Lyn Hunt, Author at Casa Mia | Italy Food & Wine Tours

The Spice Cabinet: Cloves

by Lyn Hunt | Oct 4, 2016 | CasaMia, Spice Cabinet

Welcome back to The Spice Cabinet series. Today we explore cloves. This woody little nail-shaped spice, whose name in Italian “chiodo di garofano” literally means carnation nail, is perhaps the spiciest of spices with its strong, heady aroma. Cloves are the flower...

The Herb Garden: Oregano

by Lyn Hunt | Sep 27, 2016 | CasaMia, Herb Garden

Welcome back to The Herb Garden series. Today we tell you a little about a favorite herb: oregano. This hardy herb will grow in the most arid of conditions. I’ve seen it growing in little clumps on seaside cliffs, amongst the rocks up a remote mountain and of course...

Summer Sagras in Sabina

by Lyn Hunt | Sep 2, 2016 | CasaMia, Food Festivals & Fairs, Produce seasonality, Travel

Forgive the alliteration but I couldn’t help myself and indeed restrained from adding a further s-word “September” to the blog post title. Summer in Rome is hot, hot, hot! This year it has been relentless but friends tell me it was much worse last year. I must have...