About Appetibilis

Nice to meet you!
appetibilis.net is… the result of a collaborative effort of a group of friends (from Italy) passionate about Italian Cooking, Food & Life, and everything in between. We are a small team of talents with a wide range of skills and experience.

Appetibilis, from the Latin appetere, means desirable. Originally it had the literal meaning of “striving towards something, trying to reach something“.

It’s about People, Places & Life – “We are on a journey of discovery, recovery and narration – in visual and words – of flavors, knowledge and local artisans…”

Always looking for stories in search of an author, about people and their territory, stories that tell (in words and images) about craftsmanship, gastronomy, art, agriculture, ingenuity … in short, everything that makes the world of makers unique.

And here we are, from the left:

◦ Simona Scarone
◦ Orsola Ciriello Kogan
◦ Rosangela Giannoccaro

In essence, with Appetibilis, we are on a journey to discover, recover and narrate about knowledge and culture – art & craft – of talented artisans and makers in search of an author. Along with local flavors, regional traditions, arts & crafts, food, wine & spirits, trends and suggestions about cooking, food styling, blogging and photography.

Truth to be told, it’s a constant work in progress!

Appetibilis Story

That's me: ockstyle gourmet traveler+ (collage)

That’s me, Orsola Ciriello Kogan, aka OCKstyle your Gourmet Traveler+ & Visual Storyteller: the founder of Appetibilis.

Professionally, I’ve been a photographer, trained chef and pastry chef, food stylist, and blogger. Experienced in multilingual content creation: Italian, English, French and Russian are my languages.

My main goal remains more or less the same (the must-do that tops all my ‘resolution lists’) “To travel and…”

to learn more about the different Italian ways of cooking from “local” characters, by focusing on regional and traditional foods (You must know that there is no such thing as a unified Italian cuisine, right?)
To get to know other cultures and their ways of cooking,
while taking pictures with my beloved vintage analog Hasselblad 500C… (+ a couple of digital gadgets).

And savoring every last bit of it!

At the beginning, I didn’t have a clear picture of how I wanted appetibilis.net to be, I just knew that it had to be appetizing, hence appetibilis [from the Latin appetere, means desirable].

The idea of the blog sparked a while ago (sometime 2005), while traveling, as I created the first draft on the spur of the moment.

You know, it was one of those moments when you feel the need to do something new, perhaps because your lifestyle requires a change – be it for health reasons and / or ethical choices – you can’t find the info you’re looking for and the blog appears to be a good solution to journal about your quest of discovery.