AlimentàrioThere's a little store in Pianella that sells everything a little house would need, from cleaning supplies and newspapers to fresh fruits and wine. Salame and aged pecorino compete for space on the too-small butcher's table at the end of the checkout counter, and dried goods like rice and pasta are stacked right next to the candy display. And if the preference for legume, pesce, and gelato weren't apt reminders of the country you were visiting, the television in the corner with its non-stop coverage of the latest soccer games would be.
It was this alimentàrio, roughly equivalent to a general store in America, I thought of the next morning when I realized I was running low on the supplies that Elisabetta had left for me on her second visit to the villa.
Pianella was near enough
