The single most defining food experience of my life

was not an expensive meal out at a fancy restaurant or some outlandish delicacy in an exotic country. No, it was a span of three weeks at a country farmhouse just north of Rome. I loved almost all the meals we had in Italy. Dining out in Italy is a delight. One to be savoured. But  more impactful than all those amazing restaurant meals was the Italian home cooking we enjoyed while volunteering through HelpX.