After you explore Tuscan gem Siena, do detour to take in the Etruscan and Roman wonders of medieval Tuscan hilltown, Volterra. On a recent blustery, biting January day, just a few bundled-up…
No where we’d ever be at the end of December except in Orvieto for the Umbria Jazz Winter festival. During our late December Orvieto stay, we never miss the jazz lunches at…
Near Montepulciano in the small southern Tuscan town of Acquaviva, don’t miss lunch at Ristorante/Pizzeria L’Angolo. Before lunch, the butcher shop around the corner is worth a stop. Pino had been there…
Pino and I knew that garlic (“aglio”) highlighted the tangy tomato sauce for a favorite southern Tuscan pasta favorite, pici all’aglione, but now we know that not just any garlic will do.…
Nothing like experiencing that “dual magic” of Italy: artistic treasures and good eating. A morning in Deruta offers us that pairing. A rural feast at Giuseppa’s farm awaits after a visit to…
Painter, architect and art historian, Giorgio Vasari was born in Arezzo in the early 16th-century. His name lives on – and nowadays, in good eating, too, at Ristorante Logge Vasari. Tucked under…
In early December, Pino and I headed off to a favorite “week-end-away” spot, Casa Volpe in Arezzo. [lcaption]Casa Volpe, Arezzo[/lcaption] A surprise on arrival: smiling, welcoming Signora Alessia was not at the…
Don’t miss wandering the medieval backstreets of Spello, floral profusion in springtime: Roman arches span a few of them… Near the top of the town, you’ll come to the Roman Arch of…
On an August day, exploring the Valnerina area, we stopped outside the medieval hilltown of tiny Preci for lunch, a bit mystified by the ristorante name, “Ristorante Il Castoro.” The “beaver”? No…
Nineteen-year-old Massimiliano joins with his father and brother Alessandro in carrying on with passione the Marches region culinary traditions of his grandmother, Nonna Anna Rita. [lcaption]In the family restaurant, young Massimiliano proudly…