Livia Hengel is a travel journalist covering Italy, Asia and beyond ... to cultivate anything in its barren clay hills (“crete senesi”). It took an entrepreneurial spirit, agricultural ...

The aromatic Pecorino delle Crete Senesi comes from Tuscany, and is coated with tomato paste; Pecorino Toscano is a milder, tomato-less version. Pecorino Siciliano Canestrato comes in various ...