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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

The freshly pressed olive oil is starting to trickle in

November 3, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

We were back in Liguria again this year just in time for the beginning of the olive pressing season. Last year we arrived to find a depressing situation- olive trees suffering from leprosy with sparsely hung olives, mostly malformed or infected by fruit flies. 2014 was the first year in generations that Italian families that… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer Tagged With: liguria, olive, olive oil, olive oil press, recipe, taggiasca

Where does the best olive oil come from?

November 17, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Olives and sharon fruit we picked

Now is the season in Italy when the olives have the highest content of oil, have a lower acidity and a milder flavour. This is precisely when they are picked and pressed into olive oil. Olive oil is used throughout Italy. This golden elixir has been held in high esteem since ancient times not only for… 

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Filed Under: Children, Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: baglietto & secco, le 3 case agriturismo, liguria, olive, olive oil, olives, press olive oil, recipe, torta verde

The Italian Lake District: Lago di Garda

September 23, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Lago di Garda from Sirmione

We visited the picturesque town of Sirmione, which is located on a peninsula jutting 4 km into the southern part of Lago di Garda and is complete with a lakeside 13th century castle entrance to the old town. The town was called “heaven on earth” by Maria Callas and is famous for its thermal springs. Today there are… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, health Tagged With: aole, bardolino, desenzano, freshwater fish, gardaland, grana padano, hotel du lac, hotel gardenia, il girasole, lago di garda, lake district, lake garda, lugana, malcesine, Monte Baldo, olive oil, parco natura viva, rose del desert, sirmione, valtellina

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