cooking class
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Cooking with Gabriella
We are now on Day 6 of the Taste and Textiles tour. In the afternoon, we went to Gabriella’s house to get a cooking lesson. I was a bit overwhelmed when I saw the menu… it was alot of food to prepare. As we began the lesson, it became clear that she is literally addicted…
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Baking Potato Bread & Farro
After breakfast, we drove from Venturo to Petrognola a beautiful little village in the Garfagnana to meet with Paolo Magazzini, the village baker. He showed us how to make the bread dough using a starter that he has kept ‘alive’ that was his mother’s (who has since passed) and putting in freshly boiled potatoes that…
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Eating Bugs Bunny™
Back in Casabasciana, Heather and I went up to the grocery store in the village to purchase our food for dinner. “What would you like for dinner?” she asked. “I’m open” I said. She told the shopkeeper “Coniglio”. “I’m pretty sure I know what that means” I said to myself. And a bit of apprehension…
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Poisonous nettles in my ravioli?
Today was a work day. Heather in her office me in my office on the second floor. I researched more on social media outlets to get the word out on our Cheese, Bread and Honey tour that happens once a year in June. We both were so ‘involved’ in our work, the end of the…