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What to call this soup?

42:26

Motorcycles, cruising style, in central Italy.

1:10:47

Driving in Italy (Typical road views)

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Another level of lasagna? Try Lasagna Nuovo Italiano!

This started thinking about a tri-colored lasagna, but it became clear this was a new, interesting, and fun way to make, serve, and eat lasagna. Novel enough to create a trend? A challenge to actual good cooks? Perhaps.
Comment, please. There is a lot of flexibility within this approach. Like traditional lasagna there are many ways to make it your own. This one though allows for many possibilities, collaborations, and a new level for this already amazing and beloved traditional dish.
Ok, here are my go-to's:
www.youtube.com/@UCcsSowAamCLJv-xeF9geXoA
www.youtube.com/@UCOxlk7Owc7Qz1F6jOZFasbQ
www.youtube.com/@UCqNkn5PNeSqbQTAR5RP-L-Q
www.youtube.com/@ChefJeanPierre
www.youtube.com/@NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW
All of these guys bring something good to the table. Techniques and important comments. Experience.

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My first lasagna (semi-bolognese style)

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We've all had lasagna many times, if you are lucky (as I have been), never a bad one. And the other day I got an urge to make it myself. After several consultations, and a top-notch ragu (sauce) recipe from a friend, and reviewing my go-to youtube channels, I was ready. Almost. This sauce I call "semi-bolognese", but it was really an adaptation based on what I had in the freezer! Instead of bee...

42:26

What to call this soup?

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Vegetable-beef-chicken? From scratch, and I'll have it as soup, with pasta, and with rice. A big pot of soup that will freeze well, so you can reheat it and cook a pasta ( or noodles or rice) in it with a marvelous result. I took all day to make this, but it is a healthy basis for a dozen good meals.

14:57

Boscaiola Pasta

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This is a "mushroom and sausage" pasta sauce. Quick, simple, and very satisfying. Meaning, it's a pasta for people who have been working or playing very hard. I used traditional norcia sausage, and porcini mushrooms which just came into season. I pulled off the highway today when I saw the fungi truck and asked a friend (a former restaurant owner), what I should do with these porcini. So he ask...

2:08

Arezzo Parade

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A "parade", Italian style, which we tripped across in late August 2024. More of a procession and ceremony really. Arezzo is a town in eastern Tuscany, a former Medici stronghold.

Motorcycles, cruising style, in central Italy.

1:10:47

Motorcycles, cruising style, in central Italy.

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I hesitate to post this, it's perhaps a little fringe with regard to driving in Italy. And long, and you only see very much of the motorcycles we follow at the beginning. We keep back a good distance from a group of 5 Italian friends who own "cruiser style" motorcycles. What might be useful is to see some country roads, and the sort of recreational cycling and motorcycling Italians do on the we...

33:40

Driving in Italy (Typical road views)

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Driving in Italy is a little similar to driving in the US, except for the differences! It's a big topic really. Before you watch my "narrated dash-cam view", I highly recommend you check this video out: IMO, the best all-around video on driving in Italy: ua-cam.com/video/ek64aTBeW3I/v-deo.htmlsi=ZzKqXYBkOqoRE4Lt It covers all the practical details, and then some, in a very short concise video. ...

28:38

Drive to Cibotolla & walking the dogs.

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Cibotolla is a medieval "ruins", abandoned. Today it was hazy so we didn't get the normal clear views of Assisi or Perugia, but still the views are spectacular. Here is a link throneandvine.com/south-tyrol-wayside-shrines/ to the history of the "wayside shrines" one sees all over the place. I've been on a kick lately about driving in Italy, so there is a little narrative on the 5 minute drive u...

1:38:46

Torgiano, Umbria, Italy winery trip.

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Just a drive through the true heart of Umbria. Winding, sometimes straight, sometimes paved recently, sometimes a bit rough. 100% Umbria! They make very nice wines at Lungarotti. I am not an expert, but I understood a little chemistry behind the description of the wines. This does not cover the wine processes, or the various subtleties, it is more about driving over there and seeing sights alon...

a frutti di mare (seafood) pasta. An experiment that worked out.

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a frutti di mare (seafood) pasta. An experiment that worked out.

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Sometimes you have a craving. Seafood pasta for me this time. It started with shrimp the other day and I remembered how nice the broth was from boiling shrimp shells. So one thing leads to another.... Frankly, I bought a (frozen) seafood without shells and clams and just threw it together. It was good.

14:19

Monteleone d'Orvietto

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A quick walk through of a town in a great place. A 2 on my 1 to 5 scale of size and conveniences. That is, a 2 is not spectacular but nice, quiet, non touristy, typically very friendly in Umbria. It looks nice on the hill, and could be an overnight stay, but unless it's late August and they are in the middle of the festival, I'd pass by. Cittia della Pieve is only 10 minutes away (if you want a...

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Blue water "swimin' hole" in Umbria.

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With the help of friends, finally, we found the hidden lagoon. There is a stream 13km from the house, 20km driving, 35 minutes. It comes up full of minerals, travels downstream making interesting deposits and leaving at least two beautiful blue places to swim a little and refresh. Very cold, but manageable. In total it is above ground for 5km. Then, it disappears back underground. One has to hi...

Fields of sunflowers, Montrepetriolo and "the dragons".

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Fields of sunflowers, Montrepetriolo and "the dragons".

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On the way to what I am calling a "level 1" hilltown, Montepetriolo, here: maps.app.goo.gl/Gyg5s6N7G9FvtFnAA we drive past a big field of sunflowers in full bloom. Before that, we pass our local EVOO producer, here: www.frantoiopeltristo.it/ Montrepetriolo is a great example of a very nice little hilltown, but too small to have a bar, cafe, grocery store, pharmacy or anything of that nature. So...

1:13:53

Panicale Castigliogne del Lago, Umbria

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A sunday morning drive to Panicale, then Castiliglione del Lago, in Umbria. Thinking of an old friend who may visit Italy, and is working through trip planning. Here, my comments on various things I've noticed, and "tips"? I've been immersed here for a year and a half and love the place. Have been to "north central" Italy, though not up in the serious mountains. I love every bit of the place, a...