Tuscany Spring 2013 AmorOlio
March 25 – 31 and April 22 – 28, 2013, at Villa Campestri, the world’s only olive oil resort located in the hills above Tuscany’s Mugello valley just half an hour north of Florence. READ HERETUSCANY AUTUMN 2013: AMOROLIO
OCTOBER 21 – 27 Plans are shaping up for our autumn AmorOlio program, October 21 to 27, 2013, at Villa Campestri (“the world’s only olive oil resort”), in the hills above Tuscany’s Mugello valley just half an hour north of Florence. READ HERE-
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Med Diet Alert: Cavolo Nero, aka Lacinato Kale
Lacinato or Tuscan kale is what we call it in the U.S. where it’s relatively new for cooks and gardeners alike. But in Tuscany cavolo nero has long been a staple of farm gardens and traditional kitchens. It stands in the garden all winter, even in the coldest times, even when its stiffly rippled, dark
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Ricotta – a true story
This is Massimiliano Mungilli who makes fine, raw-milk pecorino cheeses, just as his father and perhaps his grandfather did before him, high on a hillside above Vicchio in the Mugello valley of northern Tuscany. The Renaissance, they say, was born here when the shepherd and cheese-maker Giotto was discovered sketching the form of a sheep.
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Wheat harvest
When I first came to Italy, too many years ago now to count, it was just about this time of year, late June or early July. We drove down through the Crete Senese, the hills around Siena, in the soft sunset afterglow that lasts so late into the evening at this midsummer season. I remember
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Teverina Tales, vol. I, part 1
The word brings a shiver of fear. Wolves in our mountains once again.Read More
Teverina Follies: Rain, rain, go away!