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At Villa Palazzetta

Feb 14
2 min

Look Who Recently Came To (And Made) Dinner At Our Beautiful Villa.

Giada de Laurentiis, Bobby Flay and a big film crew spent a week filming an episode for their new series in September of 2019 (before...

Jul 2, 2020
2 min

Yes, 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.

Mar 11, 2020
2 min

And 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...

Nov 19, 2019
2 min

In 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.

Apr 23, 2019
2 min

A Birth In The Family

We bought Villa Palazzetta because of its incredible location only five minutes walk from the historic city center. We also bought it...

Apr 1, 2019
2 min

A Note From Our First Official Guests

In March our first official guests visited Villa Palazzetta. The note they left in our guestbook says it all. But Maryellen, one of the...

Sep 16, 2018
1 min

Pizza Night at Villa Palazzetta

When 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...

Feb 6, 2018
1 min

Our First Olive Harvest

Last October we had our first olive harvest as the new owners of Villa Palazzetta. The harvest took place in late October. We harvested...

Apr 15, 2017
1 min

Risotto Milanese

Ever heard of Risotto Milanese? Well, here's the real thing from Milan along with a beautiful plate of ripe cherry tomatoes and burrata....

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