Hi everyone! We are in the midst of amazing autumnal weather. At least two perfect weeks. In the U.S. it is called Second Summer (formerly Indian Summer which is no longer used), in Germany it is called Goldener Oktober, and in Italy it is called estate di San Martino, which translates to “St. Martin’s Summer”. This term refers to a period of unseasonably warm, dry weather that usually occurs around St. Martin’s Day on November 11th.
Umbertide is full of autumn color. I was out and about today and got a couple of photos of the trees and flowers.
After our trip to Puglia I was inspired to make one of the lunch dishes we had while in Lecce. The entire south of Italy, called the Mezzogiorno, always has been very poor. Most of the Italians who immigrated to other countries came from these regions to find a better life. The food that evolved there is called cucina povera, literally poor cuisine. Fave è cicoria is a traditional dish made from only four ingredients. Dried fava beans, chicory, which is available everywhere here now in supermarkets, (but would have been foraged in the wild back in the day), garlic and pepper flakes. Finally it is served with a drizzle of olive oil. Gnam, gnam. (Italian for yum yum 😁)
Buon autunno! 🍁 🍂 🍁
Thanks Catherine. That usually works to just use a browser to go to the site. The most recent post will come up. Glad you liked the photos. The dish was very yummy and I had so much fave left I made a very nice soup and I’m having the last bowl for lunch today 😁
Yes, thank you, that did work when I went to the site; even before I heard back from you. My tardiness in communicating….I loved the photos!
Thanks Matt. I always make the photos as small as I can without messing them up. So the page will load ok. The food was yummy and there was a lot of the fave left so I made a soup. It’s good too.
Pics came up fine here, which is not always the case with my ultra-slow rural DSL service. Food looks yummy as always!
Hi Catherine…really? not sure why. Try this. Go directly to the page on the site in your browser. Here is the link. Please tell me if this works for you.
https://nancygoestoitaly.com/fave-e-cicoria-perfect-autumn-dish/
My email is Nancy22324 at yahoo dot com. If you reach out I can send pics as well.
I was interested in this post – eager to see your photos….but there weren’t any!
My machine or yours! Especially the leaves and your cucina povera dish of cicoria and fave beans.