A deliciously different travelogue In 2005‎,‎ Cathy and Jason threw in successful careers as TV presenters and producers to become olive farmers in Italy‎.‎ With their one year old daughter and Italian dictionary in tow‎,‎ they found themselves in the middle of a European nowhere untouched by modernity‎.‎ They were on a steep learning curve in more‎-or‎-less everything ‎-‎- finding out how to prune an olive tree so that a sparrow can pass through its branches‎,‎ learning what beauty products are de rigeur in the changing rooms of a local Italian football team‎,‎ being trained‎,‎ by a local Italian choir‎,‎ how to sing in English but with an Italian accent ‎-‎- and learning the rigorous rules of when one is allowed to consume a cappuccino‎.‎ Armed with their indefatigable love of food‎,‎ they headed off many a potentially tricky situation by cooking their way out of it‎,‎ a sure route to the heart of any Italian‎.‎ They discover that olive farming is dominated by the big boys and desperate to turn their new home into a way of making a living they cast around for ideas of how they can‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎