Not everyone may know this vegetable but it is getting more widely known and for good reasons. This member of the Brassica family is tasty, quick to prepare, not difficult to grow, quite cheap and with its high levels of Vitamine A, B, C, Calcium, potassium and fiber...
Bevagna, for those in the unknown, is a pretty little village on the flood plain of the Topino river. Originally an Etruscan settlement it later became a Roman outpost called Mevania. I won't give a guided tour here, just go you'll love it and if old Italian marvels...
GMB isn't a name that gives me hope of finding delectable cakes, tarts and other good things. GMB to me sounds more like something participants in the annual Tour de France use to find some extra pedalpower, or it sounds like a builder of offroad motorbikes. However I...
After having finished my pizza in our favourite neighbourhood pizza joint, it took some time before I got the message on the plate in front of me. I had never seen a plate like that. It was a Moretti beer advert on a plate. Maybe up to this point not so special but...
As every year around this time the neighbours had their pig brought to their house to cut it up and transform it into salumi, sausages, capocollo, pancetta, ribs and chops. Not because they jumped on the nose-to-tail bandwagon but...
So we had peracottaio and today we give you cioccolataio. A cioccolataio is someone who makes and sells chocolate. 'Fare una figura da cioccolataio' means leaving a bad impression (fare brutta figura). There is a nice story attached to this. A cioccolataio had done...
We have had some fantastic weather here, lots of sunshine and this combined with the fact that I found some tomato seeds in the mailbox alters thinking capacity. So out comes the heated propagator and in go the seeds. No...
The wildboar hunting season has ended, so time for the annual final wildboar hunters dinner. The hunters' cabin is in an old bongo type building and can only be reached by driving quite some distance over an unaspahalted bendy road. The welcome was warm as ever. Funny...
I can have a good time by just reading the flyers from all the shops surrounding us. This caught my eyes for several reasons: First of all it was the frontpage. Yes it really was. Secondly the absurdly low price. Thirdly, how many countries do they still have capons...
As usual around this time of the year free wine, seasonal fruits (kaki's) and grappa are flowing through the door of our house courtesy of our beloved amici and conoscenti. I love this ritual and am amazed what they produce in the surrounding countryside. From a...
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