On Agriturisme and the Best Italian we have EVER eaten

Before coming to Italy, we had heard about the Agriturisme--the farm homes that rent out rooms and feed their visitors with homemade goodness straight from their farms. On Thursday night, we had our first taste of an Agriturismo, and it was even better than we were expecting. A little place only a few minutes away from the small town we're living in, our Host University paid for us to enjoy a dinner there. 

Over the next 3 hours, we enjoyed every possible bit of Italian goodness from homemade gnocchi, to grilled vegetables, the best meat you could imagine, and a semi-freddo pastry that has no equal in the U.S. Needless to say, eating Italian in the US will never be good enough again! 

We didn't get many pictures since we were too busy enjoying the food. In fact, Curls kept telling me to take pictures of the boys with their food, but every time I'd stop eating to take a picture, it was usually too late. So here's the best I could get: