For all our adoptive tree parents, this time of year is one of great anticipation, as the due date for the precious new arrival approaches. Any day now, a stork will arrive carrying your bespoke bonnie bundle – a package of divine extra virgin olive oil from your very own Italian olive tree. There are a few [...]
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Balsamic Vinegar Insights
Posted in Jason's Recipes, Resources, tagged dolce vita diaries, Jason Gibb, recipe, balsamic, aceto, balsamico, vinegar, Dodi, Modena, balsamic vinegar, traditional on February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’ve got an old school mate who writes for a foodie magazine; his main job is ghost writing recipes for celeb chefs (yes, what a shocker). In midsummer, you’ll find him elbow deep in unseasonal mincemeat, turkey stuffing and cranberry sauce as he spends months testing out Christmas dinner recipes. He has to do it in summer [...]
Adventures in Le Marche
Posted in Resources, tagged adopt an olive tree, adventures, ascoli piceno, cathy rogers, dolce vita diaries, fermo, Italy, Nudo, travel on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the best things about moving to a new region is that every trip out of the house becomes an adventure. Le Marche, unlike its more famous cousins in Tuscany and Umbria, doesn’t really have iconic centres such as Florence or Siena or Assisi which are always an immediate draw for tourists, a ‘tick’ [...]
What the reviews are saying
Posted in Resources, tagged adopt an olive tree, cathy rogers, dolce vita diaries, Jason Gibb, Nudo, reviews on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few of the reviews The Dolce Vita Diaries has been getting in the media. The are all quite positive – lucky us. “Part memoir, part recipe book, even part business plan, ‘The Dolce Vita Diaries’ is seriously engrossing, with a huge personality.” – Zoe Perrett, Foodtripper.com “The book is written in a [...]
Learning the language
Posted in Resources, tagged cathy rogers, emigration, learning Italian, learning new languages, Nudo, olive oil on May 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s funny how many people live in places where they don’t speak the native language. And how many of these people wonder why they have trouble fitting in. Of course fitting in is a lot more complicated than learning a language, but it’s a pretty good start. I suppose there are some types of emigration [...]
