Food street festivals in Siena and Tuscany Do you want to try something authentic? Go for a SAGRA, go for a food street party! It might sounds strange, but Tuscany is plenty of little towns where different no profit associations organize food street festivals for fundraising. It might be a Contrada in Siena (town district) or…
Tuscany by the sea Tuscany is famous for its rolling hills and poppies fields, hill top dwellings and authentic medieval art. Then people think about Florence and its Renaissance, the wine, the olive-oil. This is the usual picture of Tuscany abroad. The region though is a popular destination for Italians too, who choose for the…
Tuscan Cooking: precious basics In Italy we say that there is no better dish than the one made by Mom at lunch on a Sunday, when she is in good and relaxed mood, and has plenty of time to cook. The sentence means a lot more than what you just read. It means that she has already selected…
Starters I personally love LONDRA. It actually means London but that’s a kind of canape’ you mostly don’t make yourself but you buy or eat directly in a snack bar while drinking your aperitivo. It’s exactly what you see in the picture. It’s bread with anything on, very elegant and beautiful looking, it’s covered with…