Monthly Archives: December 2010
Christmas Cappelletti
Christmas, what a wonderful time of the year. There is a special tradition taking place in homes across Northern Italy this holiday season—making Cappelletti in...
Bottling Olive Oil By Hand
Troy and I have harvested olives and we have been to the press. Now, it’s time to bottle. Guido bottles all of his wine and...
At The Press—Turning Olives into Olive Oil
The greener the better. This is what Guido tells us as we empty crates of olives into his truck. Now that we have picked and...
How to Harvest Olives
If you would have told me three years ago that we would be harvesting olives in Tuscany for several weeks, I’m not sure I would...
Making Cappelletti—Part I