Archives for Agosto 2008

Ingredients for 4 people: 1 kg new potatoes 300 gr. dried cannellini beans 3 cloves garlic 1 large onion Oregano Salt The night before put the beans to soak in a bowl and cover with water. Next morning, rinse the beans, throw them in a pot and add enough water to cover them at least […]

[slideshow=21] Savour the Sannio is happy to announce the inauguration of a new regional park in the Sannio: Il Parco Regionale di Roccamonfina. The area of the park is delimited by the sloping hills of the extinct volcano of Roccamonfina and incorporates the towns of Sessa Aurunca, Teano, Conca della Campania, Galluccio, Tora, Piccilli, Marzano […]

[slideshow=23] A lot has been said about olives and most of it has to do with extra virginity. So imagine my surprise to learn that olive trees get intimate and are either male or female. So how does one distinguish the machos from the maidens? First of all the male trees are bigger, stronger, have […]

[slideshow=22] ferragosto m 1. (il 15 agosto) August holiday, Feast of the Assumption, August ‘Bank Holiday’ 2. (periodo) August holidays pl. August holiday period. The days preceeding and following Ferragosto are the longest and hottest of the year and mark a ritual moment of italian idleness. August 15th represents the acme of physical and psychological […]

[slideshow=20] It’s time that I introduced you to Sabra, our german shepherd, seeing as she is such a big part of our lives. Sabra came to us two and a half years ago. We were about to start a new chapter in our lives and moving to the country meant that I could finally have […]

All over the world it is common for people to have a nickname. But in S. Agata dei Goti, the phenomenon became so widespread over time that many people actually forgot their neighbor’s real last names and knew them only by the nicknames! Mario Rossi, (our town’s accountant) who has had to do with just […]