My favorite restaurant in Umbria, Ristorante Vineria Stella, is from now onwards also offering cooking courses. The restaurant has been listed in the Slow Food Guide for many years and rightly so. It is the best place to go for a real good dinner, accompanied by wines...
A lovely restaurant / pizzeria (with wood fired pizza oven) in the centre of Perugia, just off Corso Vannucci. The restaurant pledges the use of as much as possible local (0 km) and organic ingredients. The pizza's are great (only in the evening). The menu is divided...
Last Sunday I finally managed to visit a real surprising little market, organized once a month at the house of private people. I had heard about this little market, but never had the opportunity to go and have a look. It was lovely and interesting. Apparently...
I should have added 'romantic' to this! I have not often eaten in an Italian restaurant that was almost entirely lit by candles. The effect was absolutely lovely. I am talking about Vineria del Vasaio in Citta di Castello. The food was good and the menu had different...
A few days ago, I found myself staring at this. I found it just outside the shopping mall 'Collestrada' near Perugia: One can buy a liter of raw milk for 1 euro. That is not expensive! The first time user is invited to buy a bottle for 1 euro and they explain on the...
Wow … the real Italian life … you might think after reading the past blog posts. One dinner or nice event after the other! Indeed I agree I do thoroughly enjoy life here in Umbria! A few nights ago I went to eat a pizza at La Molenda, just outside Citta di Castello,...
Simple, efficient and since many years unchanged … restaurant La Stalla very close to Assisi. You sit at long tables, the benches are not exactly comfortable, but this place is certainly not meant to linger. The food is good, service very fast and the prices are low....
I'll be going to the seaside and beside my bathing suit, towel, slippers etc. I always take… a prosciutto. No kiding! But it was not me who went it was a lovely lady who used to run a fantastic little store selling the most exquisite food and ingredients. (Pane...
Last week the famous Stella Ristorante Vineria organized a chicken event. From the university of Perugia they had a professor come in who knows everything about chickens. I relish these events because though I know about food there are always new things to learn. We...
Always good to make smalltalk. Besides it being a lovely way to pass some time, one might learn something or, occasionally more interesting, hear the latest gossip. Did you know that the wife of ... well you fill in the rest. While chatting away, a beautiful butterfly...
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