“Among the dishes required by tradition there are quite a fews that can be missed or replaced, as the stuffed capon with a roast turkey or the black and white crostini with butter and anchovies crostini, but what in a Christmas lunch in Siena can not be replaced in no way is the Panforte “. Giovanni Righi [...]

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Sometimes you just want things to be simple, immediate. Mix, spread, bake. The pleasure and satisfaction come immediately. Sometimes you just need simple things. I’m coming back, I’ve finished most of my projects, I’m coming back, wait for me! Sausage and stracchino crostoni, or the praise of simple pleasures. In winter, when it’s late and [...]

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I met Sarah a few years ago, when Emiko introduced me to her agriturismo, Poggio Alloro, a few kilometres past San Gimignano. I fell in love instantly, I could not find words to describe how peaceful and soulful that corner of Tuscany was. Yet today here we are again: a book, a recipe and my [...]

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In the first ten months of my new life I have learned so much. I’ve learned from Francesca and Food Editore how to make a book form scratches, hanging drafts everywhere, I’ve learned that you cannot act as food photographer – if you are not a professional food photographer – without dying of a broken [...]

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A personal insight on my Tuscany, off the beaten tracks. An absolutely incomplete and every day developing list of my favourite restaurants, dreamland agriturismi and producers of my heart. Find it here.

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