La Festa della Vernaccia is celebrated in the tiny walled Umbrian town of Cannara just after Easter for this treasured dessert wine is intertwined with Easter in local tradition. The cannaresi traditionally…
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Thanks to artisan husband Pino’s fine handiwork, our countryside apartments charm each visitor. I’ve been thinking: what better place for a family reunion or a gathering of friends….or a writer’s conference..or a…
Whether the U.S. cooking classes are business events – as the February California events in Fresno and Sacramento – or birthday celebrations (birthdays were fêted in Redwood City and San Francisco events)…
In Umbria, when springtime sprouts, so do the wild asparagus. It takes about an hour to walk to Assisi from our house: if you’re not foraging for wild asparagus as you walk.…
Mike, glad you joined in the mid-March cooking good times at the home of Karl and Sherry in Herndon. And every one of my U.S. cooking classes aims at uniting “food, fellowship…
Anna (born in Abruzzo), co-host with Andy of my Bethesda cooking class, brought such joy with her note to me, post-cooking class: “Spettacolare! Enjoyed every minute. From an Italian-born sister (who thought…
Kathy, Steve – and daughter, Carolyn – hard to believe that this was the sixth time commemorating our time together in Umbria through cooking up Umbrian rural goodness. From the astounding floral…
Leslie and Ted, my final February/March U.S. tour stop – always Washington, D.C. – is sparked each year with a few highlights: cooking together with you two, appassioned Italophiles, is always one.…
Elizabeth and Brian, mille grazie for hosting such an enthusiastic, united cooking crew in Fairfax, VA! Elizabeth, you had savored (with your mother) Umbrian rural life and cuisine during my Rural Life…
Sharing food is always communion. Ironically, the day after a “cooking communion” with family and new friends in Madison, Wisconsin, my note on food as communion came out in Italian Notebook. Lisa…