Deruta December Warmth
An icy December day for a visit with the Segal family to Deruta – but mamma mia, that open-armed welcome... View article
Anne's Blog / Rural Life
Recipe: Borlotti/Farro Soup for a Chilly Umbria November
Woodstove chugging away these days as November chill sets in….finalmente, after an inordinately warm fall. The wood stove top is... View article
Cooking Up Umbria: the “Favorite Day of an Italian Vacation”
It’s always a joy to cook up Umbria with guests and delighted, Heidi, that you and your family and friends,... View article
Living Umbria: Sharing Our Rural Life
Jodi, Star, Robyn and Susan, a delight to have you all in our Assisi countryside apartments! A joy to have... View article
Umbria’s Rural Life Revisited: Treasured Memories, Treasured Friends
A group of us lived a bit of history today when we visited our rural friends in the Assisi countryside,... View article
Feasting with Peppa: “Just a Bite…”
Peppa often invites us over for lunch or dinner and the invitation is almost always preceded with “non ho molto... View article
From Rome to Umbria: Ties That Bind
How did I end up spending the rest of my life in Umbria? The Italian connection started years ago while... View article
Near Deruta, Launching Your Life in Italy
Well, Mike and Celinda, you’ve now made the leap: the decision to live in Italy – and over the next... View article
Near Assisi, Truly Living Italy
It’s my mantra: you can’t know Italy if you don’t know the people. And Italy today is rooted in rural... View article
Rural Feasting Near Deruta: Homemade Pasta – and Not Only…
That indomitable Giuseppa cooked up a rural feast for our small group the day after a culinary tour-de-force: she’d cooked... View article
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