A Quick Update From Puglia
The world is upside down. We’re safe here though. Our school is closed and will likely be forced to stay that way until we enter a post-vaccine world. I’m working on the television series. I cut out...
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our new online cooking classes
One of the odder elements of my job of the last 18 years is that teaching cooking means that I never actually do any of it. Our guests do. So now that the world is firmly upside down and the countries...
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two octopi
‘Two are too many, so why are you buying so much of everything when you are the only one eating’, Anna asked Saturday night as we prepped for the online lessons. We’ve worked together so intimately...
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Italian wineries: inside out
There is always a stack of chairs in front of the employee bathroom. It has a shower too, just, with the sort of nozzle used to power wash large pots. There is an ancient cat or ancient dog but never...
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Postcards from the Volcano
I feel about Sicily like you probably do about Italy: I get goosebumps just thinking about it. I plan, consult the guidebooks, google it all and send countless messages to friends there long before I...
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the end of an era
Our extra virgin has only been on sale for only 4 days and it’s almost gone. When it is we’ll be updating our bottle, moving two hours north to pick for those that come to our Olive You course, and...
View ArticleChristmas Video from Italy
While this certainly won’t be a typical or traditional holiday season, here are a few seasonal wishes from Italy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLPxZfDKv2c Merry Christmas from Italy, The Staff of...
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2021: let thy food be thy medicine
About a year and a half ago I was talking with a friend of mine, a doctor who specializes in diet-based longevity. I clearly remember saying the phrase, ‘I want 2020 to be the year that I learn a lot...
View ArticleRosso, Arancione, Giallo e….. Bianco
My absolute favorite activity for the first six months had been putting on old clothes just to wear them around the house. On the good days I’d find forgotten banknotes in the pockets. The six months...
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aprile duemilaventi
Out of troubled times comes new ideas. Read more below. We’ve started a magazine. Well, not a magazine but something bigger than a blog but smaller than a newspaper. Somewhere in between. What makes...
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