Happy Birthday to good ol' Doctor Gaggi! This week a favorite segment returns, "Bitchn' 'bout Bureaucracy" when we need medical forms for driving school! The drivers license saga continues! Ashley shares our 2014 calendar of cooking classes/packages and online classes - so begin planning your spring/summer/fall holiday now! And to help you plan your trip we weigh-in on a Top 10 List of Romantic Places to Propose in Italy - some we agree with, others not so much - find out our thoughts! This week's song is from Mina - "Rossetto sul colletto" - Have a great week!!

This week's podcast Jason tells the story of how the Frasassi Caves were discovered and his recent daytrip there. While Jason was exploring Caves in Le Marche, Ashley was eating confit in France! Carnival is quickly approaching and find out which Marche village is actually the 1st place Carnival was celebrated in Italy! And cooking with cardoons - what are they, how do you cook them?! (It's the same question we get asked for fennel!) Jason shares how to clean them and a few cooking techniques.

The song of the week is a radio class in Italy!

This weeks podcast is uber-focused on our tiny village of Piobbico - Jason becomes a local weatherman and we breakdown/review the four bars found in Piobbico. Plus we issue a warning on prohibited card and dice games in town. Ashley retells the story of rolling our car down the hill & being trapped inside & upside down!

Song of the week "Mama voglio anch'io la fidanzata" by Natalino Otto

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This week's podcast is jam packed!! We chat about our upcoming online LIVE cooking classes and give an update on our salami & sausage making (plus I'm posting a video on vimeo & youtube "The Meat Machine") Then the conversation starts to really wander from an Oscar Nominated Italian film to  celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Americans Bombing Urbania (accidentally) during WWII! We strongly urge listeners not to buy plane tickets on Alitalia and just when you think he's gone for good...Berlusconi's back!  We answer your burning questions (keep them coming by the way) and read through The Local's list of Top 10 Italian delicacies foreigners can't stomach - adding a few of our own to the list as well! International shout-outs and the song of the week....

Thanks for listening!!

This week's podcast is jam packed!! We chat about our upcoming online LIVE cooking classes and give an update on our salami & sausage making (plus I'm posting a video on vimeo & youtube "The Meat Machine") Then the conversation starts to really wander from an Oscar Nominated Italian film to  celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Americans Bombing Urbania (accidentally) during WWII! We strongly urge listeners not to buy plane tickets on Alitalia and just when you think he's gone for good...Berlusconi's back!  We answer your burning questions (keep them coming by the way) and read through The Local's list of Top 10 Italian delicacies foreigners can't stomach - adding a few of our own to the list as well! International shout-outs and the song of the week....
Thanks for listening!!

During a two part podcast, we fire up the mics  while driving to Fano for our first round of sausage & salami making with Dr. Gaggi & Vittorio. Along the way Jason gives his Unofficial - official tips to driving in Italy! In part two, we recant our day with the doctor including a visit to a small scale commercial slaughter house & as usual come away with some great stories to share! Conversation turns to complaining about facebook while we promote our newest short video: I love Festa della Befana. Jason explains why our new LIVE from ITALY Online Cooking Classes are more about technique and theory than just the recipe at hand. The song of the week: L'Appuntamento by Ornella Vanoni

Thanks for listening & we hope you can join us in the kitchen this Sunday!

During a two part podcast, we fire up the mics  while driving to Fano for our first round of sausage & salami making with Dr. Gaggi & Vittorio. Along the way Jason gives his Unofficial - official tips to driving in Italy! In part two, we recant our day with the doctor including a visit to a small scale commercial slaughter house & as usual come away with some great stories to share! Conversation turns to complaining about facebook while we promote our newest short video: I love Festa della Befana. Jason explains why our new LIVE from ITALY Online Cooking Classes are more about technique and theory than just the recipe at hand. The song of the week: L'Appuntamento by Ornella Vanoni

Thanks for listening & we hope you can join us in the kitchen this Sunday!

Back in 2014 with a recap of the Festa della Befana festivities in Urbania! We shot video and interviews with locals and talk about traditional foods served at the festival each year.  Time to start the in-house charcuterie but it's a little hard when there are no pigs ready to be butchered! And the song of the week is by Italy's most famous rock-export: Zucchero! Thanks for listening!!

This Podcast from Italy we recap 2013, give a behinds the scene chat on our first online LIVE cooking class & all the kinks along the way. Jason delves into his trials and tribulations of trying to get his Italian drivers license!! The song of the week is "La tana de re" by Adriano Celentano....and apparently Jason is NOT in-favor of putting mustard on mortadella!

This Podcast from Italy we recap 2013, give a behinds the scene chat on our first online LIVE cooking class & all the kinks along the way. Jason delves into his trials and tribulations of trying to get his Italian drivers license!! The song of the week is "La tana de re" by Adriano Celentano....and apparently Jason is NOT in-favor of putting mustard on mortadella!