This May’s 10-day “Annesitaly Inside Umbria” Celebration had to include, of course, a rural feast with Giuseppa at her farmhouse near Deruta – and then, Deruta wonders (including a “hidden treasure”). This…
Simply a piece of fresh fruit usually drops the curtain on an Italian meal, for after all the good flavors and abundance of a pasta or risotto dish and savory main courses,…
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…
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…
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…