Saw this in the river yesterday…
On Sunday I found this nice hotel and restaurant outside of Castelnuovo di Garfagnana: http://www.lalanterna.eu/it/ristorante/
We had pate with eggs and truffles and duck carpaccio to start; pasta al limone & crepes di farro; and for the main course, steak and truffles, pasta with shrimp and asparagus. For dessert we had creme catalan & parfait di fragole.
For our first festa this summer, we made Pollo Pieve and stuffed zucchini flowers.
We rolled small chicken breasts around a few pieces of red onion, garlic and aged pecorino di Garfagnana, wrapped them in prosciutto toscana, then fried them in a polenta-chestnut flour batter, sprinkled with fresh rosemary. We did the same with the flowers, only without the prosciutto.
To go along with dinner, Patricia and Bella made a wonderful salad with fresh basil, tomatoes and mozzarella. And of course fresh pasta, melone e proscuitto…
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Ravioli di castagne e pasta con tartufo nero!
First stop on Estate 2010 en Italie: The Art Monastery Project and their American Country Music Festival. Jennie Knaggs and her cowboys were excellent! Just like Bakersfield & Hee Haw days…
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Our first walk through town this year: We slept well through the morning and made it out around 4 pm, just as everyone else was waking up from their afternoon naps. Perfect cappuccino at il Gecko, and then a visit to the produce man for fresh oranges and over the bridge. On the way back we saw this cute little thing roving around…
