Places Added by Susan Van Allen

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.

Once an insect-dyed health tonic, this liqueur now adds a scarlet tint to Italian pastries.

Outside Rome, a tranquil abbey turns eucalyptus into liqueur.

The vineyards of Mount Vesuvius still produce the same wines enjoyed by the ancient Romans.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.