There couldn’t have been a better time to release CNN‘s new show with Stanley Tucci, Searching for Italy. Everyone is going through travel withdrawl and missing Italy so much. I hear it daily in messages from friends and clients waiting to come back. I think trip planning is almost as much fun as the trip…
Walnut Sauce- Salsa di Noci
There are a lot of recipes to celebrate Saint’s days. In Florence, June 24th is Saint John the Baptist, San Giovanni, is the patron Saint and there are parades, a historic soccer game and fireworks. In the countryside people gather the green walnuts to make Nocino, which I have written about several times as I…
Tuscan Trinity- Soffritto
When you work through my cookbook, Secrets of My Tuscan Kitchen,you find that the base of many of the sauces and stews consists in one of the Tuscan Trinity’s, the Soffritto. Carrot, red onion and celery, some people add parsley too. Each cook makes their own variations, personalizing the recipe. Today I made a ragu,…