Jun | 08
Students new to Perugia may be curious about the comically large concrete blocks or the abstract white house that seem to have fallen from the sky onto the center streets of the small city. These temporary additions are part of... Read MoreJun | 07
Acclaimed professors from across the world are trickling into the Umbra Institute today to collect their badges and informational packets for Food Conference: Perugia. A welcome aperitivo on the Ranieri Foundation’s picturesque terrace will officially commence the first-time international food... Read MoreJun | 04
This weekend, the Umbra Institute welcomed two new groups of summer 2012 students with a whirlwind orientation to Perugian life. Friday, Chapman University and Intensive Italian students flew into Rome and took a bus with Umbra staff up to Perugia.... Read MoreJun | 02
Oaky or stony? Aged or young? Tannic or steel? Umbra students learned the meaning of these terms during the summer’s first wine tasting Thursday evening at Énonè, a popular Perugian enoteca. After describing the process of making wine, sommelier Silvia... Read MoreMay | 31
The Italians have a saying: “L’appetito vien mangiando,” or, “Appetite comes with eating.” Wednesday evening, a group of Umbra Institute students tested this theory at Aperitivo 101. Surrounded by the Living Café’s sweeping panoramic views of Umbrian countryside, students listened... Read MoreMay | 25
Experientia docet is the motto of the Umbra Institute: Experience teaches. Two Food Studies Program students, Julia Rackow (Tufts University) and Kimberly Goldman University of Wisconsin), just finished a month working at the Lungarotti Winery in Torgiano, near Perugia. The... Read More