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What We Cooked in Our Tuscan Cooking Classes This August

Giulia — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:09:39 +0000

August in this neck of the woods is usually far too hot and humid, and this year was no exception. As many of the vendors at our local market take their holidays around this time, we decided to slow things down too, significantly paring back our cooking classes before the season picks up again in…

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Pasta e Patate – Italian Pasta with Potatoes, a dish from the South of Italy

Tommy — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:00:28 +0000

Before marrying your grandfather and going on our honeymoon to Southern Italy, in Basilicata, to visit my in-laws, Grandma told me, I had never heard of pasta and potatoes, pasta and fava beans, pasta and beans… We used to eat pasta, soup or broth, but we had never had pasta cooked that way! This is…

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March in My Tuscan Kitchen

Tommy — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:15:57 +0000

March is always a threshold. Mornings still ask for something warm to hold between your hands, while at lunchtime you open the windows and let the air in, carrying the first scent of flowers. Evenings are for soup, thick socks, and a blanket on the sofa. Just a few hours earlier, though, you might have…

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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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