What a surprise to discover that those small flat onions we call “cipolline” here in Italy, are indicated in U.S. onion guides as an Italian variety – with the same name: “cipolline…
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It’s my mandra: to truly KNOW Umbria, meet our rural friends who taught us everything about life on the land. And not only: about LIFE. They are Umbria’s treasures. Come and meet…
The key objective of my early May “Annesitaly Inside Umbria Celebration” experience is to truly take tour guests INSIDE Umbria, aiming to have them live Umbria from the inside out. And that…
Attenzione! Bevagna, sleepy medieval town in the Umbrian valley, hoards many a hidden secret. You just have to know where to find them. Meeting artist Luigi Frappi in his studio in an…
Know the primary steps to a tasty goat cheese? 1. Raise the goats, assuring they eat healthily: pasture – with plenty of grazing room – and evening feeds of hay and barley…
In this third annual 10-day early May “Annesitaly Inside Umbria Celebration,” of course there had to be cooking and feasting. What better way to celebrate Umbria,“Italy’s green heart”? Where to cook? In…
No better way to launch my third annual “Annesitaly Inside Umbria Celebration” tour than with a buonissimo meal with an Umbrian family. Rural friends, Olga and Americo, welcomed us all into their…
As an Umbrian newspaper put it the day after Gubbio’s May 15th la Corsa dei Ceri, the “winner” is the festival itself. La passione of the eugubini triumphs that day: it’s palpable.…
What a surprise yesterday when I stopped near Assisi for fuel: drivers – in athletic shoes! – were hosing down the Gazzetta dello Sport van, on their way to nearby Foligno to…
When our group of six headed to Montefalco this week for a hilltown tour, we were all “tickled pink” with an unexpected surprise: pink bicycles lined the main street, many with the…