Comments on: First Taste of Truffle, Eating Fruit off Trees & Other Vegan Adventures in Sermoneta, Italy

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:44:58 +0000

Nice tips and Sermoneta sounds worth checking out, thanks! Perhaps if Martine is still on CS, she might host me or I could meet her when I’m in Italy this May/June. I’m already in love with her kitty!

By: Laloofah

Laloofah — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:23:47 +0000

Hi, Jill! Well, I’m not familiar with the ice cube protocol for strawberry fragolino sparkling wine, as I’ve never had the opportunity to try any ~ with or without ice. :-( But I say that if that’s how you like to drink it then it’s perfectly normal to drink it that way! :-)

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:20:41 +0000

@laloofah = Thanks for the lovely comment. The glasses in the first picture are filled with strawberry fragolino sparkling wine. I think it’s normal to use ice cubes when drinking this, isn’t it? Oh well, I like it that way :)

By: Laloofah

Laloofah — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:09:39 +0000

Oh, Sermoneta looks like a storybook place! How enchantingly beautiful! Your posts make me absolutely ache to visit Italy!

Talk about eating locally – your fruit-plucking and snacking sounds wonderful. I remember how thrilled I was to get to eat mangoes, coconuts and starfruit right off the trees in Costa Rica ~ you’re so right that it spoils you utterly for buying any of it in grocery stores back home. I’ve never eaten a freshly picked fig and would love to try one sometime. Truffles would be a new experience too, and I’m intrigued with your description of their flavor.

Are those glasses of wine in the first photo? I’m hoping so, because as a part-Italian who is always given grief because I like ice cubes in my red wine, I will gleefully show your photo to all those who have mocked and tormented me about that for so long! :-)

Martine appears to be incredibly lucky – and she since she sounds like someone who truly appreciates and shares her good fortune and abundance, it’s heart-warming to see her blessed with la dolce vita.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:38:34 +0000

Thanks everyone! But, I have to admit, it’s not hard to take beautiful pictures of Italy. It’s just so gorgeous, you really can’t take a bad shot.

@bitt – Gluten free would definitely be tricky. But one of my GF vegan friends did visit Italy and survived :) See the pics:

By: Sergi

Sergi — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:02:18 +0000

What an inspiring post, that was the most appealing brochure to visit Italy. The pics and the food look great : )

By: Amber Shea @Almost Vegan

Amber Shea @Almost Vegan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:39:22 +0000

Sermoneta is a town I was not lucky enough to visit. These eats look unreal. Congrats (however belated) on your first truffle experience!

By: bitt

bitt — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:25:41 +0000

Thanks for sharing more nonpizza Italian food. I wonder if one could eat there being gluten-free and vegan. I did OK in France but I did my homework.

Cute kitty!

By: Debra Elliott

Debra Elliott — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:48:00 +0000

I loved this ! grazie mille….sorrrrriso !

By: Valerie Traina

Valerie Traina — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:29:43 +0000

Wonderful travelogue! That’s the land of my ancestors. I hope to visit one day soon.