San Giacomo Filippo, Italy

Photographs from my meal in  Italy , San Giacomo Filippo, at Presalbert  on  September 7, 2011.

The perfect picnic spot, Presalbert, San Giacomo Filippo

View from Presalbert, San Giacomo Filippo

Chiavenna, Fume la Mera

First night's dinner at Presalbert, San Giacomo Filippo by Michelin 2* Chef Curtis Duffy

Michelin 2* Chef Curtis Duffy in the Kitchen

Found this hitchhiker while crossing the Swiss-Italy border at Spluga pass

Near the summit at Agoncio, San Giacomo Filippo, Italy

Agoncio, San Giacomo Filippo, Italy

Solglio, Switzerland

View of the Alps from Soglio, Switzerland

Are all Italian houses a photo opportunity?

Chef Curtis Duffy on a roaring grill under stars

Our final dinner in Presalbert will be outside over a roaring fire, the mountains as our backdrop, cooked by Curtis Duffy

Chef Curtis Duffy grilling local rib eye over an open fire

For dinner tonight: Acquarello caramelized aged risotto finished with herbs, white beans with comice pears, brown butter and lemon, mashed potatoes from the garden with local butter, chive and rosemar

For dessert: local plum clafoutis

Morning hike

Haylofts in the mountains

Hike through the hills of San Giacomo Filippo

Our haylofts for four days...

Local wild wheat