Hard to believe but true! All it takes is $10 for a raffle ticket for a chance to win a week in Chianti. With a mini Camp Cassoulet thrown in.Kate Hill from Gascony brings Cassoulet to Tuscany.Perhaps you will win both the Tuscan Week and Kate’s Cassoule! From pig to pork, it will be a…
Menu for Hope IV
Christmas is filled with crazy moments of shopping frenzy, parties, food, wine and gift giving. Take a minute, a deep breathe and stop by Chez Pim our Princess Blogger and learn about how you can give a little and help a lot.Her site includes all the information on bidding on your dreams.There are some real…
Sunday Lunch- Dario Cecchini’s Officina
Dario giving a lesson at the Officina Dining at Dario’s is always an experience. What began as shopping with snacks,turned into SoloCiccia restaurantacross the streetand now theOfficina della Bistecca above the shop. Can you say PARTY? Neither cold, nor rain nor sleetwill keep clients from coming to Panzano in Chianti toworship at this temple of…
Let the holidays begin!
Last week I attended one of the events at theSan Lorenzo Market in Florence, which closed the season on this new initiative,opening the market for dinner parties at night. It was a little too cold, inside the market at nightbut the warm broth with tortellini was perfect to warm the atmosphere.We started with a cheese…
Twisting Thanksgiving- Tuscan Style
Salami for dessert?? Living in foreign countries changes your prospective on everything.When I moved here in 1984, I brought my American traditions with me to share with my new Italian friends. To show that an American could cook, I took out all the stops and threw Thanksgiving dinner, of course on a more sensible night, like…
Time to think
TIME FLIES Being sick has a good side as well as the obvious down side.Time where you feel so bad you have to just slow down and be sick butstaying inside also allows plenty of time to think. Not being able to leave the house also gave me time to look back at old foto’s…
Live !from Jasper’s Kitchen with the Diva!
The show I taped with Jasper Mirabile when I was in Kansas City last July is being aired KCMO 710 Saturday at 11:00 ( Kansas City time)and will be available on his podcast for listening to later! I loved the Flat Jasper they have in the Hen House stores , where he does recipes for…
Clean the Fridge Cassoulet
summer cassoulet in Chianti with Kate Following Kate’s lead on her Camp Cassoulet in Gascony, I was craving a Tuscan version.Nothing says fall like beans and new oil, or sausage and beans. finshed Tuscan cassoulet But being bedridden, shopping was limited to the clean the refrigerator and pantry. Found items: 1 bag cooked zolfini beans1…