The first vertical school garden

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Published April 14, 2010 at 9:53 p.m.
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by intern Lila Wilmerding ... On March 17, the first vertical school garden in San Francisco was unveiled at Sanchez Elementary School in the Mission District.  This vertical garden joins Sanchez’s existing traditional garden, which teachers have been integrating into their classes for the past couple of years ... The garden, originally cared for by a retired teacher, found support from Slow Food San Francisco and was visited by Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini in 2007.  The program has

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Italian minister bites back after Guardian critic slates the McItaly

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 5:42 a.m.

Blog by Matthew Fort calling burger 'devilish' prompts angry response from Luca Zaia to 'Stalinist' food writer ... When Matthew Fort, Guardian food writer and lifelong lover of all things Italian, heard that the country's agriculture minister had endorsed McDonald's new McItaly burger, his gorge began to rise ... So incensed was Fort by Luca Zaia's comments about how the burgers would impart "an imprint of Italian flavours to our youngsters" that he wrote an irate column on the Guardian's Word

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Almost Wordless Wednesday: Fave e Cicorie Selvatiche

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Published Dec. 9, 2009 at 1:08 a.m.
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I just got back from a week of wine tasting in Puglia. A beautiful trip, and in addition to the wines there were the foods ... Lots of greens -- Pugliesi say, Quando minti oiu e sale ogne erba se pote mangiare, When you add oil and salt all greens are edible, and are true to their words: At almost every meal the menu included a platter with fava bean puree and some sort of green, usually chicory or broccoli raab ... Here we have chicory, prepared by the Guarini Family, of Duca Carlo Guarini

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Relax in Piedmont

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 8:27 a.m.
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It is always nice to make new friends via the blogosphere so it was good to meet up with Natascha Di Mario of Agriturismo Verdita earlier this month via Twitter and yesterday in person with Nicolas at Cantina Maranzana ... for a wine tasting, cantina tour and lunch! ... Casa Dolcetto is very happy to recommend this lovely Agriturismo which is immersed in beautiful countryside overlooking rolling hills. The lavender farm at Agriturismo Verdita is an ideal spot if you are visiting the region of

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Top 10 Tips for Turin

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Published Oct. 28, 2009 at 10:56 a.m.
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Travelling through Piedmont, by definition, is a journey of discovery, but in Turin, Italy's first capital, surrounded by the Alps to the north and west and the gentle hills of the Monferrato to the south, you will find treasures galore at your finger tips ... Image via Wikipedia ... So here are ten suggestions and top tips including shopping in Via Roma, visiting the Mole Antonelliana, riding the old rack tramway to the Basilica of Superga and chocolate tasting ... 1 ... A walk along Via Roma

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Slow Food speeds up

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Published Sept. 24, 2009 at 6:28 p.m.

The UK Slow Food movement is in a state of rapid change. What do you think the organisation should be about? ... In a wind-flustered tent in the town of North Berwick last weekend I had a bit of a revelation. My 10-year-old son's nose was deep in a container full of cotton wool, sniffing hard. "That's rosemary," he said. A little later he had his hand in a blue box feeling a hidden object that was inside: "That's rosemary again" he said. And he was right ... He'd just recognised a herb by smell

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California's Best Boutique Wines: Tasting Family Winemakers 2009

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Published Sept. 7, 2009 at 1:12 a.m.
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For those unfamiliar, Family Winemakers is a marketing association that represents family owned wineries throughout California. By virtue of its focus, this means that the membership consists of many of California's boutique wine producers ... The annual tasting put on by the association every year claims (with reasonable credibility) to be the single largest tasting of California wines in the world each year, and remains one of my favorite wine tasting events ... This tasting has become a

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Can the web save Italy's artisanal food producers?

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Published Aug. 3, 2009 at 3:42 a.m.

It's not what you might expect - move to Italy and find it's difficult to get local produce except via the internet ... It's a funny old planet isn't it? Just as you think you have given the auld country the shove for its crappy processed foods and homogenized high streets you find yourself staring in disbelief at the same lowlife practices in Italy. In fact with the UK's new emphasis on 'local' the two countries could be swapping places ... After moving to a lovely wee village surrounded by

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siege of canelli

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Published June 19, 2009 at 1:34 a.m.
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Less than 10 minutes away from Casa Dolcetto lies Canelli where tomorrow, Saturday 19th June 2009, sees the Historical Commemoration of 'The Siege of Canelli' ... which took place in 1613 ... During the Roman period there was a settlement in the area as shown by archaeological findings. In the Middle Ages a castle was built to defend the important roads leading to the strategic harbours of Savona and Vado ... The most celebrated event in the history of the town was the Siege in 1613. The

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Michela's Asparagus and Eggs

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Published March 28, 2009 at 5:41 a.m.

What to serve Asparagus With? Because of its distinctive flavor, Asparagus can be difficult to pair with other ingredients, and indeed Italians tend to go easy on the sauces when serving it. It does, however, work beautifully with eggs, and Michela and Carlo prefer to use several different kinds, since their flavors and textures do vary some ...

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