The hunters den
January this year we got an invitation from our wild boar hunters in residence to come over to their hunting cabin and enjoy the last and biggest dinner of the season with them. Always on the lookout for different dining experiences we happily accepted the invitation....
Olive picking time…..
The absence of new blog entries was due to some serious handwork, olive picking. Yes we are not completely computerized here, sometimes we have to take the saw to the tree, the shovel to the ground and the hand to the olives. We have been doing this for years but last...
Eating a different type of egg..
Our most fanatic residential mushroom hunter gave a little present last week. After a long story with the bottom line: "you are not supposed to give mushrooms you've found to other people because you might give the wrong...
Black celery festival in Trevi
Black celery? Well yes and no, it starts out very dark hence the name but after a while it becomes almost white or at least the heart will. This is achieved by a process called blanching. It is a way of keeping a crop warm and...
Just popped over to Tuscany for some Tripe…….
Pane e Vino is a restaurant name you find 'dappertutto' in Italy. As long as they don't adhere too much to their name, no problem for me. In the end one expects to eat something more than bread and wine, however the two are a good base for any meal. Last Friday we...
Peanuts in Umbria
Wandering over the Agri Umbra agricultural tradeshow last year we spotted a packet of 'peanut seeds' from the renowned Franchi seed company. Grow peanuts in your backyard? Well, why not. Not a lot of people know but there...
Eurochocolate and alternatives…..
Autumn means autumny colors and that to me is brown and chocolate is brown so…….. yes you guessed it. It is that time of the year again. Perugia will for the 17th time be hosting the annual eurochocolate festival from the 15th till the 24th of October. To be honest to...
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