Fall has arrived with its cooler temperatures, so it is finally time to get my soup pot out and get busy. I do love fall, and here in Umbria,...

We just completed our olive harvest last week, and although the quantities of olives this year were thirty percent less than last year, our olives were healthy (no olive...

We started a new vegetable garden at our North American house this year, and though the tomatoes, cucumbers, greens, and salad grew really well, our zucchini flowered but never...

Fall has finally arrived, and with it, the temperatures have begun to cool down, which has me starting to think about creating some hearty vegetable and grain soups, meaty...