Our view of the countryside outside Lucignano
Local restaurant in Montepulciano
Eager children making their gelato selections
Chocolate gelato
View of the pool from my room
Umbria
Isola maggiore
Pici pasta with black truffles/Pici al tartufo nero
Grilled European whitefish/Coregone alla griglia
Ask around bars and restaurants to find a local truffle hunter to sell you black summer truffles
Wild boar head outside a shop, indicating they sell salami
Cheese and prosciutto bread rings
Deruta ceramics from Umbria, a great souvenir
Tuscany
Piagga San Martino, Arezzo
Antipasto toscano/Tuscan mixed starter of cold cuts, preserved vegetables, and bread with different spreads
Homemade grappa
Bring home pan pepato (nut and fruit cake) from Siena
Walkway to a vista point in Montepulciano
Pastry shop window
Peaches and plums at a fruit stand in Montepulciano
Great shop for copper cookware:
Bottega di Rame
Via dell’Opio nel Corso, 64 53045 Montepulciano (SI), TuscanyTel: +39 0578 758 753
[email protected]
www.rameria.com
They craft almost any kitchen ware you can imagine in copper and ship internationally. See their website for a list of products.
Copperware
Best for local products/ best Chianina steak:
Marciano della Chiana, Tuscany
Also wins the award for most embodying the concept of the Slow Food movement and most amazing setting. We arrived in the evening, the lone table of diners in the centre of the piazza. The excellent food is served by your host who begins with a lively explanation of each dish with how his grandmother would prepare this dish or about the ingredients which he grows himself. Dinner finishes with an invitation to try the local Nocino (walnut liqueur) or homemade grappa. Goose and pasta with pecorino cheese, chilli, and pears are the house specialties.
Da Forcillo
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