Dried olives, nope not some obscure Umbrian delicacy but nature at work. For two months we didn't see any rain, yet temperatures were high. This puts great stress on plant life. Tomatoes burned, salads evaporated and even the hardy Umbrian olive trees are suffering....
If you happen to be in the Umbria area enjoying the downright fantastic weather why not head to Foligno for a rather original dining experience? From tomorrow till Sunday Foligno will be first course HQ of Italia. Great chance to enjoy first courses from all over...
You want the real Italian experience so you drive, fly, or walk a long distance to the green heart of il bel paese. The sun is shining the bees are buzzing you rented your holiday home via...
Some quick snaps of the vegetable garden. The terrain is not the best one can have, mostly clay and stones but we are gradually improving it.
Saturday was party day this week. The son of a friend had been baptized and in large parts of Italy that is a reason, not the only one mind you, for a party. They expected around 300 people. So a pig was...
'T'ammazzo!' she yelled at the smiling small boy sitting next to her wielding a large knife. What lovely peope they are I thought to myself. I sat at the head of a long table filled with family, not mine...
Chomping on my last bit of lunch, ...telephone! Amai..... 'We are going to a good restaurant this evening, wanna come?' Urmmm, chomp, chomp.. yes! We hadn't seen these friends/food and wine buffs for a while and it is always great fun so who would say no? We ended up...
That is Italian for a stoner, a machine which removes pits/stones from fruit. Now we had loads of cherries from our neighbours that we could come and pick and now the cherry trees on the grounds where we...
One of the joys of having a garden this time of the year is leafy greens. Spinach, chard, rucola and many different types of fantastic fresh juicy salad heads and leafs. We eat kilo's of the stuff and the only thing that bothers now and then is cleaning it. A lot of...
This picture is over a week old and while our cherries aren't ripe yet I just got a call from the neighbours that theirs are and would we like to come and pick some? On my way!
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