Tag Archive for 'Italy' at Oliveto Community

Tag Archive for 'Italy'

Truffle Report #5 – What’s that smell?

November 20th, 2009 by Bob Klein

The truffle dinners are now in full swing and going very nicely, but I wanted to provide a brief wrap-up of this year’s trip to Italy. Monti-in-Chianti, about 10 miles north of Siena, has been the center of my activities since I began traveling to Italy (over ten years ago) to get truffles, and Giorgio Sacchini and his family have been…

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Truffle Report #4 with part of the menu revealed

November 13th, 2009 by Bob Klein

It’s Thursday night here, and all the truffles for Oliveto’s truffle dinners are still in the ground; collection begins tomorrow morning. It’s cold, there’s been a good amount of rain, and the local truffle fairs have ended. Now, the truffles are for us. Truffle Dinners at Oliveto are booking up, so we’ve decided to extend them through Saturday, November 21st. I’ll bring home more truffles than…

Tags: biondi, catania, Italy, mt etna, mushrooms, sicily, Truffle Dinners, truffles, white truffles. Bob's Dispatches from Italy 2009 1 Comment

Truffle Report #3 with Aldo Vacca’s Vintage Picks

November 9th, 2009 by Bob Klein

Truffles are just now coming on, I encountered my first exceptional truffles last night, at the back door of Ristorante Antine in Barbaresco–I didn’t have to put my nose to it, it overwhelmed me from across the kitchen. Prices remain very low, we won’t be able to set the price for Oliveto Truffle dinners until we actually acquire them, but they should be…

Tags: aldo vacca, barbaresco, Italy, truffles. -Movies, Bob's Dispatches from Italy 2009 3 Comments

This Just In: Olio Nuovo is Here

November 4th, 2009 by Maggie Blyth Klein

The olive harvest has begun in most northern hemisphere olive growing regions. The first cold-pressed oils are called “new oils,” with their very special and fleeting characteristic vegetal flavor and “heat” in the throat. That profound vibrancy lasts only about two weeks before it subsides and the oil stabilizes as…

Tags: 2009, chianti, felsina, Italy, New Oil, nocellino, olio nuovo, olive harvest, olive oil, olives, sicily. -Movies, -This Just In 1 Comment

Truffle Report #1 – Italy 2009

November 2nd, 2009 by Bob Klein

A very healthy rain arrived in Italy about a week before I did, somewhat improving truffle conditions after another very dry year. The last few days have been beautiful, but we seem to be moving into another rainy period which is good timing for truffle hunting, as long as it doesn’t get too wet.
Here is a video of some of Georgio’s new recruits, five-week-old truffle dogs. They are…

Tags: chianti, felsina, Italy, mushrooms, truffles, tuscany. Bob's Dispatches from Italy 2009 1 Comment

Back on the Trail: Truffle Trip to Italy 2009

September 24th, 2009 by Bob Klein

I’ll be leaving for Italy mid-October and returning on November 16th, I presume, with a load of fine truffles to be served during our annual Truffles Dinners (November 17 – November 20, 2009). From the memory-lane-archives we’ve compiled a reel of Oliveto truffle stories covered by local and national television news networks over the past twelve years…

Tags: bob klein, Italy, Oliveto, piedmont, truffle dogs, truffles. -Movies, Bob's Dispatches from Italy 2009, Truffle Dinners, Truffles in the News 4 Comments

Paitin Comes to Dinner – February 17, 2009

February 16th, 2009 by Catherine Meng

We’ve just learned that this Tuesday evening, February 17th, Giovanni Pasquero-Elia of Sori Paitin in Barbaresco will be coming to Oliveto. We’re big fans of his wines (and have been able to acquire a good number of bottles of his great 1990 vintage), so we thought we’d let you know of the visit…

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Acquerello Rice – Profile

February 8th, 2009 by Bob Klein

Originally purchased in 1934, the Tenuta Columbara farm has been in the Rondolino family for three generations. Many of the structures still in use were built in the 16th century…

Tags: film, Italy, profile, rice, risotto. -Movies, Acquerello Rice, Suppliers 1 Comment

Mr. Espresso – Profile

February 8th, 2009 by Bob Klein

“We at Mr. Espresso remain committed to bringing you the best of this Old World tradition. We encourage our customers to take care, take time, and take pleasure in our coffees.”…

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