We are approaching to the end of October: Halloween, the night of witches and zombies, when little children dressed up as skeletons or monsters go around knocking at neighbors doors singing ‘trick or treat’. Halloween celebrations do not belong to our traditions, they have been imported together with Marshmallows and hot dogs form USA thanks to movie, serials and cartoons. When [...]

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Some days ago I was searching for my weekly Tuscan recipe, when suddenly an idea came to my mind. Season is changing. When I come back home the smell of fireplace is lingering around, it is getting cold and in Siena the first roast chestnut vendors are popping at every corner. It’s time for a [...]

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Here we are with our second recipe dedicated to leftover beans. After a light and rapid bean soup, it’s time to try a strong and flavorful dish that you can use either as a side dish and as a second course to all intents and purposes. Maybe you won’t wait for leftover beans but you will cook [...]

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In my family there are few strict rules that should be respected as law:

don’t oversleep in the morning;
during dinner, no cartoons! News channel or chat among us;
cook beans with sage, chickpeas with rosemary.

If you ask mum why beans & sage and chickpeas & rosemary, she will tell you it’s always been so! Granddad Remigio used to make [...]

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If you’d see me now, you could think I’ve always loved eating, everything and in large quantity. Actually, I was a bit of a picky child, especially for vegetables. I used to eat green salad, seasoned with lemon juice, olive oil and salt, nothing more nothing less, and potatoes, boiled, fried, baked, mashed… but just [...]

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