Category Archives: Video

pasta for beginners

Pasta is such a convenient food and it’s made in a million ways all over the planet. Accordingly, it will taste everything from boring, to vibrant, from disgusting to heavenly. Don’t believe anybody who tells you they don’t like pasta. … Continue reading

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Filed under Cooking Tips and Ingredients, Dried Pasta, Fresh Pasta, Recipes, Sauces, Video

cool inkeepers cook

FARROTTO. I am a lucky woman. I am blessed by lots of lovely friends in all corners of the world. Many have all sort of interesting professions and hobbies. Some of my coolest friends, Diana, Corinna, Giulia, Gloria, Rebecca, are … Continue reading

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Filed under Fall, Life in Umbria, Recipes, Rice, Spring, Umbria Images, Video, Winter

Happy Easter Monday

Spring is such a crazy special time here. It’s cold, cold, cold. Then one day we wake up and all the little birds are loudly celebrating the first sun. They seem surprised just like us. Look, there’s flowers! forget-me-not! daisies! … Continue reading

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the big kicks

CHICK PEA AND CHOCOLATE DUMPLINGS. Did you know that ancient Romans  – if poor – were not allowed to cook? Such was the danger of fires that the plebeians were expected to eat in a tavern rather than cook on … Continue reading

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market treasures

My husband and I have an inordinate passion for flea markets. When we lived in Zürich in the mid 90s, we spent all our free time rummaging through dusty boxes of wonders.  “Normal” people would run home or to the … Continue reading

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