Rural friend Peppa is like a part of our family and we’ve savored countless rural feasts in her farmhouse. Every lunch or dinner is a buonissimo rural banquet, although she’ll always say “oggi ho poca roba” (“today, I have very little”) as she serves up the abundance. She said the same thing the other day as she…
Pino and I recently headed with son Keegan and his wife, Francesca, to the charming Tuscan village of Santa Fiora (population about 2600), clinging to the southern slope of the extinct volcano, Monte Amiata now draped in forests of beech and chestnut trees. The town’s brochure aptly describes the charm of Santa Fiora: “The vestige…
How grateful i’ve been for the cool of our Assisi countryside stone farmhouse during our fiery July weather, I’ve been cooking early these days and working on various videos for Anne Robichaud YouTube. The most recent recipe? Pasta alle melanzane (pasta with eggplant) and video coming soon, as well as a blog note. In the meantime,…