Nov | 08
Anyone can read Machiavelli's words on how to rule a state, but re-evoking Renaissance tastes at the table is quite another thing. This weekend Professor Simon Young's "History of Food and Culture In Italy" class was able to do... Read MoreNov | 08
Anyone can read Machiavelli's words on how to rule a state, but re-evoking Renaissance tastes at the table is quite another thing. This weekend Professor Simon Young's "History of Food and Culture In Italy" class was able to do just.... Read MoreNov | 06
Congratulations to Laura Bergstein from the University of Denver for her photo of a fisherman. Laura will enjoy a free meal from Quattro Passi Pizzeria. Auguri Laura! Read MoreNov | 04
Yesterday afternoon students in Professor Bill Pettit's Fresco Painting courses put down the brushes and went to the Basilica of San Francesco in nearby Assisi. Despite some missed train confusion -- a regular occurence while navigating Italy's public transportation networks... Read MoreNov | 01
These leaves on the ivy on the fortress are about as much color as we get in Umbria in the Fall, though there are beautiful yellow birch trees that hide down in the valleys between the Umbrian hills. The weather... Read MoreOct | 25
In a riff on the traditional "open cellars" celebrations, Umbrian olive oil producers will be opening up their workshops for tastings the weekend of the 7th-8th of November. The "open cellars" weekends started as a marketing technique of the wine... Read More