On October Sundays, Italian families drive into the hills for one reason. It isn't the view.
Follow the woodsmoke
A sagra is a village food festival. In October the favorites are for chestnuts, roasted over open fire.
Marradi and Soriano
Marradi's 63rd chestnut festival fills every October Sunday. Soriano nel Cimino's 59th ends today.
Once, winter food
In the Apennines the chestnut was called the bread tree: dried, ground into flour, it fed villages all winter.
Dressed for smoke
Soft trousers, a layer for the morning, flat shoes for stone streets, and a bag that leaves both hands free.
From Maria's edit
Olive, moss and a soft woven bag. The colors of an October Sunday.