Category Archives: MY LIFE IN UMBRIA

I don’t know if any Romantic poet has ever written an ode to the fireplace. Here in Umbria the fireplace, il camino, is not simply an additional ornamental part of a kitchen, here the fireplace […]

In Umbria Summer is the period of wild blackberries, called in Italian “more“. The botanical name of this delighful fruit is “rubus fruticosus”.The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by any of several species in […]

Sagra del Pesce di Porto, a little village close to Castiglione del Lago (Trasimeno Lake area), is, definitely, one of the best Summer Food Festival here in Umbria. We discover this amazing event last year, […]