11 novembre, Saint Martin Summer, here in Italy. When I was young I really loved this legend:
It is understood that he was a kind man who led a quiet and simple life. The most famous legend of his life is that he once cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a [...]

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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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Do you remember the crostini neri? The ones made with chicken liver?
Well, today I’ll show you another version: these are made only with spleen.
Obviously you can make Tuscan crostini with chicken livers and spleen together, to soften the strong and intense taste of spleen.
These crostini are typical of my area, we made often them , [...]

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Tuscany is bread without salt, is a good extravirgin olive oil, is a meat grill with friends, roasted chicken with potatoes and wild fennel, is cacciucco (a fish soup) on the seaside, Siena panforte and Florence schiacciata, is rosmary and sage… Tuscany, for me, is Grandma Menna’s Cooking.
Granny Menna is how I called my [...]

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