August is the month to fete tomatoes. They’re red and luscious now, an enticement at any fruit and vegetable stand. All over Italy now, families are putting up tomato sauce for winter.…
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Diffuse in the Mediterranean world – and not only – along mountainsides, roadsides and bordering fields and woods, wild fennel towers stately, gently waving in our late August breezes. The fluffy green barba…
“Mangia con noi” (“Eat with us”), Chiarina urged. “Today, lunch will be simple as it’s too hot to cook,” she added as she sautéed gently their sausage in their olive oil. (Husband…
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…
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…