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Spring in Puglia; Let's go biking ...

March 25th, 2013

Puglia is a perfect place to be for its delicious food, as well as a wonderful region of Italy to visit. Puglia is beautiful the whole year round, but particularly in Spring when it is full of colors, with nice temperatures[...]

It's olive harvest time !

November 14th, 2012

Giovanni Lanzilotti started the harvesting of the olives, like each year in November. The harvesting lasts until the end of December. The harvesting of the olives is done with a "Scuotitore", a shaker. Giovanni Lanzilotti told me that he is the[...]

The taste, colors and music of Puglia

May 23rd, 2012

S.O.G.N.O. participated at the Italian Exhibition in the Netherlands at Kasteel De Haar. 3 days of Puglia and Salento..tasting the delicious specialties, looking and talking about Puglia and Salento and listening to and dancing on the traditional music. For those who don't[...]

La Serenata; it still exists!!!

February 3rd, 2012

A real serenade under the balcony, like Romeo and Juliet ... as the serenade arranged by Anthony Quinn in the film "A walk in the clouds "... still exists! In Southern Italy these serenades are still organized .... mostly in the[...]

Il Carnevale di Putignano; one of the oldest in Europe!

January 24th, 2012

The carnival has started. The most famous carnivals in Italy are of course the Carnival in Venezia with the beautiful masks and the Carnival in Viareggio with the impressive parades. What a lot of people do not know is that one[...]

La Focara di Novoli, the Fire of Novoli

January 15th, 2012

In my good resolutions for 2012, I said that, besides recipes, I would blog more about Puglia as well as its traditions and events. So here I go... One of the most important events taking place in Puglia this month, is[...]

All you need to know about Olive Oil !

January 10th, 2012

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OLIVE OIL... Olive Oil is like wine with a large variety in flavours and qualities. Therefore it isn't always easy to choose a good, authentic, high quality oil. To make a good choice it is[...]

Facciamo un brindisi....Let's make a toast...

October 24th, 2011

"Fare un brindisi", the Italian way of saying "Let's make a toast". Where does this expression come from? There are two different explanations. Some say it comes from the German "Bring dir's", but the explanation I like most is that is[...]

Frisellina Party!

June 12th, 2011

J'ai commencé les préparatifs pour la Frisellina Party. Vendredi j'ai organisé une petite fête pour mes amis français dans mon jardin. Des frisellines et autre "stuzzichini" italiens, musique et bonne compagnie. Et si il pleut, pas de problème... on va[...]

Lanzilotti has got a precious recognition!

May 13th, 2011

Lanzolotti has got a precious recognition of quality. The "Gambero Rosso Food" guide has selected the best Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oils and Lanzilotti's Extra Virgin Olive Oil DOP Collina di Brindisi has been awarded with "2 foglie". The Olive[...]

Hard working!

March 31st, 2011

I'm still working a lot to get everything ready for the official launch of S.O.G.N.O. Can't wait to show you all about Salento and the Olive Oil Lanzilotti![...]