Mozzarella 1 - Sandro with three tubs of mozzarella curd
Mozzarella 2 - pressing the curds with a hoop and screen
Mozzarella 3 - the flower pattern left by the pressing process
Mozzarella 4 - Cut curds in the streching tub ready to be melted and stretched
Mozzarella 5 - Giulia adding 92C water to the curds to melt them
Mozzarella 6 - Stirring the curds as they melt
Mozzarella 7 - Stretching the curds - most of the water has been removed by now
Mozzarella 8 - Sandro and Chris transferring the warm and gooey mozzarella to the ball forming machine
Mozzarella 9 - the ball forming machine doing its work and dropping perfectly formed bocatini into cool water - next they go to the brine bath
Covering a one month old cheese with fermenting cherries - they will continue to age here until Christmas
Cacetti - made nearly the same way as mozzarella but it is quite a bit more firm and then smoked
Jesi - Detail of relief sculpture on front doors of cathedral
Jesi old town wall
Sunset in Jesi with a hint of the Le Marches mountains
Jesi to Rome on the high speed train
Making Bread with Stefano
Bread baking in the woodfired oven
Sandro pouring rabiola curd into molds
Scooping primo sale curd into molds
The buffalo calf I saw being born on my first day at the farm
Shorn and Wooly
A lamb only minutes old
The Rocco of Old Chatham
4 Real! Stomping the grapes
Rome 1 - One of the many many weddings happening in Rome on 10-10-10
Rome 2 - Coliseum
Rome 3 - Helpful statues giving directions to lost tourists
Rome 4 - Mercati Traianei - Traians Market - First opened in 113AD
Rome 5 - Ruins across the street from the Coliseum
Rome 6 - The tourist experience of Rome - Trevi Fountain on Sunday evening
Rome 7 - Trevi Fountain
Rome 8 - About one quarter of St. Peters Square
Rome 9 - Vatican City from the banks of the Tiber River
Rome 10 - Tiber River in Rome
Rome 11 - Castle on the banks of the Tiber River
Autumn at the Driscolls
View out the livingroom window
Aunt Mary Kay and Mom in front of Dads sculpture
Autumn at sunset on the Driscoll Estate
