Il Journale Vitruviano
By way of background, we stayed most days with my grandmother’s sister, Zia Celestina. Zia is a pensioner and lives in the crowded resort city of Forte dei Marmi, the commune of her birth. Zia will not hear of the idea that family from America would stay anywhere but in her Euro-sized spare bedroom along with her sister (whom we accompanied on the outbound trip; she is still there now with my mother as I write). Better to suggest murder than to suggest we stay in a hotel. And the home-cooked meals were all very good, despite a kitchen that looked, other than the microwave, like it predated the war. Things got tense with The Wife until she settled in to the Italian mindset, and my level of happiness rose and fell with my access to quality food, quality beds, and quality plumbing; even then the inadequate facilities at Zia’s house and our inability to procure our own accommodations was a matter of some tension, the details of which I have omitted here. On the next trip here, if we stay in Forte dei Marmi, I will vote for taking the train into Firenze from Viareggio. Driving here is insane. Of course, if we had done the train, we’d have missed out on this thoroughly adequate three star hotel outside of the centro for only €75 a night. But we’d have saved an hour of driving around in search of an open parcheggio and two kilometers of extra walking, bickering, and stress. One day, everyone will have a cell phone that is compatible with American, European, and Asian network frequencies – and the telecom companies will have worked out deals with one another so their subscribers can buy “guest time” in one-week, two-week, and one-month blocks, so as to avoid prohibitively high roaming charges. That day is not yet here, so wireless communication and computing is not yet globalized sufficiently to be available to middle-class tourists sensitive to such charges. The institution of the Italian family dinner is not like the family dinner in Anglo or German homes. It is both more prosaic and more intimate. It’s an everyday sort of thing, to which you contribute rather than attend. It is a way of making the bonds of friendship and love deeper and a part of one’s everyday life. Instead of family visiting every once in a while, dinner intertwines lives, minds, and hearts. If nothing else gets taken from this experience, it should be the power of gathering nightly. As The Wife and I enjoy the tail end of our lunch, a political rally begins at our restaurant.Guide To Growing Olive Trees - News
There is an orchard of olive trees, a trellis of pinot grapes, and a spring-fed stream watering the place. The roads are narrow enough and run through tunnels underneath people's houses; you can touch both sides of the tunnels with your outstretched
With grounds that contain 18 copper columns and nine Israeli olive trees, it is the largest synagogue building in South America and has one of the largest active congregations. For the High Holidays, when up to 4000 people come, services move to a
Early plans for the space also include olive trees and a public deck at the top of the property. Still 90 days from escrow on the land, local residents will have to wait awhile for this exciting new addition to the neighborhood.
299 canyon late last week and said "the river is chocolate and bank-to-bank, up in the trees." KLAMATH RIVER, Iron Gate Dam-The release from Iron Gate Dam was back down to around 3500 cfs, still far too high to fish. AMERICAN RIVER-The river is flowing
Kastmasters, olive woolly buggers and nightcrawlers are popular here. PG&E flushed out the canal in the Cassel area to clear out silt and grass. This 'flush out' would also have impacted parts of Baum Lake. BRITTON LAKE — The water is still stained
KATZ Organic Rock Hill Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Tasting Notes : Harvested November 24th to December 17th, 2010. All of the fruit in this bottling comes from our organically farmed ranch. The twenty acres sit on the southern tip of Suisun Valley, California, where breezes blow in from the west (Suisun means “west wind”) creating a distinctive microclimate.
The surrounding hills are full of compacted volcanic ash, called tuffo in Italian, creating a loamy soil…an ideal mix for growing olive trees. These are the same soil conditions that the Tuscans claim are responsible for making it the “best” region for growing olives…a claim we can now make for the Suisun Valley.
The harmony of this year’s oil is a reflection of two conditions…first, the trees are now a mature ten years old and that tends to begin to express itself with more balanced oils. Secondly, we had cooler than normal conditions in our area during the summer months producing a softening influence on the fruit allowing for a the high “green” notes to shine through in a more elegant manner.
Only 280 cases were produced.
KATZ Rock Hill Ranch Organic Extra Virgin California Olive Oil contains the following olive varieties:
Taggiasca and Casaliva… 90%, these varieties are native to the Ligurian and Lombardy regions of Italy respectively. Both are known for their soft and persistent fruitiness with sweet overtones producing a lush mouth feel.
Leccino… 10%, this Tuscan cultivar gives the oil a green hue with a background of sweet spice and a lush fruitiness.
Pungency : Medium
Company History : Albert Katz has been involved in the renaissance of olive oil production since 1993. Together with partner, Jim Parr, they planted 20 acres of Taggaisca, native to Liguria, Casalive, native to the Lake Region of Italy and Leccino from Tuscany in 2000 in the historic farming region in Northern California’s Suisun Valley. In 2009 they certified their groves for organic production and continue to farm using sustainable methods. Last year they brought French Redbro chickens onto the ranch to graze in the trees helping to produce fertilizer which they spread throughout. The oils from the property have won 24 gold medals in major competitions all over the world including the 2011 Patty Bogle Best Of The Best Award at Yolo County Fair Olive Oil Competition.
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