From 7th to 9th July in Matera Primopasso has got its first tasting of the water out there. Producing is hard, selling is just different. The fair was split into a B2B event for Russian buyers followed by a B2C late evening. Selling to the Russian market is exciting and trying to impress our audience…
Today is Sunday in mid June, and it is time to harvest the wheat… golden wheat field of different varieties are now colouring Primo Passo’s estates. I attach the different pictures of two different varieties. One is ‘Simeto’, selected to be rich in glutine and yield, it is easily recognized for being short thick and…
Last weekend I was shooting capers. Shooting capers, word-by-word translation from Sicilian way of say ‘spararsi la chiappera’ would better translate as ‘showing off with capers’. In the old good days, capers were a limited flavour enhancement in the kitchen. Collected once a year, it was stoved with salt in ceramic jars. If you had…