Posted in Agriculture, Cooking & Eating, Italy on October 4th, 2006 No Comments »
[simage=322, medicine 512, this web n,center,] Giuseppe has many fruit trees on his farm. Some are rare varieties of pears and apples that are native to Piedmont. The quality of his fruit is exceptionally high and there is an abundance of it. Piero will take crates of pears and apples back to Cascina Piola to […]
Posted in Agriculture, Drinking, Italy on October 4th, 2006 No Comments »
[simage=317, therapy 512, site n,center,] Piero, left, and Giuseppe Vanessa and I have made plans to travel south to the region of Molise, Italy, for two weeks, where we will learn to work as shepherds on a dairy farm. We had a few hours to spare before catching our overnight train, so Piero took us […]
Posted in Agriculture, Cooking & Eating, Italy, Recipes on October 3rd, 2006 No Comments »
[simage=314, rheumatologist 512,n,center,] Grape Must and Autumn Fruits Stew Together to Make a Classic Piemontese Condiment The time of the wine harvests in the Monferrato is also a time to make mostarda d’uva, called cognà in the Piemontese dialect, a fruit conserve whose primary ingredient is the grape must from the harvest. The name is […]