Although I spent the last week grilling, baking and cooking in a woodfired oven, my friend has just started a new blog which appeals to me for the summer… Eating Raw She said her hubbie has already lost 14 pounds.. sign me up!
From the Farm to the Table
a man his pig fabulous products Why is food so great in Chianti?As my mother-in-law Tina taught me,spend more time shopping and less time cooking. When you source your ingredients, search out people with a passion for what they are doing, the quality of the ingredients ,hence your food takes on a flavor and depth…
Not Just Pizza!
The Perfect Recipe for a Good Time 5 days in chianti 2 women chefs, one from France, one from Italy, both Americans Lots of great ingredients from Fabulous Artisans Location, Location, Location Crank up the Heat Oven owner Marcello pre-heated his 300 year old oven for our week Wine Women and Meat! Kate Hill…
The heat is on!
Getting ready to grill with my friend Kate Hill,the heat is on!Florence has warmed up as we get ready to stoke up our wood burning oven and light the BBQ!But after all that hot stuff… we’ll all want to cool off with some nice gelato! Chocolate semifredo and fresh fig ice cream at Damiani, just…
worth a thousand words
While touring it is impossible to blog.Here is a “Taste” of our Chianti Classico Experience! We successfully dodged the rain and had a splendid week exploring the countryside, meeting the masters who have set the bar for the BEST there is…..shopping, eating fabulous foods,drinking great wines and enjoying breath-taking the views!first porcini of the season…
A Perfect Spring Outing
I always dreamed of living in Europe after my first visit in 1973.My grandfather was born in Paris, my grandmother in Russia,My mom raised in Shanghai.I was not happy in the suburbs. I dreamed of all my friends marrying airline pilotsand each of us living in a different European Capitalso we would always fly free…
Zab- BAYLON
May 17th- San Pasquale Baylon Every picture tells a story and every story……. has a start. Yesterday I recieved a gift from a winemaker Mario Zanobini, a clay plaque of Saint Pasquale Baylon, saying that he was the patron saint of cooks. Others say that San Lorenzo is the patron saint of cooks. But, there…
Playing with Fire! Light ’em up!
What happens when two transplanted American cooks meet at a wood-fired oven in Tuscany? Sparks fly and the heat is on! A week of wood-fired ovens, artisan pork, and the best butchers in Tuscany inspired by two cooks who love meat and the artisans who produce it. Kate Hill (The French Kitchen) and Judy Witts…