Farm-to-Table Chef Sara Out in Her Fields! 34 year old Chef Sara Mercaldi not only dishes out Apulian classics such as orecchiete con le cime di rape (orechiette pasta with bitter greens) and calamarata cozze & fiori di zucca (calamarata pasta with mussels & zucchini flowers) but she goes beyond what she’s learned from 2 […]
We got a peak inside the kitchen of a pretty amazing Bucatini all’Amatriciana chef – a farmer’s wife! And here is what we saw…
these guys make everything buffalo – from buffalo steaks ice cream to caramel Mozzarella di Bufala can and should be tasted in Agro-Pontina, Lazio. And here’s who you should be tasting it with! Meet Giuseppe & Carmen – Your Buffalo Farmers Farmers: Giuseppe & Carmen Lemma, owners of the Roana Buffalo Farm Where is the […]
“How can you not fall in love with Italy & Tuscany after meeting Gennaro?” Gennaro absolutely loves his trees & vines, and you will too after meeting him. He’s old school and believes that olive trees can’t be left to their own devices, but require persistent and careful pruning and treatment to keep them healthy […]
Did you know? Mulberry leaves are the sole food source of the silk worm! That’s right – those silk spinning creatures survive off of these tasty berries. Quick Fact Mulberries provided a very useful cash crop for Italian farmers during the 18th & 19th centuries when demand for high quality silk was at its height! […]
