For our first festa this summer, we made Pollo Pieve and stuffed zucchini flowers. We rolled small chicken breasts around a few pieces of red onion, garlic and aged pecorino di Garfagnana, wrapped them in prosciutto toscana, then fried them in a polenta-chestnut flour batter, sprinkled with fresh rosemary. We did the same with the […]
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Posted 12 July 2010
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Inviato dal mio telefono Ravioli di castagne e pasta con tartufo nero!
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Posted 12 July 2010
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First stop on Estate 2010 en Italie: The Art Monastery Project and their American Country Music Festival. Jennie Knaggs and her cowboys were excellent! Just like Bakersfield & Hee Haw days… Inviato dal mio telefono
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Posted 12 July 2010
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Inviato dal mio telefono We discovered a new bike store where the sports clothing store used to be (it moved last year) – and wouldn’t you know they had exactly the bike I need: a 24 speed mountain bike for a relatively affordable price. I bought the bike and rode it home, while david did […]
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Posted 29 May 2010
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Inviato dal mio telefono Our first walk through town this year: We slept well through the morning and made it out around 4 pm, just as everyone else was waking up from their afternoon naps. Perfect cappuccino at il Gecko, and then a visit to the produce man for fresh oranges and over the bridge. […]
After a satisfyingly low-key pizzeria dinner in Rome last night, my wonderful traveling companion Beth left early this morning. I spent the morning working in the hotel, checked out and caught the next train to Florence. I had left my black truffle in the car, seeing no need to carry it around. The truffle smell […]