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Mussels soutè
Ciao, here I am back in Umbria ready to share a few words and many images with you showing what has made November an amazing month for me ,full of incredible emotions and beautiful experiences. After flying to London for the second time this year I arrived in my “other kitchen” and with my [...] 
Black and white Risotto, using squid ink and a 24 month matured parmesan cheese for a creamy risotto served with calamari and a crispy parmesan waffle.
I would say most people ( understandably) assume that living in these fantastic hills of Umbria we are woken each morning by a beautiful dawn chorus, well at [...] 
A sweet and sour beetroot risotto served with shrimp and almonds
SURPRISE SURPRISE yes it’s me coming out of myself imposed hibernation , It ‘s been almost a month since my last story and I thought it’s about time I made contact and let our friends know we are all still alive and well. It’s [...] 
Wild mushrooms risotto
NO BUONO. At the end, we had to cancel the olive harvest! After spending days and days with our ears pinned to the radio listening to the scary weather forecasts for the olive picking weekend, it seemed we only had two sensible options (1) would be to build a Noah’s ark or [...]
A few of the children squashing the grapes into the container. So many people came to help us with the harvest this year we just couldn`t believe it, again we are so grateful and send a big thank you to everybody for all your hard work. But let’s start from the beginning : On Saturday [...] 
Clams and Asparagus risotto
Earlier this week we finally decided to make an important investment, a new oven. It would seem an easy thing to do, but believe me after days of researching on sizes, different techniques of cooking and of course … .. the cost ..for two nights I even dreamt about [...] 
Essence Ciao to you all, how was your Easter? mine was fantastic .Guess what was my chocolate egg … a wonderful surprise … Nick back from Libya. The strange thing is that the two goats were very happy about the event too. In fact the first morning Nick was back they were both under our [...] 
Suppli “Lucky you”….. I have heard many times. “Living in the country , among the Umbrian hills … …. It’s like always being on holiday. Peace and quiet, no traffic, no city chaos “… … …Yes, Yes, it’s all true , but you forget the hassle of putting on the fire every day for [...] 
Octopus risotto After spending three weekends locked inside the house, trying to keep warm and stay dry , a certain amount of cabin fever was setting in . Then Saturday morning we woke up to SUN. It ‘s amazing how the sun affects my mood and energy , so we decided to make a [...] 
risotto black and white Finally the weekend. Everything was planned. Cocktails in one of Romes more swanky bars, followed by a quick limousine ride to a waiting jet and dinner on the Almalfi coast …… O.k , back to reality! 
risotto gorgonzola, pear and walnuts It ‘s finished! Everything that needed to be done in the fields is finished. The grapes and now the olives have been picked. In fact , 3oo kg of olives , an equivalent of 48 liters of Extra Virgin Olive Oil!! Not bad. We were very lucky over the weekend [...] 
sausage on creamed saffron risotto
The whole village is excited, everyone has a task. There are those who prepare the games, who organize the list of the ladies who are going to make the cakes, those who buy the ingredients for the “farmers “menu and those who buy gallons of wine. I was assigned [...] 
black risotto with clams It has a nice look and a very good taste ,so why do we use it so little? I recently discovered the black rice, and after eating for the first time I was honestly very impressed. I decided to merge it with clams and cod, a fairly classic [...] |
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Southern Bell..issima
From Cincinnati we headed south on highway 75 for 6 hours , destination Asheville, a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We had two evenings to spare before our next engagement and everyone told us Asheville was the perfect place to spend them.
Famous for its laid back attitude, live music and locally made [...]