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12/11/2011 2:33 am

2nd annual castagnaccio contest

The second annual Castagnaccio contest took place in Barga Vecchia this afternoon (the first contest last year can be seen here) A year ago there were just 6 contestants fighting it out for the honour of preparing the best traditional castagnaccio – the classic sweet dish from this area made...

11/24/2011 6:01 pm

Campaigning for chestnuts

Well, perhaps writing another post in a week was a touch too optimistic, I blame the Italian homework. And my days go by with little to hold them in any kind of framework which is still a luxury after all the disciplined years, so I forget to notice time passing. I arrived for a lesson an hour...

11/20/2011 10:21 pm

Mondine, music, sausages and Christmas decorations?

Mondine, music, sausages and Christmas decorations – now what kind of title to an article is that ? The regulars of Aristo’s bar in Barga Vecchia during the autumn months sit outside the bar in the piazza and roast chestnuts 2 or 3 times a year. It is a time for all the families to get together...

11/20/2011 5:10 pm

San Frediano a Sommocolonia

Sommocolonia in festa oggi per il suo santo patrono, San Frediano, al quale è intitolata la chiesa del paese. Alle 10.30 è stata officiata una santa messa dal proposto don Stefano Serafini, poi la festa è proseguita nei locali del comitato paesano con un robusto pranzo al quale hanno preso parte tanti...

11/13/2011 11:39 pm

Tutti a Lupinaia per la Festa della Castagna

Il comune di Fosciandora è stato di nuovo protagonista questo pomeriggio, con una frequentatissima Festa della Castagna organizzata nella frazione di Lupinaia. Il borgo di fondazione longobarda circondato da curatissimi castagneti ha accolto migliaia di visitatori, in parte giunti con il treno dell’iniziativa...

10/09/2011 11:24 pm

Necci e Frittelle con la Befana

Cinque castagnate in altrettante località e un mercatino dell’antiquariato, aggiunti a una frizzante tramontana, non erano certo buoni presupposti perché la festa “Autunno in festa” organizzato a Pegnana fosse preso d’assalto, ma la Befana e i membri dell’associazione “Perché la tradizione...

09/15/2011 1:56 pm

Chestnut time – but for how much longer?

In the Media Valley and the Garfagnana chestnut forests are an integral element of our landscape, they have supported communities for centuries and remain a significant part of the local economy. A familiar backdrop to life in these hills, we take them for granted, they are always there. But… Imagine...

12/16/2010 11:19 am

Chestnuts the traditional way

Another article from Liz Taylor who moved to this area in 2008 . As she says in her blog “A new life in Tuscany” - I’ve always felt at home in Italy. At sixty I was ready to retire from work, but not from life, so I came to Tuscany and began again, the Italian way. It certainly has...

10/20/2010 2:01 am

Necci – quite simply the Food of Gods

chestnut paste is poured onto the plate Necci – the simplest of ingredients …. sweet chestnut flour, water and salt mixed into a thick paste and cooked between two hot plates over a flame. Two metal plates, the testi or cotte, are oiled and heated and the chestnut paste is poured onto one of the...

10/25/2009 10:16 pm

Roast Chestnuts at Aristo's

This weekend was held the first roast chestnut event of the season outside Aristo’s bar in Piazza Salvo Salvi – once again, a perfect example of the community in action, and another example of just why we are so lucky to be able to live here. Seemingly out of nowhere, without a huge amount of ...

07/05/2009 4:42 pm

Sunday lunch at Pegnana

What could be better on a warm and sunny Sunday morning in July than a trip into the hills around Barga to Pegnana. This area is often used during the autumn and winter .. after all, the Befana’s house is at Pegnana but it is also the perfect place to sit under the cool chestnut tress in the summer...