From Libellula's Kitchen & Land

The 2025 Harvest, Part 1 – Our Biggest Threat: La Mosca  What has been one of the most feared sights this year for olive farmers across Italy? La Mosca (the olive fly). The fly punctures the olive and lays eggs inside. Once that happens, the fruit begins to break down, and the oil quality is destroyed. And when the flies arrive, it isn’t just one or two. There are thousands. Once the flies descend upon an olive grove, farmers can easily lose 80-100% of their crop. What made this year even more frightening is that historically, the flies arrive in...

Peaches were once a great delicacy to the Romans. In the markets, a single peach could sell for the price of a day’s wage. Banquet hosts would display bowls of the fruit as if they were jewels, served alongside honey and wine. Over time, peach trees were planted across Italy, making the sweet fruit accessible to all Italians. In the Giardinetto grove, we have a number of peach trees that grow alongside our olive trees. And we love to toss a few peaches onto the grill during our summer barbeques!  To make this recipe simple to recreate at home, our chef has adapted it...