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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

Solidarity with Norcia, the latest earthquake victim

November 8, 2016 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Italy has unfortunately experienced three large earthquakes in the past few months, the latest hitting the town of Norcia in Umbria quite hard. Norcia, like Amatrice (which was severely impacted by the first of the large quakes), is a gastronomic town famed for its butchers and their splendid pork products. Since the Middle Ages, the… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer Tagged With: black truffle, earthquake, norcia, sausage, tagliatelle, truffle, Umbria

4 unmissable towns in Umbria…and what to eat

October 13, 2015 By wooweiduan 2 Comments

  Umbria has amazing light. The landscape is a patchwork of green, yellow and brown. The vineyards, fields of yellow sunflowers, hay bales dotting the plains, brick towers and cypress trees jutting towards the sky, white and yellow wildflowers line the country roads and fallow fields lie in between the shimmering olive groves, creating a stunning… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: assisi, gubbio, perugia, perugina, porchetta, recipe, roast suckling pig, todi, truffles, Umbria

A Gastronomic Tour of Tuscany and Umbria

August 21, 2013 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Our little corner of Tuscany near Lucignano had many perfectly distanced options for morning jaunts with small children, ensuring sightseeing and meandering lunches at authentic local trattorias for the adults and gelato and short car journeys guaranteeing a timely return for nap time for the children. Having congratulated ourselves on a nice morning out, we… 

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Filed Under: Children, Family, Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: arezzo, bistecca fiorentina, bottega di rame, castiglione, conte matto, coregone, da forcillo, hosteria la vecchia rota, isola maggiore, la torre di gnicche, lucignano, montepulciano, pan pepato, passignano, trasimeno, trattoria del pascatore, Tuscany, Umbria

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