re: Eating and Staying in the Italian Riviera

Cinque Terre was awesome, but the meals we had there were somewhat forgettable. Or maybe is was the copious amounts of Chianti... The food in Genoa on the other hand was fantastic. Delicious and very fresh seafood meals there, as well as utterly amazing fresh fruit from the open markets. Best strawberries I've ever had (was there in mid-May). That's what blew me away about the food in Italy - just the freshness of everything.