http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:48:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Birthday celebrations for Grazia Renucci at the L'Osteria this evening. Bluesman Geoff Collins -White from Jack's Pack was there to give the evening that added swing. [gallery] http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2008/06/11/birthday-for-grazia/ Once again as in other years for the past week or so rumours of the start of the porcini season- the local wild mushrooms that grow up in the mountains around Barga - have been percolating around the city. There have even been a couple of images of newly found porcini ... http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2008/05/20/shhh-the-porcini-are-here-but-dont-say-anything/ Today is Father's Day in Italy, well almost, it's the Festa di San Giuseppe - St. Joseph's Day. Traditionally in this area the fathers get to eat frittelle, or even better - frittelle di riso- fried rice fritters and maybe polenta made with chestnut flour, castagnaccio -a cake made from ... http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2008/03/19/frittelle-for-festa-di-san-giuseppe/ http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2007/11/05/osteria-now-shut-for-a-well-deserved-holiday/ Recent paintings by the Barga artist Alba Calamari can be seen on display inside the L'Osteria in Piazza Angelio. There are a number of quite large paintings from Alba on the walls of the osteria plus some smaller tiny jewel-like paintings featuring some of the smaller comunes in Garfagnana - look ... http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2007/04/18/alba-calamari-paintings-on-show/ http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2007/04/14/images-from-the-losteria/ Simone Franchi is marrying Lucille Heather Hassan The wedding: Little Manly Point Manly 2095 Sydney Australia at 17:00 pm Reception: Moson Masonic Center M from 19;00 to 01.00 am... Party: The Lee's 01.30 Am (live on web) That was posted up on the barganews forum this week ...and the party just kept ... http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2007/04/01/webcam-wedding-barga-italy-sydney-australia/ http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2007/03/02/8th-march-international-womens-day/ L'Osteria chiude per ferie until 8th December .... counting down the days http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2006/11/22/only-a-few-days-more-until-the-osteria-opens/ Finalmente tocca a noi! un saluto a tutti i nostri fedeli, arrivederci all'8 dicembre  http://www.barganews.com/blogs/losteria/2006/11/01/losteria-chiude-per-ferie/