Why head to Nocera? Here’s one reason. …and have a look at the good eating in Nocera Umbra: Click here to raed about nearby Gualdo Tadino Read more on Gualdo Tadino Read…
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Not far from us, Gualdo Tadino, of pre-Roman origins, perches like a silent sentinel on a forested hilltop. A few buildings miraculously survived the devastating 1751 earthquake: one was the frescoed 13th-century…
I suggested to Pino that we put fewer zucchini plants in our garden this year: to no avail. The “zucchini tsunami” has hit. Our chickens are relishing the seeds and soft pulp…
Late afternoon on a breezy summer Sunday, Pino and I set out for Arezzo, a favorite southern Tuscan city. It was the first Sunday of the month, the day of the Fiera…
Just south of Parma, the region of Reggio Emilia is best associated with parmigiano reggiano cheese. And not only: if you’re a teacher, you’ve probably studied Reggio Emilia’s innovative early childhood education…
When heading off on vacation to the seaside – either the Mediterranean coast or the Adriatic – Italians must leave behind their center of town life, the main piazza, but they simply…
Nothing really regal about the farrmhouse of Chiarina and Marino but their welcome certainly is. And Chiarina with daughter Rossanna cook up rural banquets fit for royalty. Have a look at the…
In Italian, “gusto” means “flavor” – and what flavorful rural goodness cooked up by the locals to celebrate la Festa di Sant’Anna, July 26th. And the rural people of the mountain area…
Pam was doing a project on olive oil for her study program in Perugia – and no better way to learn about olive oil – and olive oil lore!- than with visits…
Feasting with Giuseppa is always unforgettable – and not just for the Umbrian goodness she cooks up, but for her ebullient joy as she welcomes guests into her Deruta farmhouse. Starting off…