Sagra dei Bringoli
An Italian Village Festa in Lisciano Niccone What Is Bringoli? It seems that almost every village in Tuscany and Umbria has a festa of some sort each summer. If the festa is food related it...
Food
Pizza at Pizzeria Nestor
Pizza In Italy One of the great things about living in Italy is that you can go out and eat really good pizza for very little money if you know the right place to go....
Porchetta
What Is Porchetta? If you visit Tuscany & Umbria you are likely to come across road-side vans selling Porchetta , wood fired oven roasted pig that is flavored with garlic, salt and fennel. They are...
Trattoria Dardano, Cortona
Trattoria Dardano Whilst in Cortona celebrating my sister’s birthday we went to Trattoria Dardano for lunch before going on my Cortona Walk . Trattoria Dardano is located about halfway along via Dardano, a road that...
Wine Tasting At The Città di Castello Truffle Festival 2014
Città di Castello Truffle Festival This weekend was the Città di Castello white truffle festival, an event where many truffle food producers set up stall along with other artisan food makers. The hills of the...
I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea Restaurant
Ristorante Simone Corsetti The restaurant at the I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea winery has been taken over by new management at the start of 2014. It is one of several Restaurants In The Niccone Valley and...
Trattoria Mimmi
Trattoria Mimmi, Mercatale di Cortona Trattoria Mimmi is probably the oldest restaurant in the Niccone Valley . Located in the village of Mercatale di Cortona, it is famous for the huge servings of delicious home...
Preggio Castagna Festa 2013
Festa di Castagna It's now the winter in the Niccone Valley and at this time of year you often come across stalls selling roasted chestnuts in Italian town centers. October is the start of the...
Lunch At Zibu Restaurant, Umbertide
Please Note Ristorante Zibù seems to have closed since I wrote this! Since it opened a couple of years ago we had heard good reports about dining at Zibu restaurant in our local town of...
Umbertide Market
Umbertide Umbertide is a small town on the river Tiber close to the Niccone Valley , the location of many of our holiday villas on the Tuscany Umbria border. Market Stalls In The Centre Of...