In Italy there is a saying- Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi. Christmas with your family and Easter with whoever you like. I guess that means you can spread out the food orgies? As much as I adore Italian food and lifestyle, the one thing I cannot get into are the never-ending meals….
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Home on the Range- Maremma
I had a couple of days off and my husband worked so hard moving me while I was in America, I wanted us to have a little get-away. The weather had finally cleared up and spring was in full bloom, so we decided to head for the beach. How to choose which beach? We could…
Spring Training in the Tuscan Kitchen- Green is IN
The markets have exploded with Spring! After what always seems like a long grew winter, color is filling our kitchens. Artichokes, fava beans, asparagus and now fresh peas. When cooking with the seasons, there are certain recipes which appear only in season and we celebrate by gorging on them. In my garden all the fresh…
Edible Florence – BarbaGarga( now La Cucina del Garga)
Since I have moved away from downtown Florence, when I return I tend to go back to my same favorites over and over when I come down to run errands or do my market tours. I have been wanting to try BarbaGarga since it opened and finally got a chance to go to lunch with…
New Market- New Friends
First class at my new space in Colle Val D’Elsa began on Friday which is marktet day.If you have never have seen an Italian weekly market, it is like the Mall coming to you. I will post more foto’s later on the variation of “shops” which are at the market, today just a collage of…
Happy New Year!
Although most of the world celebrates the new year in January, it has not always been like that.My mom grew up in Shanghai and the we have always also joined in on celebrating Chinese New Year as well. In Florence, March 25th was the day they celebrated, I wrote about it here on a past…
Cooking Cardoons- Marisa’s Polpette
From emails I get from my blog readers and on FB, I see cardoons are getting easier to find in America. Cardoons are cousins with artichokes, looking more like celery, but tasting like artichoke hearts. What’s not to love? When I was at Paola’s,my ortolana (vegetable vendor), in town; she had huge fabulous long cardoons…
It’s All About the OIL-
Living in the middle of olive orchards and next to a frantoio ( olive oil mill) there is nothing like the anticipation of new oil. I was thrilled to be invited to an evening with the Maestro dell’Olio Fausto Borella, offered by Voiello pasta. Fausto opened the evening explaining the importance of extra vergin olive…