Recipes don’t get much easier or better than this! If you’ve never tasted a spaghetti omelette you don’t know what you’ve been missing. So if you’re someone who is unsure how much pasta to cook, have no fear and add a little extra. Now you’ll never throw away leftovers again! Ingredients for 5 people: 400 […]
Archives for Ottobre 2008
What the Heck Is It?
The last time we paid a visit to the Convento dei Lattani, we found this crazy yellow contraption parked in the corner of a gated courtyard. There was no one around so we took this picture. We’ll try to find out what purpose it serves the next time we go there, but in the meantime […]
Il Convento dei Lattani
[slideshow=28] Our tour of the Roccamonfina Regional Park starts at the Sanctuary of St. Mary of the Lattani which houses a 15th century church, a Franciscan monastery, magnificent cloisters and a hermitage overlooking the vast and luscious Campanian landscape and poised on the edge of the Roccamonfina volcano. The religious complex was founded in 1430 […]
Grape Festival at Solopaca
[slideshow=25] Just when you think the heat has taken its final toll on the countryside, when the trees are wilting with thirst, when the high grasses are nothing but a tinderbox, when you can’t stand another day of brutal sunshine, the rain finally arrives. Soft and gentle, it soothes and cools and relieves your anxiety, […]
Sabra Wins “Best Show”!
[slideshow=27] It all started as a game. Sabra was showing off her acrobatic skills, after a big Sunday lunch at Terre di Conca. As usual, a small group of people had gathered to watch her. A little man pushed his way forward and insisted that I enroll her in the upcoming dog show at […]