065: Paul Cappelli
Living Villa Cappelli
So, full warning, this is not a happy podcast. But I just wanted to say a little about Paul and thank you all for your support. For those of you that don’t know, Paul Cappelli passed away this year after a short battle with cancer. From all of us at the Cappelli family — Steven, Connie, Nikki, Casey, and Logan — we want to thank you all of you so, so much for all your support. His creative, amazing, loving, and bigger-than-life spirit and love for all things Italian will live on in everything we do at Villa Cappelli. Forever. Thank you.
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064: Translating Pasta
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We take a lot of pasta names for granted. Sure, we all enjoy “spaghetti,” but do you know what it means? How about “penne” or “fusilli”? In this podcast, we talk about the names of various pastas. And in many cases how the name describes the shape. If you want to see actual pictures of the various pastas, check out all the pics in the show notes. Also, at the end the podcast, we give you a few cooking tips on pasta.
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063: Caremongering, the virus, and gardening — oh my!
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The title pretty much says it all. We talk a little more about the coronavirus in Puglia and how Italians are dealing with things. Luckily the medical system here is very good. We talk Caremongering. A wonderful movement started in Canada. Essentially, it is a movement encouraging acts of kindness or assistance, especially to help vulnerable people, during tough times, like the COVID-19 pandemic. And while it’s not an Italian expression, the sentiment is totally Italian. Typically Caremongering revolves about starting your own local Facebook group. The...
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062: Our experience with the coronavirus in Italy.
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Not much in the way of show notes for this episode guys. And this might be a trend as we focus more on putting out good audio, and not so much on the show notes, so we can do more podcasts. This episode, we catch you up with what life has been like with the coronavirus here in Italy, and more specifically, Puglia. It is definitely a strange time, but very manageable and fine from our perspective. Do you have a question you'd like answered? Anything we didn't cover? Let us know in the comments. And we'll give you updates very soon in the next podcast. Stay safe everyone! Wash and...
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061: Day in the life of running an Italian Villa
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In this episode, we try to give you a bit of behind the scenes look at what it’s like to run a villa, especially from the tour and vacation rental aspect. We cover all sorts of topics, including: • Breakfasts, as far as what we serve and why a simple breakfast is never a simple breakfast • Laundry. Again, while for most a load of laundry here and there during their week is a normal chore. There’s nothing normal about it when you have 10 bedrooms of sheets and towels to wash each week. Plus, you have to head down to hang them up to dry, which is another...
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060: Italian Villa Projects
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In this podcast, we catch you up on the projects we’ve been doing at the villa during our “off time” without guests. From major new interviews to unexpected construction, we’ve had a lot going on.
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The Top 10 reasons to book an Italian villa for your next celebration
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Have a big milestone birthday coming up? Or perhaps an anniversary? Perhaps you’re just looking to travel with a large group of family and friends. Then booking a villa in Italy might is the perfect way to celebrate with family and friends. Here are just a few of the reasons you should book an Italian villa now! 1. It’s more affordable than you think When you stay in a villa in Italy, it will feel like you’re living in luxury, but it’s very affordable. Definitely more affordable than a hotel or resort. According to Lonely Planet travel site, even a...
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058: Real News, Fake Food
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In this podcast, we take a dive into the culinary world and explore where there is a lot of “fake food” out there. From doctored extra virgin olive oils and grated cheese to wine and balsamic vinegar, we give you the real news on fake food. Topics we cover: • How we’ve had a few podcast fans visit this year, including Kendra and her new business: • How often we don’t realize the wool is being pulled over our eyes in regards to food. Here’s a list. Do you have others? Let us know in the comments. Extra Virgin Olive Oil • The corrupt...
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057: It's Not Only Rock 'n' Roll
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We move outdoors to sit among the olive trees for our second part of our interview with rock ’n’ roll royalty Jenny Boyd. We talk music, creativity, and her book . Topics we cover: • We talk about Jenny’s second husband • The British invasion • How Brits saw America a land of opportunity • What musicians drive was during the creative process, what they experience when writing a son • What part drugs and alcohol played in the creative process • If they believed everyone has the potential to be creative and how to express yourself...
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056: Jenny Boyd "Rock 'n' Roll Nobility"
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We are finally back after a very very very busy summer. But we couldn't resist making some time to sit down with one of our guests, Jenny Boyd, and talk to her about creative and music and her book . Topics we cover: • We introduce Jenny Boyd, a recent guest at Villa Cappelli • She wrote the book It’s Not Only Rock and Roll . • How Paul grew up with the music Jenny had a first-hand account of this music • How Jenny is a part of rock and roll nobility if you will • How music today doesn’t have the same social relevance as it did in the 60s...
info_outlineAnother quick catchup episode, talking about spring in Puglia, our new dogs, our spring projects, and other odds and ends of life in our villa in Puglia, Italy.
Topics we cover:
• How we lost our dog Orso recently
• And how we decided to get some new puppies
• Mina came to us from a farm in the Mugia
• Mina is a girl, which is what Paul wanted
• Mina is also a Maremmano, here’s a little about that breed:
- An Abruzzo sheepdog
- Used for centuries by Italian shepherds to guard sheep from wolves
- They have a solid, muscular build, a thick white coat, a large head and a black nose
- The coat is thick and long and forms a thick collar (or mane) around the neck
• How Mina was terrorizing the casts, so we had to get Mina a playmate
• He is half Maremmano and half Dogo Argentino, though he looks all Dogo Argentino
• He has very distinct markings, and after a lot of suggestions from our Instagram friends (link), Logan came up with the name Duke
• A little about his breed:
- A large, white, muscular dog developed in Argentina
- Their primary purpose was for big game hunting, like wild boar
- Some say they look similar to American Pit Bull Terrier
- While breed as big game hunters, they are also trained for search and rescue, police assistance, service dogs, military work, and more
• Here are some pictures of them:
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• Our off-season projects
• How we replaced our wooden raised beds with some beautiful stone raised beds
• The walls of the beds are drywall, meaning they don’t use any mortar
• The artistry of constructing these walls. Here is a video:
• Then we constructed a beautiful shed in the back corner of our garden
• Here are some pictures of the shed as well
• All the materials we used to build the shed
• Paul’s other project, making olive wood cutting boards
• Here are some pictures of his work
• Here’s his holy cutting boards as well
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• Here’s a link to the story about the Virgin Mary Apparition appearing in a window: http://www.tampabayskeptics.org/v9n4rpt.html
• Our winter weather here in Puglia
• We had a very good olive harvest this year, but it was a very late harvest
• Our new 3L tins
• We have a few new products:
- Some anchovy fillets
- Colatura di Alici, like an anchovy fish sauce
• The Colatura is sort of like Garum, which was a fermented fish sauce used as a condiment in the cuisines of ancient Greece, Rome, and later Byzantium
• Paul helped come up with the name of company who makes the products in Amalfi, and the company’s name is Amalfin
• If anyone is interested in us carrying their line of tun products, let us know.
• It is high-quality tuna packed in oil
• Paul wants to know what it is called “Tuna fish”? Why not just “Tuna”? Is it a marketing thing? Does anyone know? Please let us know in the comments!
• Our new ceramic jugs to decant our 3L into a pouring jug
• How olives are drupes, making extra virgin olive oil essentially fruit juice
• Drupes include coffee, jujube, mango, olive, dates, coconut, cashew, almond, apricot, cherry, damson, nectarine, peach, and plum.
• Anyone interested in our culinary tour, there is still room. Click here for more information.
• Michael’s podcast that we mention is here, so you can enjoy his playing on our out of tune piano.
• Our hashtag promotion. Just snap a dish you made with our products or you with our products, and hashtag #villacappelli on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We will be choosing at random, one lucky winner each month to get a free bottle of our extra virgin olive oil.
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• How Saint Joseph’s Day is Father’s Day in Italy.