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Cooking by the Seasons: Tradition, Vegetables, and a Tuscan Carnival Cake

Tommy — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:20:30 +0000

Winter is still lingering here in the Tuscan countryside. The log burner in the living room is working overtime, radiating that dry, bone-warming heat that slowly reaches every corner of the house. Outside, the fields are still painted in muted shades of brown and grey, and rain seems to arrive almost every day. Yet there…

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Italian Alpine Food & Traditional Recipes

Tommy — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:07:36 +0000

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One Day in Florence. My Foodie Guide

Giulia — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:00:34 +0000

I first came to know Florence around the age of 25, when I left the comfort of my family home in Val d’Elsa—and Siena, where I’d studied—to venture out into the big city. Perhaps because I was a country girl at heart, Florence felt enormous to me: chaotic, overwhelming, instantly charming. More a large town…

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Garmugia: a Tuscan spring soup that celebrates the new season

Giulia — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:00:59 +0000

Sitting at the wooden table in the living room, I still need a sweater when the night falls. Next to me there is a glass pretending to be a vase with a withered branch of mimosa that comes from my father-in-law’s garden. I can’t throw it away: despite having lost its freshness, it still has…

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Butternut Squash and Ricotta Crêpes – Crespelle di zucca

Giulia — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:00:55 +0000

Crespelle with ricotta and spinach are a typical dish of the Florentine tradition: they look like thin pancakes and are filled and rolled up as cannelloni, as they were fresh pasta. Apparently, Caterina de’ Medici, a Florentine noblewoman who married the future king of France Henry II in 1533, was so attached to her native…

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