Locanda Il Melone Cortona
Localita il Sodo Case Sparse 38 Cortona, Tuscany, 52042, Italy
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Suzie’s Yard: much ado about olives
... 8220;for goodness sake!” with hands on hips and a sigh before correcting Michelle, a Canadian WWOOFer, on her drawing of a house. She gestures to a plate of food being eaten by Michelle and rhetorically asks “what’s that food? Stupid food?” She is a whirlwind of energy and sometimes destruction, but with a wit and presence that is incessantly endearing.
Her elder brother, however, is less animated and retains an air of mature level-headedness ...
How to make Homemade pasta & pizza?
... Ragu' - Tagliatelle (home-made pasta) with meat sauce
Ingredients for the pasta:
400g flour (type 00: the finest and whitest)
4 fresh eggs
Extra virgin olive oil
a pinch of salt
Ingredients for the sauce:
a medium-sized hare cut into pieces of the same size
1 kg tomato sauce
1 onion
rosemary
1 teaspoon of extra vergin olive oil
salt and pepper
For the pasta:
Mix the flour with the eggs and add ...
Under the Tuscan Sun
... our host’s olive grove. The vegetable peeler I just found did a marvelous job of curling shards of parmesan- wish I had seen it as I was preparing lunch yesterday. The sound of all that plate and fridge action brought Graham downstairs and we shared it, to tide us over until we get out to dinner later.
Saturday, as you can tell, was market day in Cortona and it was so exciting to shop with a purpose- making Sunday lunch. We ...
The Tuscan Sun....
... for a half game of whist and poor Jon was sent back to the local bar to buy another bottle of wine, not an easy feat through dark wheat fields.... and then we all crashed just before midnight.
This morning, she was up with the birds, literally (5 hours difference), so she went off for a early capacuino and when she returned I was up reading a brand new Frances Meyes book (the author of under the Tuscan Sun). She was completely hyper and insisted we return for ...
Is THIS the house from Under the Tuscan Sun???
... museum and learned about the Etruscan tombs right outside of town. After some more sightseeing, we grabbed some pizza for lunch and ate it on the town hall steps. It was so nice to be able to hang outside in the sunshine, everyone napped for an hour or so before we headed out on our hike. We grabbed some gelato on our way, and headed to another church before we set off.
The rest of ...



