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...
In the middle of Italy and especially the south of Tuscany and in Umbria you'll find a type of cow called Chianina. In the older days these impressive and good looking beasts served as draught animals pulling carts and plows over the hilly landscape. When the animals...
Last week we took pointed our trusty Panda in the direction of Foligno to visit a honey market. It wasn't to crowed so we took the opportunity to chat with the stall holders. It is amazing how many different good quality...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hunting season has begun and not only for wildboar (actually the wild boar hunting starts this Saturday). Mushroom hunters can be seen all over the country site. Someone from a nearby village always parks his car near us...
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