. This episode features recipes found across Italy, from Puglia to Sardinia. First, it’s a light and crisp Tomato ...