After the Strozzi Palace in Florence I went to Giulianova for a small concert organized by Giuseppe Di Berardino, a small-town orthodontist who developed a consuming passion for adventurous music in his sixties. The “concert” was essentially a dinner party for the dentist and his patients. The next day the dentist and I traveled 80 miles by bicycle to Termoli, an even smaller town further south down the Adriatic coast of Italy. There I did another informal concert in the Pecorallegra cafe. I never would have considered eating vegan food in Italy, the home of pecorino cheese. But I am here to tell you that Pecorallegra is one of the best restaurants I have ever eaten at. Unbelievable. So, the Strozzi Palace in the birthplace of the renaissance to a dinner concert with dentist. Love this tour.

The dentist decked out for biking.

Guido, the master chef. Taking vegan cooking to new heights. Grows most of the food himself. Practices permaculture. Beyond organic. The most amazing chocolate desert I have ever eaten.