EdJul 22 minYes, There Is Life In Italy. And Our Garden Is Living Proof Of That. Thanks To Matteo And Lisa Jane.Yes, there is life in Italy.
EdMar 112 minAnd Recently Voted One of the Ten Best Restaurants in Tuscany? Our neighbors at Locanda Demetra.Our friends and neighbors at Locanda Demetra started their farm-to-table restaurant a few years back. It used to be easy to show up and g...
EdJan 262 minTruffle Hunt! As in White Truffle in Central Tuscany. And No, We Can't Tell You Exactly Where.This all started innocently enough. Lisa Jane's mom and dad, Linda and Mario, invited us to dinner at their house in Siena. Mario, or Che...
EdDec 10, 20191 minOur Hero. As in Chef Hiro.Now we have two chefs to indulge our pleasures at Villa Palazzetta. First is our adopted nonna, Chef Paola, who makes traditional Montalc...
EdNov 19, 20192 minIn Search of the Elusive "Wild" Tortellini in La Grassa, Otherwise Known as Bologna.If you've never eaten Bolognese tortellini in brodo you simply must add this experience to your culinary bucket list.
EdApr 23, 20192 minA Birth In The FamilyWe bought Villa Palazzetta because of its incredible location only five minutes walk from the historic city center. We also bought it bec...
EdApr 8, 20191 minWelcome Home!We arrived this spring on April 7th after visiting Matera, an ancient town in southern Italy that was just named one of the Cultural Capi...
EdApr 1, 20192 minA Note From Our First Official GuestsIn March our first official guests visited Villa Palazzetta. The note they left in our guestbook says it all. But Maryellen, one of the g...
EdNov 14, 20181 minOur Ape CalessinoIf you been to an Italian hill town then you've seen Piaggios. After WWII Piaggio invented this small engine, three wheel vehicle as an i...
EdOct 26, 20181 minOlive Oil - Start to FinishAnother fall means another olive oil harvest. Matteo Turchi our fantastic groundskeeper did a fabulous job with this year's olive crop. ...
EdOct 18, 20181 minTo Elba Under SailIn October several of took a lovely day trip on a 45 foot sailboat from Portiglioni to Elba. It was a perfect day. We left Montalcino at ...
EdSep 18, 20181 minCaprese!Caprese is what the Italians call a mozzarella and tomato salad. Sounds so simple, right? Well, not exactly. Suffice it to say that there...
EdSep 16, 20183 minPalio, August 2018 - Lupa wins! (And we were there.)When Lee and I went to Montalcino this last August, we had a job to do. We had to photograph our newly finished Villa Palazzetta for the ...
EdSep 16, 20181 minPizza Night at Villa PalazzettaWhen we restored Villa Palazzetta one of the things that was on the top of our list was a real wood-burning pizza oven. Fortunately our I...
EdFeb 6, 20181 minOur First Olive HarvestLast October we had our first olive harvest as the new owners of Villa Palazzetta. The harvest took place in late October. We harvested ...
EdApr 15, 20171 minRisotto MilaneseEver heard of Risotto Milanese? Well, here's the real thing from Milan along with a beautiful plate of ripe cherry tomatoes and burrata. ...
