Ficulle, Orvieto and Assisi After a night at The Beehive in Rome we picked up our rental from Auto Europe and headed to our house sit in Ficulle. So far we’ve met the mayor of Ficulle, had torta al testo, went to the Saturday market in Orvieto and visited the Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi. Hope we […]
SPEZZATINO DI MANZO ALLE CIPOLLINE
Welcome to what we hope will be a weekly post of a recipe that will be inspired by where we are traveling or living at the time. Luckily for the both of us we will be hanging out in Umbria, Italy for the next three months, so we will be cooking up some of the […]
Fungi and lichen
Vancouver Island doesn’t disappoint When it comes to foraging for mushrooms, Vancouver Island doesn’t disappoint. Its forests are filled with fungi and lichen not all are edible but they are all interesting, we would even say some are beautiful. We were on the hunt for chanterelle and matsutake mushrooms. We did find a few but […]
365 Project 2014 – week 46
Leaving the island, Vancouver and Asian cuisine We had a busy week, going from the island to Vancouver with BC Ferries, seeing some friends and eating our fill of pork buns, dumplings and hot pot! We’re ready for Italy! You can see all photos here. How did you spend your week?
Onto The Open Road
A thick coating of frost Up before the sun today, heading for the ferry in Nanaimo. It was the coldest we had felt on the island and the usual heavy dew left a thick coating of frost over everything. The fishing gear stowed and our traveling bags packed we quietly loaded the car and hit the […]
365 Project 2014 – week 45
Qualicum Beach Museum, mushrooms and Remembrance Day This week we spent some time learning about palaeontology and fossils at the QB Museum, foraged for mushrooms, with not much success, and attended the Remembrance Day parade and service. You can see all photos here. How did you spend your week?
One Of Our Favourite Places in Canada
As I sit here staring out at the tide coming in and listening to the waves crash right at our back door my heart rate drops. The lure of staring out at the ocean to catch a glimpse of a sea lion, otter, bald eagle, jumping salmon or even a killer whale has become addictive. […]
365 Project 2014 – week 44
Flipped car, fishing and the beach Ever wonder what you would do if you were one of the first people who happened upon an accident, before the paramedics arrived? For us it was like a reflex, we ran towards the car to see if we could help. We couldn’t do much but comfort the elderly passenger […]
