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!
Word has it that Italians always eat well. No matter where they are someone always has a good piece of bread and salami in his jacket. Another shakes fantastic olive oil out of his or her sleeve. Pasta is widely available etc. Other people, like for example the Dutch,...
Now lots of people tend to leave those prickly hoodlums alone but their is one type that gets treated as a prince. I'm talking about thistles here, yes artichokes is a thistle but a very good and very edible one. There are many different types of artichokes but here...
Somehow the pictures of this post are already a bit old (two weeks or so) ... This is the time of the year that a lot of plants gear up to produce there leafs and fruits. In our green house (polytunnel) we...
No worries we are fine and so is the garden but verdure del campo, wild greens, are still held in very high esteem here. If you are lucky you may even find them in a ristorante. Either at a high price or served in a...
We already ate them two weeks ag our neighbours house in a frittata but from now on you can find us daily in the bushes to get our own. It takes a bit of practising to train your eyes but after that you'll get into the picking flow. I like to eat them raw but they are...
Our neighbours, a small kilometre down the road from our house, have some small animals on their farm. At the moment they have kamikaze chickens, the ones that cross the road just in front of oncoming vehicles (mostly mine). They also have some geese, two to be...
Only in Italy could they have invented this, coffee addicted as many here are. Coffee you can put in your pocket? Yes really. Let me explain. When you turn on the radio chances are high you'll hear a commercial for 'Pocket Coffee'. You hear a lady singing, she stops...
Carciofi aka. artichokes are upon us so what do you do? You eat them of course, loads of them! Now, one can easily write a book on them but I will stick to a foolproof recipe. No dapping leaves in sauces or oil, this you can eat with fork and coltello. First choose...
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