Episodes
April 25, 2024
#167 - Memories of our first trip to Italy, 18 years ago today
In this short & sweet or as Jason called it 'quick & dirty' episode we reminice about our first trip to Italy 18 years ago for our honeymoon and a few of the highlights & low points! Leroy is becoming an international stud, …
March 31, 2024
#166 - An Easter Episode: Making Pizza di Pasqua & Ciccioli (Pork Cracklings)
An Easter episode and recap of Spring! Jason explains not only how to make Crescia or Pizza di Pasqua a savory peppery Easter bread, as well as making homemade ciccioli (think pork cracklings), plus he shares his thoughts on…
Feb. 25, 2024
#165 - Slaughtering our 1st pig, Carnevale Dolce & Boar Hunter's Lunch
#165 - Slaughtering our 1st pig, Carnevale Dolce & Boar Hunter's Lunch Kicking off a new season of the podcast with a whirlwind of activity in our valley! We slaughtered our first pig with the help of our neighbors and then …
Jan. 29, 2024
#164 - The Blessing of the Animals, Italian Driver's License Test, A New Tractor and Logistics of Slaughtering the Pigs
So much is talked about in this jam-packed episode! From buying a used tractor and figuring out the transportation to the logistics of slaughtering our pigs. In local life talk - we take the dogs to the blessing of the anima…
Jan. 14, 2024
#163 - Holiday Stories, Recipe for Wild Boar Sauce & A Major Award
A little holiday recap and memories of La Befana and the living nativity scenes of years past. Jason shares a local boar sauce recipe after the hunters left us a nice little thank you gift! And we return with a listener favo…
Dec. 13, 2023
# 162 - 2023 Recap
We are finally back after a great season of guests with stories about the farm, animals, guests and of course Gaggi!
May 11, 2023
#161 - Gelato is on the Menu + Wild Life Encounters deep in the Italian countryside
Spring is in full swing and we decided to procrastinate on a rainy evening & instead of working down our to-do list we recorded a new episode! We share crazy and funny wild life encounters at our farmhouse and along our road…
April 9, 2023
#160 - Pasqua, Pigs & LARPing?!
Happy Easter from Italy! We've been busy with Spring projects as usual during early Spring but for the first time Jason was at the helm of the tractor when we prepared the soil! Was it all he had built up in his mind over th…
March 2, 2023
#159 - Archery Classes, Formula 1 Racing & Clarkson’s Farm + A Chapter from the Book
This episode we connect the dots between our archery classes and the Ferrari Formula 1 racing team - we have something very funny in common! Our thoughts on "Clarkson's Farm" along with seed planning for this year. Then hot …
Feb. 16, 2023
#158 - Pigs, Lake Garda and a Traffic Light
We’re getting pigs! An update on their arrival and the winter weather along with water cooler talk about what everyone’s talking about in Piobbbico…!! We take a little getaway to Lake Garda and visit Verona for the European …
Jan. 10, 2023
#157 - Holiday Recap
A festive holiday recap - from dinner on Christmas and New Year's Eve with good ol' Dr. Gaggi to a satanic ritualistic sacrifice of sorts in the main piazza of Urbania during the La Befana children's festival vs. our memorie…
Dec. 13, 2022
#156 - 6 months later... + 8 Memorable Christmas Market in Italy
Ok so maybe this has become a bi-annual podcast! For those of you still listening, we start back in June and summer weather and the garden, then a hilarious story about our getaway to the Mediterranean where everything went …
June 5, 2022
#155 - Jam Packed Update on Everything!
It's been six months since our last podcast, there's a lot to catch you up on! From 'what's new in 2022' including my big ticket impulse purchase & an update on our citizenship to our 'new' tractor, and daily life in Italy: …
Jan. 10, 2022
#154 - FICO, Foot Surgery & Farm Animals
A review of my trip to FICO Eataly in Bologna, tales from an Italian hospital for foot surgery and Jason's new adventures with our neighbor's farm animals! A jam packed, hilarious podcast that's for sure. Thanks for listenin…
Nov. 26, 2021
#153 - Thanksgiving Leftovers
From an overpriced wine tasting to tractor shopping, a hilarious Gaggi story and memories of Thanksgiving past - we hope you enjoy the latest episode!
Sept. 30, 2021
# 152 - Finally we are BACK! Glory Garden, Citizenship, Summer Getaways along the Adriatic
After a 6 month podcast hiatus we are BACK! With a hilarious update on life in the Italian countryside! From the glory garden and dry hot summer to a random rave, citizenship updated and meet the newest cat tiktoker! We shar…
March 11, 2021
#151 - An action packed podcast!
This week we are on fire, a lot has happened in our neck of the woods since the last podcast! From vongole shenanigans with Gaggi & Rossana, road work update, a "new look" for our old grocery store, a trip to the Farmer's Un…
March 1, 2021
#150 - A few of your questions answered & a chapter from the book, Truffle Mania
After the snow the air has changed and it feels like Spring! We are busy soaking up the sun while working outside with the usual late winter cleanup of brush and tree trimming. Local gossip: the road meeting happened, we'll …
Feb. 6, 2021
#149 - Fake Business is Booming & Eco Bonus Breakdown
A Tim Dillon inspired podcast about conducting Fake Business of all sorts in Italy! A lunch in Fano with Gaggi & Rossana and an update from our neck of the woods with a breakdown on what we've learned about the Eco Bonus to …
Jan. 19, 2021
#148 - Lardo, Lockdown & Restoring a Ruin, winter update from Italy
Finally, a new episode! An update on the snow and salami curing, what we've been up to the past 3 months, along with our quick thoughts on 2021 travel and the big talk of town, the Euro Super Bonus! We're thinking of restori…
Oct. 5, 2020
#147 - All About The Cinque Terre, Carrara, Lucca & Lardo
Road trip! The first week of September we visited the Cinque Terre for the first time, along with Carrara and Lucca. We share our favorites - focaccia, beach and the best way to see the famed five villages (hint it's not hik…
Aug. 26, 2020
#146 - Stories about Polenta & How to get an Italian Driver’s License
Our days are spent jarring tomatoes, berry picking and not much else. Our big event this summer was Ferragosto and the old school Polenta Feast! We tell stories from this years festivities plus we read a another chapter from…
July 13, 2020
#145 - Update Post Surgery and Listener Q&A about Moving to Italy
We give you an update on how the surgery went for Jason's torn rotator cuff in a humorous recount of his hospital stay. A garden update - what to do with hundreds of kilos of potatoes?! Then we answer your questions about mo…
June 23, 2020
#144 - Surgery in Italy: Private vs. Public, Immigration Frustrations & Eating Out
An update from sunny central Italy! While the virtual Move to Italy Workshops have been a great success (we are extending them thru the summer!), the virtual cooking classes are a technological fail due to our shoddy satelli…