Deruta Road Trip (aka, Italian Ceramics Anyone?)

March 23, 2021

Enjoy this guest blog from Liz Brewster, our go-to guide in Rome. I admit it. I am a ceramics fanatic. I love using beautiful, colorful, hand-painted cups, bowls and dishes for meals — pretty much every day, not just for special occasions. Beautiful objects lift my spirits. Fortunately, I live…

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The Perfect Umbrian Meal

July 22, 2020

First course: Pasta alla Norcina Pasta alla Norcina is a traditional Italian pasta dish hailing from the Umbrian town of Norcia. The dish is made with short pasta such as penne or rigatoni, crumbled Norcia sausage, onions, white wine, cream, and a generous amount of grated pecorino. There are some…

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