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My Green Summer- Verjus 21 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
The summer started green in Gascony with my friend Kate as we played with green walnuts. When I came back we started with our green tomatoes. It was a late summer so we enjoyed them green as they were...
Melting! 7 Aug 2013 | 12:57 pm
We had a very, very wet spring and summer was late in coming. But now, it is here full blast. Temps are hitting 100 and humidity at over 80% in Florence. Prosciutto and melon, salami and cheese, moz...
Ratio- Pasta Making 27 Jul 2013 | 09:13 pm
When making pasta and following recipes, nothing is really simple and easy. Old rule was 1 cup of flour to 1 egg per person. But what flour? How much does your egg weigh? Ever wonder why we all us...
Lovin' Left-overs 24 Jul 2013 | 05:32 pm
Sometimes food memories come back with a simple ingredient. I remember a wonderful summer salad I had ages ago, in Florence at a tiny trattoria. Cold grilled marinated eggplant slices with chopped f...
Pomodori Verdi- Green Tomatoes 18 Jul 2013 | 11:47 am
I loved the movie Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe. I know in America the fried green tomatoes are a Southern specialty. I have always found a great similarity between Southern cooking an...
Working on a Dream 13 Jul 2013 | 10:04 am
When I first started my website in 1997, I decided I wanted to share the places I loved to eat and drink in Florence and in Chianti. Not everyone can or wants to hire a guide when they visit Tuscany, ...
Simply Divina- Arrosto Morto 5 Jul 2013 | 09:32 pm
Tuscans have a way with meat. It is still quite popular to go to a rosticcieria, a place that serves and sells roast meats, spit-roasted, like pork, chicken and lamb, and buy meats already cooked. N...
Shake, Shake, Shake 2 Jul 2013 | 02:27 am
Summer is the time when coffee lover's go wild. Caffe' Shakerato, the Italian way with iced coffee. Simply break out your cocktail shaker, fill with ice and pour a nice shot of expresso on top, maybe...
San. Giovanni- St. Jean 25 Jun 2013 | 02:58 am
June 24 is St. John the Baptist's day. Patron Saint of Florence. We make a sweet green walnut liquor, Nocino or Nocilllo, to celebrate. Walnuts picked now have not yet started to form their shells a...
Simply Divina- Grilled Spring Onions 13 Jun 2013 | 08:22 pm
Market day always inspires me. There are ingredients that we see only for a brief window in Italy and one must seize the moment! Today was one of those days. Certaldo, where I live, is famous for it...
