……and yet another fund-raiser soon coming up here in Assisi for those left homeless in central Italy’s devastating earthquake of August 24, 2016. In late September, early October, world-class jazz musicians – who often play at the famed Umbria Jazz festival each summer – will be trumpeting solidarity in Assisi ’s Cathedral di San Rufino,…
As you exit the upper level of the Basilica di San Francesco, look left at the salt-encrusted, wounded blue boat, paint peeling off like scabs, faded life jacket stretched out on the prow. A boat of salvation: nine immigrants arrived safely on the island of Lampedusa (south of Sicily, but closer to Africa and southernmost…
Ristorante Il Vecchio Molino on the outskirts of Lubriano remains a “sensory overload”: for the stunning view from the terrace, for the enticements to the palate. Not far from Orvieto, it’s even worth the drive there from Assisi just for lunch. It might take over an hour, but what landscape splendor as you drive: Recently,…
All over Italy now, groups of friends and families are gathering together for pasta alla amatriciana dinners in solidarity with the ”new homeless”: the people of Amatrice and the nearby towns of Accumoli, Arquata del Tronto, all devastated by the August 24th earthquake. Many restaurants all over Italy are offering first courses of spaghetti all’amatriciana…
Wasn’t Triple A an insurance company? AAA? Three “A’s” linked in early September at our farmhouse when nineteen of us gathered for a spaghetti alla amatriciana dinner as an earthquake fund-raiser. Main dish: pasta alla amatriciana. Origin? Amatrice (near the epicenter of the August 24, 2016 earthquake). Where was dinner? At our farmhouse near Assisi.…
…or at least, cook with me! Amy and Fred, Lat and Kathy, sorry Pino missed cooking up Umbrian goodness with us – but he certainly enjoyed our rabbit cacciatore for at dinner that night! Come back again to stay in our countryside apartment, Casa Nuova. La porta e’ sempre aperta! And in the meantime, enjoy…