Black Pigs, Saffron and Mountain Wines
Groveling black pigs, sprouting saffron, the harvesting of mountain grapes and a banquet lunch turned an October outing with our... View article
Anne's Blog / Rural Life
An Umbria Thanksgiving: More Than a Pino Turkey
As always, we celebrate our Thanksgiving the Sunday after the holiday and fourteen of us celebrated the Festa di Ringraziamento together this... View article
Roveja, the Mythical “Lost” Beans of Umbria
We’d first savored la roveja legume a few winters back in Cascia during the Umbrian mountain town’s winter festival starring... View article
Peppa’s Vote on Our New Olive Oil
First stop on our return from the olive oil mill with our just-pressed oil? At Peppa’s to let her judge... View article
The Green Gold of Umbria: Our Olive Oil’s In!
They called us into the olive mill yesterday: it was our turn. Pressing time for our 300 k+ of... View article
Wild Mushrooms…and Not Only
“Ho trovato funghi ieri. Venite a mangiarli!” (“I found mushrooms yesterday. Come eat them!”) Peppa chortled over the phone. How... View article
Peppa’s October Umbria Rural Goodness
We often eat at Peppa’s. Every meal is always an Umbrian rural feast, and although she’ll invite us over for... 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
July Sunflower Splendor in Umbria
The cultivation of sunflowers throughout Italy adds a joyful floral frame to the views of the medieval hilltowns… …..and creates... View article
Agenzia Viaggi Stoppini in Assisi handles all technical support for my guided visits (bus transportation, organization of meals, etc)