I’ve been buying fruits and vegetables from Signora Benigni for as long as I’ve been coming to the Saturday market in Cortona. Once the fruttivendolo part of the market occupied all of…
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I’m on my way back to Tuscany to check out the state of the olive harvest in two places dear to me—my family’s own small groves near Cortona and the much grander…
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Because of a last-minute cancellation, there are two and possibly three places left in the exciting November olive-harvest program at Villa Campestri with Chef Anita Lo of New York City’s award-winning Annisa…
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UPDATE: I’ve just heard from Chef Anita Lo of New York’s multi-award-winning Annisa Restaurant that she will be joining us as our guest chef for the November program. Grazie, Anita, e a…
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A great selection of photos from the six days we spent at Villa Campestri, learning about olive oil, Tuscan food, wine, cheese, and each other. If you like these, why not come…
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AmorOlio began a few years ago in answer to a challenge: how can we educate food-lovers to understand high quality olive oil, to choose and use olive oil with confidence in a…
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I’ve just come home from two glorious days at Villa Campestri in the Mugello, a beautiful green valley northeast of Florence that is blessedly free of tourist hordes. With Paolo Pasquali, who…
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For several months now, I’ve been working with my friends at Villa Campestri here in Tuscany to develop an olive oil program that will, we hope, go a long way toward expanding…