When ever I go anywhere, the first place I want to see is the city market. If it is a large town, there will be a market in a building. Smaller towns have weekly markets in the small squares once a week or more. We have monthly markets for organic food markets, flea markets and…
What’s Cooking?
Let the cooking begin!!! Yesterday was my first new “Kitchen in Chianti” cooking class at Villa il Poggiolaia, near my home in Certaldo. We had a blast. Certaldo will never be the same now. The vendors at the weekly market where thrilled with our joy and enthusiasm with the ingredients we found and…
New Market to Table Class in Certaldo-
I am thrilled to be getting back into the Kitchen! Francesca and I at her stand at the market I start my collaboration with Villa Poggiolaia this week with a custom cooking class for a group, and then a full week Chianti experience for…
Market day- Colle Val D’Elsa- Friday
Colle Val D’Elsa, with old Colle on top of the Hill. Going to Colle Val d’Elsa on Friday, market day, is one of my husband favorite things to do. It is really one of the largets and most social of the weekly markets. I found my mozzarella girl from Certaldo, now working at the Sicilian…
Market day Certaldo ( wed)
Mr Cipriani My little village Certaldo has two market days. Wednesday is the larger day when they close down the main road around town by the pool, and have a huge market, the kind with clothes, food, housewares and plants. It was fun to be off work and catch up on town action and gossip….
Organic Florence- Sunday Market- Good Kitchen Karma
The third Sunday of the month in Florence is the Fierucola in Piazza Santo Spirito, crossing over the arno… to the oltr’arno…. or as they say here Dilladarno. This is a wonderful place to shop, picking up home-grown items such as honey, plants, herbs, pasta, cheese, wool items, soaps and whatever these creative people can…