On sunday my mum and I were looking through cookbooks, searching for something that could inspire us for the weekly recipe  dedicated to the Tuscan cuisine, when I saw her eyes live up with joy: she had just found a recipe that she liked, that reminded her of a dish that my [...]

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The praise of simplicity: the snow-white colour of butter,the savoury and frank flavour of anchovies, the joyful vivacity of a caper. There are no more ingredients in this recipe that comes directly from my childhood.
Bread with butter and anchovies is a dish that has entered into our family lately, since in my Grandma family there [...]

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Have I ever told you my mus has a twin? Aunt Silvana, they are as like as two peas in a pod. In the family, we are totally aware of all the differences: they have different voices, different hair cut, different attitude, not to mention accent! Since she married, Aunt Silvana lives in Florence, so [...]

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This is a quick appetizer I made yesterday to celebrate Grandma’s birthday (she was born on the 16th, but are taking it easy!). It’s a fusion finger food: on one hand, you have a tuscan background, due to chickpeas flavoured with garlic and rosmary, on the other hand you have an oriental hint, thanks to [...]

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I think you have definetly understood I’m a Tuscan girl, my parents are Tuscan and my grandma is even Etuscan! We all speak without the first Cs of the words, we eat bread without salt with good extravirgin olive oil, we speak the language of Dante and Boccaccio.
But, in my veins runs also a part [...]

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