We seem now to be sliding out of one of the coldest – and most disastrous – winters on record. Sunny today and somewhat warmer. Our wood stove is chugging away in…
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Just outside Todi on the road to Orvieto, a nondescript duplex – cars and a Vespa parked out front – flanks the roadside. It’s worth a stop, this Ristorante Da Pisello. We…
In Umbria, we call thick spaghetti “strangozzi” but for Tuscans, they’re “pici.” And no better way to savor those thick ropes of pasta than with cacio pepe (“cheese and pepper”), but pecorino…
No better way to “live Umbria” fully than to “cook Umbria.” Let’s do it in our farmhouse – and before we cook up the goodness, we’ll head out to shop. First stop?…
In late January, our Giulia headed with journalist colleague, Sabina, to snowed-in tiny Abruzzo hilltown of Penne, to cover the tragic avalanche in nearby Farindola for EBU (European Broadcasting Union). The night…
I’d heard about Ristorante La Lumaca D’Oro (Golden Snail Restaurant) at Cantalupo, tiny town near Bevagna – and knew Pino would enjoy dinner there: give him snails in any way, any time!…
It was icy December day when Julia, from South Africa and her lovely children, Michela and Oliver headed to Deruta to see maiolica splendor – and to visit a fasinating maiolica folk…
In the years we worked the land in Umbria, the stamina of the farm women astounded me. Not only did they work the land with the men, before heading to the fields…
Nothing like a hearty lunch and the warmth of Peppa on an icy January day. Have a look at today’s feast: …and it’s not just the woodtove which warms up Peppa’s farmhouse….…
We had an abundant olive harvest this past October and after taking most of the olives to the mill to be pressed into our olive oil, Pino selected a few kilos of…