I’m an Irish girl, not 100%, but it’s the part of me that I most identify with. And it’s the country that tops my list of ‘Must travel to before I die’ destinations. Why do I identify with being Irish so much? I think it’s my personality.

• Love a party? With friends - check.
• Raucous sense of humour (with a glass of wine) - check.
• Self-deprecating jokes? Partial check.
• Never back down from a fight? Double check.

So, when I had the pleasure a great conversation with extremely talented local Italian artist Silvia Dotto, both lovers of all things food and travel, I felt like we had much in common despite our different backgrounds. She allowed me to borrow (with great care) some beautiful, hand made clayware of hers to shoot several Italian recipes for a stock shoot; here are some of my favourites from that shoot.

As we were getting to know one another I saw some of these traits in her; clearly she was a great host and had a loud and fabulous sense of humour. We never got so far as the self-deprecating jokes, and maybe that’s where the similarities end between the Irish and the Italian, but nevertheless I greatly appreciated her trusting me with her art for the weekend.  If you’re ever in the need for gorgeous, locally crafted clayware now you know where to go.

Enjoy!

Tags: italian bread pudding, italian cooking, jackie connelly photography, panzanella, silvia dotto

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