Mirta’s capers Today I would like to introduce you to Mirta. By the way, her name is very apt – she also makes a myrtle elixir. I met her on a sunny summer day where she showed me her beautifully maintained garden.   But today is not about myrtle, it’s about capers. Capers are not really a local spice. They are usually found in more southern and therefore warmer regions. In southern Italy, Sicily or Sardinia. But in a village in Ticino, where Mirta lives, there is a special, almost Mediterranean climate. There Mirta managed to cultivate a caper shrub. It came from Sardinia to Switzerland as a cutting over…