The Italians have the loveliest way to eat fresh summer peaches: they pick a nice, ripe peach at the end of the meal and slice it into their last glass of wine. Then after letting it marinate for a few minutes, they eat the peach slices.
Read more →Loris and his Poggio al Bosco (place in the woods)
I was up in northern Chianti Classico region, closer to Florence than I usually go, and being hungry I stopped for lunch at a little osteria on the side of the road. The food was delicious and the quarto of red wine was exceptional, so I asked
Read more →Making Nocino – Italian Walnut Liquor
Nocino is a walnut liquor found all over Italy but originating in Emilia Romagna, where so many good Italian foods and wines originate. Used as a digestive after a meal, it’s spicy, slightly bitter and sweet: the spiciness comes naturally from the green nuts, the bitterness of
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