Unbelievable beauty and complete serenity. There is really no other way to describe the little Osteria tucked away in the Marche hills of Urbino. John and I literally had to pinch ourselves when we stepped out of the car, and as we looked around I was quite certain that I could simply live here, disappear here, and just settle in and live… After meeting Chef Virginio, owner
Video Tour of Osteria Del Parco with Chef Samuele
I’m truly glad to be back home, but a rather large part of my heart will always remain in Italy. I still have SO much to share with all of you so please hang in there with me while we continue to sort through photos and edit video and I’ll continue to post stories and videos of our amazing journey. I’m also starting work on
A Video Tour of Truffle Hunting in the Marche!
The night before our truffle hunt, our little family had joked about the “hunting” aspect. Are truffles sneaky and fast? Might they get away if you aren’t quick enough with your attack? The next day we all giggled as we imagined rebellious and elusive truffles while our car wound through a maze of green misty hills towards our destination – a perfect backdrop for our
An Intro to the Beautiful Marche!!
As many of you know, my family and I are traveling through Italy, soaking up the culture and cooking our way through several different regions of this spectacular country. We started our journey first in Bologna and moved on from there to Pesaro. All last week we were staying near the Adriatic Sea, in the region known as Le Marche. Il Pignocco was our home
Video Recap of Bologna Cooking School
Here’s a quick video recap of my experience at Bologna Cooking School with Big Carlo! I owe a huge amount of gratitude to Carlo, Luciana, and Gabriela for welcoming us and accommodating our requests for a personalized gluten free cooking lesson as well as Carlo’s permission to use and tweak his recipes to make them paleo. We are currently spending the week in the beautiful Marche region
The Fragoso Family In Action
Just for fun, check out this quick video of our family in action!
Homemade Paleo Mayo Cooking Demo!!
Finally, a post about food!! Hurray hurray, jump up and down but don’t get too excited because this post is a lesson – a very important paleo mayonnaise lesson and one that is worth learning for those folks who figured that their creamy white blissful days of mayo were over after hopping on the paleo wagon. Most decent tasting mayonnaise options that you’ll find in
Cabbage Roll Cooking Demo and Making Choices!
I remember when I first heard about the paleo diet and immediately I began thinking up a hundred excuses as to why I couldn’t eat paleo. My biggest excuse; I assumed that I simply did not have the time. In reality I did not yet have the DESIRE TO CHANGE. It took hitting my own personal rock bottom of being unhealthy in order to decide
Thanksgiving Recipes and Everyday Paleo Pumpkin Pie Cooking Demo!
My family all pitched in yesterday and we created an amazing holiday feast. We ate a lot, laughed a lot, and stayed up way too late on a school night; but it was well worth it. We even managed to throw together a cooking demo for my Everyday Paleo Pumpkin Pie which we all had way too much fun filming, probably because of how blurry
Cooking Demo – Name That Recipe!! (Ground Lamb and Pumpkin)
In this demo I made ground lamb and pressure cooked pumpkin. I could not come up with a name for this dish so if any of you have suggestions, post your recipe name ideas to comments and I’ll let my boys pick the winner!