Don Genova, a pioneer of podcasting and a Canadian journalist and broadcaster specializing in food and travel, has signed up for a year at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy. He's blogging and podcasting from there.

Check out his blog and podcast for some great listening. He tries to cover the Vancouver scene also, but now from a distance. I expect we'll learn a lot about Italy and nearby parts of Europe as he runs out of canned Canadian material and focuses more on the fantastic experience in store for him in the very special environment in which he will be immersed until the end of the year.

The current episode features an interview with celebrated cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey.