Verano Petri studied culinary arts at Italian cooking schools near Florence, but went on to merge his disparate influences to create his own unique style – See More at Telluride Inside & Out

Boys my age feared the sight of German soldiers. This is where I put to good use my knowledge of nature’s bounty. I went out in the fields, creeks, hills and valleys, climbed trees for fruit and mushrooms, and search the …

A scrawny 8 year old boy named Verano was carefully setting a handmade trap to catch a few birds in the countryside of Lucca, Italy when he heard the roar of the Bombers coming from the south. They came by …