Category Archives: Le Marche

A Truffle Failure; A Walnut Success

I really wanted to hunt for truffles this season. I wanted the dog and the muddy boots and the baskets of tartufi to grate over pasta. We headed to Le Marche to find our truffles, but the rain got there first. The ground was too wet for truffling.  The year overall was a bad one […]

Exploring Offida, Italy

I’m not going to pretend like I never curl up in bed and watch pirated Netflix for hours and hours, because I absolutely do.  But my #1 guilty pleasure is taking a weekday off to go exploring small Italian hamlets.  Cobblestones, towers, crypts and general small-townyness — Offida fits the bill perfectly. With only one thing on […]