Living in the countryside in Le Marche means that you never rest, especially after the grapes harvest, there it comes the olives’ one! Italy has as many as 400 different types of olives that vary from the olives you can eat alone to those more suitable for the oil. In Read more…
During an event organised by the Slow Food Ancona, Elke, my fellow blogger, discovered the paccasassi. She was looking at one of her neighbours at the table, who very naturally was eating a sandwich with mortadella, and veggies on top. But those veggies were nothing familiar to Elke. Moved by Read more…
October used to be the month when the vendemmia started (the grapes harvest), but now September has taken over. May it be for the warmer summers, but the grapes ripen faster and people pick earlier in the year. The most important wine festival in Cupramontana invariably used to announce the Read more…
Today we are talking about a real insider tip – so inside that it is literally inside a natural reserve: the Restaurant il Bucatino in Jesi. It was Elke’s husband who usually bikes in this area, to discover it. The restaurant can only be reached via a wide gravel road, Read more…
Let’s set this straight right from the beginning of this post, how did you read the word “bruschetta” in the title? Please, before even introducing you to this world, let’s learn the correct way to pronounce it. It’s “brus’ketta”, not “brusheta”. Ok, well done ? Now that you know how Read more…
Meat eating is a burning topic lately. It is condemned by the environmentalists, and supported by the factories and farmers earning from it. Personally, I try to reduce the consumption of meat, especially from beef, and try to eat locally produced one, when possible. Le Marche has its own beef Read more…