Nonna Margie's House

After our tour, we all piled in to the cars and went down to the house for pasta making with Nonna Margie. We were greeted with big hugs and cheek kisses from one of the nonnas as she was heading out the door. Éowyn immediately found a friend and a cat. They promptly served us some bruschetta with the local olive oil and prosecco (I had it with juice, which is a bellini).

This enterprise is something whole village has gotten behind. Chiara is the granddaughter of the original Nonna. She had to move in with her nonna when she lost her job and was pregnant 8 years ago. Her beloved grandmother has since passed away, but other nonnas from the village stepped up, other people are drivers and take the groups on the tours of the town, etc. Everyone was amazing.Read more