The Italian economy
According to a recent report by Confesercenti (a federation of small businesses in Italy) there is one part of the Italian economy that’s booming despite the grim economic times: the Mafia. With £100bn...
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Grow your own olive tree
I’ve always loved the idea of living near water – the sea, a river, a lake, a stream, it doesn’t really matter – there is just something so soothing and reflective about a trickle or a gloop or a...
View ArticleColomba Easter cake
I love Easter eggs. Actually, to be specific, I love the most garishly packaged, Reese’s Pieces-filled tooth-tingling Easter eggs that are marketed at 5 year olds. But there is a problem: when you are...
View ArticleThe best Italian organic olive oil soap (thus far)
One of Nudo’s first forays into non-olive oil production was with soap. We had been given some slightly out of date, lower grade olive oil which we thought could have a lovely second life in our...
View ArticleSay it with sayings
‘Nebbia di Marzo mal non fa, ma in Aprile pane e vino a metà.’ or ‘A foggy March isn’t really anything to worry about, but if you’ve still got fog lurking around in April you better start preparing for...
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Tricolore gnocchi with mixed wild mushrooms and orange zest
We have made homemade gnocchi twice recently. The first time we were left to our own devices, the whole process took about two hours and the gnocchi that resulted – while gratefully gobbled by hungry...
View ArticleThe 6 Golden Italian Food Rules
One of the lovely things about holidaying in Italy is how laid back everything is. Hanging out at the beach all day without even bothering to read a book. Slow walks in the early evening with no sense...
View ArticleViva la rainbow
Rainbows are as close as Mother Nature gets to the Italian catwalk. Head-turning beautiful, shamelessly attention-demanding and just a teeny, unfixably bit vulgar. We embrace the vulgarity. We love...
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Masiar’s Quest: Photographing ten thousand olive trees
Imagine the job ad: ‘Person needed to wander through idyllic Italian olive groves for days, possibly weeks.’ You’d be inundated, right? Who could argue with a job which offers a lunchtime panino under...
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Vini Vidi Vici
(I ate tomatoes fresh from the vine, I saw, I conquered) In Testaccio in Rome, where we used to live, there is a fabulous produce market open six days a week. It has every fresh thing you could...
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How to cook spinach perfectly
The Smarter Alecs might say this is simple – ‘Just buy it in Italy’ – and it is true that Italian fresh spinach holds its form and doesn’t cook into a mushy mess like some lesser breeds. But whatever...
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How to make a salad dressing
If you want to actually get your hands dirty, put a teaspoon of Dijon mustard, a pinch of seasalt, a grind of black pepper, 3 tablespoons of red wine vinegar and 8 or 9 tablespoons of a good olive oil...
View ArticleThe TODAY SHOW loves Nudo Adopt an olive tree
The TODAY SHOW ended off their Holiday Gift Guide feature today with Nudo Adopt an olive tree! Natalie Morales talked to Elizabeth Mayhew about her top picks. We especially enjoyed Natalie’s comment:...
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Meet our new olive grove: Lavanda Blu
For centuries, food artisans across the Italian countryside have been quietly producing some of the finest food in the world. For them, it’s a way of life. Every time we discover another such hidden...
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Announcing the winners of our Waitrose Competition
We are pleased to announce the winners of our Waitrose competition in the UK. The lucky winners of an olive tree adoption with spring package are as follows: Anna Carr of Enfield Barry Shaverin of...
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Taste your olive oil like a pro
Tasting oil is really very subjective. The most important thing is whether it gives you a warm glow inside, but of course there’s much more to find if you care to search it out. It’s a bit like going...
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Italians don’t just have a better life – they have a longer one too!
A report last month in medical journal The Lancet showed that, although Italians smoke more, earn less and have a more dire economy than most of us, they live longer. They came second out of twenty...
View ArticleA quick lesson in olive oil terminology
The olive oil market is very competitive and tricksy marketers sometimes like to bamboozle customers with inaccurate or meaningless terminology. Don’t be bamboozled: here is everything you need to know...
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Welcome Agnese to the Nudo family
Our new olive groves, with many trees well past their centenary years, are in the south eastern corner of Sicily, overlooked on the north by Mount Renna, and on all their other sides by the equally...
View Article4 Ways olive oil can make you healthier
Olive oil is good for you. The chemicals, nutrients and health giving components of olive oil are well researched and conclusively proven but highly complex. For your edification, here are the four...
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