Recipes for an Umbria Wild Fennel Invasion
Diffuse in the Mediterranean world – and not only – along mountainsides, roadsides and bordering fields and woods, wild fennel... View article
Anne's Blog / Rural Friends
Chiarina’s “Simple” August Rural Lunch
“Mangia con noi” (“Eat with us”), Chiarina urged. “Today, lunch will be simple as it’s too hot to cook,” she... View article
Mariella’s Stuffed Zucchini: Umbria Rural Goodness
We’ve known Mariella and Nello ever since Pino worked the grape harvest on the farm near Assisi where Nello was... View article
Umbria’s Bread: Goodness of the Wood-burning Oven
The crusty bread of central Italy is made without salt – and for me, enhances the savory tastes of our... View article
Making Hay during an Umbria Summer
As you head up to Assisi in mid-summer, you’ll note giant round bales of hay at rest between the rows... View article
Near Deruta, Farm-to Table Feasting with Giuseppa and Paolo
The sugar, salt and coffee are the only foods on the table in Giuseppa and Paolo’s farmhouse kitchen not raised... View article
Near Assisi, That Sant’Anna Sagra Entices
We always tell our apartment guests that the best eating – and at the most economical prices – is at... View article
Near Assisi, Rural Feasting, Rural Links
When here in our splendid Umbria, “Italy’s green heart”, you simply can’t miss meeting and feasting with Umbria’s rural people.... View article
Umbria Rural Life: More Than Expected
Bud and Irma, “Mille grazie for your warm note to me after our rural life tour: “…… thank you for the... View article
Deruta Delights Come in Twos
What better way to experience Italy than to know the artisans? Join us in Deruta to meet “an artisan duo”:... View article
Agenzia Viaggi Stoppini in Assisi handles all technical support for my guided visits (bus transportation, organization of meals, etc)