Winter has hit Florence full force, reminding us all that it was in November of 1966 that the Arno River flooded the city, bringing it to it’s knee’s and the wonderful support from the Mud Angels, young students.. and not.. from all over the world who ran to the rescue. My husband who was 11…
Cookie Blogs!
I am so excited..Jenniferhas the first cookies up and I have the weekend off.. Start Cookie-ing! Alberto’s entries are up too!94 Entries with many being multiple.. so start cooking now to get them all tried for the holidays! Happy Baking to all!
Virtual Cookie Swap
I love Cookies! So when I saw this Sugar High Friday on Domestic Goddess I saw a woman after my own heart! She and Alberto of Il forno are having a virtual cookie swap! Perfect timing for the holidays. When they post all the cookies they are having a contest, Vote for your favorite three…
CICCIA- Bistecca alla Fiorentina
Bistecca alla Fiorentina I received an email from a student, asking why the recipe for cooking Florentine steak wasn’t in my cookbook. It is so easy, I didn’t even think about it, as really it is more of a non-recipe. I then began to think, it is usually the easiest recipes that are the hardest…
Friends Food and Fun in Florence..
A great group of friends got together for a week in Florence at Divina Cucina. Todays market inspired us to make stuffed zucchini blossoms, with a fresh goat cheese ricotta, from Baroni Alimentari fried artichokes, fresh pasta with white truffles and fabulous french butter. The White Truffle from Conti, was 20 grams, 60 euro and…
Truffles.. not chocolate!
After a week of chocolate I am glad to be back to the Central Market and savory food! When we talk about Truffles here… they are black or white..and not chocolate! Both are in season now. We bought one of the black truffles for class the other day at the Gastronomia Perini and just simply…
not prunes
Here’s what’s in the market today! lunch anyone? these are fresh white truffles from San Miniato, Tuscany also has tons of white truffles, as well as Alba! By christmas, these will go to about 350 an etto, which is 100 grams, about 3 ounces!
Prune Thursday
David , wild thing that he is, said “Hey,I love prunes.. let’s do a Prune Thursday“. I adore Prunes, which can be a problem or a good thing. I started dreaming about what I could make, but then decided that for his blog event, I should stick to something Tuscan. Wild Boar came to mind. Fruit and…