We’ve known Mariella and Nello ever since Pino worked the grape harvest on the farm near Assisi where Nello was “agricultural foreman.” That was well over forty years ago. They’re retired now…
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Zucchini, peppers and tomatoes are in abundance now and I used this summer vegetable medley recently in a new pasta recipe. How not to hit on tasty goodness with that trio? And…
The crusty bread of central Italy is made without salt – and for me, enhances the savory tastes of our prosciutto and pecorino (sheep’s milk) cheeses (both salty). Why is there no…
How tasty is Guglielmo’s pasta sauce! I wish I had a photo of him making it – or picking his garden vegetables and herbs for his buonissimo sauce. It’s never the same pasta twice…
Roman treasures peak out all over Assisi and not all are as evident as the stunning 1st c B.C. Temple to Minerva in the main piazza… The Temple to Minerva is a…
As you head up to Assisi in mid-summer, you’ll note giant round bales of hay at rest between the rows of olive trees. Around sunset, golden olive bales underscore the majestic beauty…
Nothing simpler to make – and nothing tastier! – than a fresh tomato sauce. Just about any Italian restaurant will serve you pasta al pomodoro if you ask, though it might not be on…
The cultivation of sunflowers throughout Italy adds a joyful floral frame to the views of the medieval hilltowns… …..and creates a butter-yellow carpet setting off a simple farmhouse ..,,,while rolling yellow fields…
The sugar, salt and coffee are the only foods on the table in Giuseppa and Paolo’s farmhouse kitchen not raised by them. Lunch or dinner there is truly a “farm-to-table” experience or,…
It was a joy for us to create the Assisi countryside apartments behind our house – and the joy continues as our guests share with us their appreciation of our lodgings. Maura,…