Our Apartment Guests: Feeling “Right at Home”
Linda and Ken left us this note after their June 2017 stay in our Casa Nuova country apartment: “Thanks to... View article
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Assisi’s Calendimaggio: Zenith of a May Celebration
A highpoint of springtime in Umbria – indeed, of all of central Italy – is Assisi’s stunning early May medieval... View article
Spello’s Infiorate: Saying It With Flowers
….and not just a kaleidoscope of flowers but seeds, wild field greens, wild fennel, leaves, and walnut, cypress and other... View article
Pasta ai Quattro Formaggi / Good Things Come in Fours
Si! Good things can come in fours: try this buonissima pasta sauce made with four cheeses: Pasta ai Quattro Formaggi... View article
Spello’s Infiorate: A Floral Night
No doubt about it: Spello’s full floral blossoming is always the Sunday morning of Corpus Domini, sixty days after Easter,... View article
Peppa’s Pasta con le Fave: Umbria Summertime Goodness
We just picked our last fava beans for this year and some are now in the freezer. The other day,... View article
Italy’s Mediterranea Diet: Topping Chez Panisse
In 1971, Alice Waters basically launched a California version of the Mediterranean diet when opening Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California,... View article
Recipe: Fresh Tomatoes on That Pasta!
With hot weather, nothing more refreshing than pasta with a fresh tomato sauce. Why have a sauce simmering on a... View article
Fare La Scarpetta: a Lesson from Peppa
Sharing Umbrian rural culinary lore tidbits is always part of my U.S. Umbrian rural cuisine events (and when cooking with... View article
Just Let Me Go Wild in Gubbio!
What a catharsis, those Ceri moments in Gubbio in May and on June 2nd. Living those euphoric moments with the... View article
Agenzia Viaggi Stoppini in Assisi handles all technical support for my guided visits (bus transportation, organization of meals, etc)