We don’t see Aldo with his sheep any longer as they graze on the hill behind our farmhouse. He’s nearly ninety now and lives with his children near Deruta. We miss seeing…
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An icy December day for a visit with the Segal family to Deruta – but mamma mia, that open-armed welcome of Giuseppa warmed us up. As did her homemade pasta topped with…
Woodstove chugging away these days as November chill sets in….finalmente, after an inordinately warm fall. The wood stove top is perfect for simmering soups and the speckled beans, borlotti, joined farro (the…
It’s always a joy to cook up Umbria with guests and delighted, Heidi, that you and your family and friends, cooked with me in our farmhouse kitchen. It made me smile to…
Jodi, Star, Robyn and Susan, a delight to have you all in our Assisi countryside apartments! A joy to have you with us, right from our dinner together the day you arrived:…
A group of us lived a bit of history today when we visited our rural friends in the Assisi countryside, hearing their stories of life on the land. And when Peppe –…
Peppa often invites us over for lunch or dinner and the invitation is almost always preceded with “non ho molto ma mangeremo qualcosa”: “I don’t have much but we’ll eat something.” This…
How did I end up spending the rest of my life in Umbria? The Italian connection started years ago while studying junior-year-abroad in Rome. Coming up to half a century soon: Mary,…
Well, Mike and Celinda, you’ve now made the leap: the decision to live in Italy – and over the next few weeks, you’ll be deciding WHERE to set down those Italian roots.…
It’s my mantra: you can’t know Italy if you don’t know the people. And Italy today is rooted in rural traditions and the rural people remain Italy’s “national treasures.” Lois and Larry…