Thanksgiving Celebrations with the Tandem Spirits – Reprise
Thanksgiving 2020 - Traditional, Sort OF After I wrote the post about Thanksgiving, Virginia got inspired and asked me to prepare a "regular" Thanksgiving dinner for the two of us.…
Thanksgiving Celebrations with the Tandem Spirits
A Unique Thanksgiving in Italy In 2017, Virginia and I were invited to the 60th birthday party of a really nice guy named Luigi Di Martino whom I met at…
Ordinary Things Here in Foligno
Some Images of Life in Foligno Over the last several weeks, the COVID situation has worsened in Italy. Here in Umbria, our rates had been low enough that we were…
Harvesting Olives in Treggio
Enjoying the Olive Harvest with Dear Friends! This oil was pressed the day before we harvested olives at our friend's farm. This "frantoio" or olive oil mill services many of…
Autumn Wine Run – Cantina Dionigi
Autumn Wine Run - Cantina Dionigi Now that Autumn is here, a chilled glass of white or rosè doesn’t beckon the way it does on a hot summer afternoon. We’ve…
Why I Don’t Bake Bread Anymore!
I Can Walk to 5 Bakeries in 5 Minutes - And They're All Good! Loads of people around the world have revitalized the art of baking bread. COVID forced them…
Cantina Madonna del Latte
Madonna del Latte - One of our Favorite Wineries We recently received a shipment from one our favorite wineries, Madonna del Latte. In a previous article I mentioned the wine festival…