Two Wheels Back to the Mountains-Fabriano Friends · Marco Trivelli, Basecamp523
What happens when you leave a successful career behind and return home? For Marco Trivelli, it meant creating Basecamp523, a slow travel business built around cycling in Le Marche. From mountain trails and tree tents to artisan workshops and local food, this is a story about finding purpose and sharing a different side of Fabriano with the world.
Holding Fabriano Up to the Light - Fabriano Paper and Watermark Museum
Fabriano is known around the world for its paper, but the story goes far beyond the sketchbooks. From medieval innovation and handmade paper to the world's first watermarks and a living UNESCO craft tradition, this museum offers one of the best introductions to the town we call home.
Pasta for the Bees— Fabriano Friends · Giorgio Poeta Miele
Pasta for the Bees was not what we expected to find on a visit to Giorgio Poeta. But like many stories in Fabriano, it became a conversation about bees, biodiversity, craftsmanship, and the people quietly shaping the region's remarkable food culture.
From Fabriano, With Love — A Postcard Project
Six artists, one printer, traditional Fabriano paper, and a shared belief in creativity, community, and slow communication. A reflection on the From Fabriano, With Love postcard project and what might come next.
Printers—Edizioni Mona (Mauro)
A conversation with Mauro of Edizioni Mona — on printing in Fabriano, the role of paper, and the quiet craft behind bringing the postcard series to life.
Artist Elizabeth Sargeant
A conversation with Elizabeth Sargeant — on returning to the table, making without a plan, and finding a sense of home in Fabriano through food, process, and shared moments.
Artist Alessandra (Ale) Barocci
A conversation with illustrator Alessandra (Ale) Barocci: on returning to creativity, the magic of Fabriano, and the garden at Fritto Misto Comune that inspired her postcard for the series.
Artist Mosè Giordani
An evening with artist Mose Giordani at Fritto Misto Comune, martinis, a shared table, and a conversation on Fabriano, time, and making. His work moves instinctively, shaped by place, process, and the need to create.
Artist Irene Venezia
A shared love of vintage brought us to Irene Venezia — an illustrator whose work balances softness, humour, and a slightly gothic edge. Over dinner at Casa Renata, we spoke about creativity, Fabriano, and the “no rules” idea that shaped her postcard for the series.
Artist Iwona Biskupska
A conversation with artist Iwona Biskupska over dinner at Casa Alberto — on Fabriano, her illustration practice, and the postcard she created for the Fritto Misto Comune Postcard Series.
Artist Eva Rebecca Borjaille
Eva Rebecca Borjaille is the first artist in the Fabriano Postcard Series at Fritto Misto Comune. Over dinner, wine, and conversation, she shared the story behind her piece — a reflection on place, conviviality, and the feeling of gathering around a table in Fabriano.
Fabriano Friends · Forno Madre
A visit to Forno Madre in Fabriano and the kind of bakery every town hopes to have: simple bread, good ingredients, and the quiet rhythm of daily baking that keeps a community fed.
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“How it feels to be back [in the orto]”
After months away, being back in the orto — our vegetable garden in Fabriano — feels grounding, seasonal, and full of quiet joy. This journal entry reflects on reconnecting with the land, the rhythms of growth, and what it means to live and work with the seasons in Le Marche.
On Not Overthinking It (and doing it anyway)):
I didn’t overthink moving to the other side of the world — and that might be the most important part. This is a reflection on timing, choice, discomfort, and why sometimes you just have to do the thing and work it out as you go.
Fabriano Friends · Osteria San Biagio
Finding a restaurant like Osteria San Biagio feels a bit like finding a needle in a haystack.
Quietly confident, deeply thoughtful, and built on integrity rather than noise, it’s the kind of place that reminds you why small-town cooking still matters. As part of our Fabriano Friends series, we share why San Biagio is the place we trust, return to, and send our guests to without hesitation.
A 💌 to the garden (and to oneself) from afar.
The garden has been reminding me of what abundance really looks like. There’s the brief, showy moment of flowering and fruit, yes—but most of a plant’s life is quieter, slower, shaped by endurance rather than display. We never call a resting plant a failure. Maybe we deserve that same grace.
Stolen With Love / Fabriano Friends Collection
A late-June bike ride, a few stolen green walnuts from the backroads to Sassoferrato, and a slightly guilty nod to Saint John — that’s how our first batch of nocino began. What followed was months of chopping, soaking, stirring, tasting (too often), and finally bottling a liqueur made for winter nights and generous gifting. A small, boozy love letter to Fabriano and the people who’ve backed our wild ideas at Fritto Misto Comune.
Slow Food, Le Marche & The Osterie d’Italia Guide
Slow Food’s Osterie d’Italia guide is out, and ten spots from Le Marche made the list, including our favourite right here in Fabriano Osteria San Biagio. We love what this book stands for: honest food, real people, and places worth travelling for. Buy the app, or better yet, the paper copy — and when you’re done, pass it on to a friend heading to Italy.
From Little Things Big Things Grow
Inspired by Emiko Davies, Fritto Misto Comune embraces direct bookings—building integrity, community, and authentic connections across Italy.
Three (Essential) Considerations for Your Orto
The seed rack at the garden center can be a dangerous place. That seed catalog that arrives in the mail? Don’t be fooled - it’s just as risky. I know because I've fallen victim to both (more than once) among countless gardeners, eyes bright with possibility, who buy hundreds of dollars worth of seeds, only to return the following season asking why their Swiss chard went to bolted (began to produce seed) untouched while their single tomato plant couldn't keep up with their family's appetite.