Our summer season is always very busy here in Umbria with family, friends and guests staying at our farmhouse rental arriving weekly, but last week we had a week free and decided to take a quick trip to the sea. With the extreme heat recently, we really couldn’t be away from our garden, chickens, and flowers too long so we asked a friend to cover just one night for us and off we went. We love the beaches of Le Marche which is our usual seaside spot to visit whenever we can, but for a... Read the whole entry »
Last week we made a quick trip down to Gaeta, a great little city on the coast set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, between Rome & Naples. When we can get a couple of days away, we tend to head to the sea so we can indulge in our love of seafood, and we certainly managed to do that on our trip to Gaeta as well. At dinner one night at Ristorante Odissea, as well as enjoying the best shrimp dish I have ever tasted, I ordered a side dish of sautéed peppers called... Read the whole entry »
I have to admit that when I am spending our 6 months in Italy every year I tend to be a much more inspired cook, whether that inspiration comes from our frequent visits to local farmer’s markets, a unique ingredient I find on our travels through Umbria, or even from unique dishes I taste while we are dining out. A few weeks back we decided to have dinner at an agriturismo, or working farm, just minutes from our house. Many of these country farms have rooms to rent as well as restaurants... Read the whole entry »
It happens every year………you plant the garden and then anxiously wait for the first tomatoes to ripen, the beans to grow large enough to pick your first basket, and you wait for that first the zucchini to grow to just the right size. Once you start harvesting however, everything changes quickly, as it all starts to come at once and you find yourself with more zucchini, beans, and tomatoes than you can use. Luckily my four chickens love grated zucchini, because after cooking zucchini as a... Read the whole entry »
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