When I first started teaching classes for Syracuse University here in Florence in 1988, one of my first teachers at the San Lorenzo market was Roberta. She had the largest fruit stand upstairs with her oldest son. Roberta would always give me huge bags of ripe fruit for 5,000 lira to make huge bowls of…
Summer in Chianti-Pesce Finto
Summer in chianti… Off to Londa.. above Pontesieve, to take a class in mask making..feeding the soul! I am making pesce finto, “fake fish” to take, it is a cold potato salad, with tuna and capers. I learned this from my Mother-in-law, Tina Barchielli, another old recipe which is almost impossible to find in local trattoria’s…
Too much Tuscan Sun!
When there is too much of the Tuscan Sun, it feels like we are being grilled. It is the feast day of San Lorenzo, St Lawrence, the patron saint of the Central Market in Florence. San Lorenzo, patron saint of cook.He was martyred by being grilled to death, that is a grill in his hand.I…