I wish I had enough words to thank you for your comments, e-mails, laughs and moved tears on my last post. I knew I would have found support and friendship in you, but – believe me – I was not expecting such a cheerful feedback! The crisis and the redemption desire sadly are common issues in these [...]

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Imagine a winter Sunday morning, cold and crisp, with the sun shining bright and a day of rest and vacation in front of you. You die to go out, to feel the frozen ground crunching beneath your feet. You want to stay out for a long time, you want your cheeks to get reddened by the cold [...]

Posted in Autumn, Meat, Winter 10 Comments »

Until recently, the meat universe was generally unknown. What happened in the kitchen on Sunday mornings between my mum, the stove and the smell of roast was a mystery in which I used to cradle me, unaware of the joy you can feel when you are the author of those scents of home. Yes, because [...]

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This is not a dish for vegetarians, though it is one of the dishes that I most enjoyed making, let alone eating! When I first made this chicken galantina, it was one of those wrong evenings when everything was spinning in the opposite direction to where you would like things to go. I chose one [...]

Posted in Appetizers, Autumn, Meat, Spring, Summer, Tuscan Recipes, Winter 5 Comments »

Last week, looking for a meat recipe to enrichen with truffles, I went back in memories to a typical Sunday morning of a few years ago… one of the many wintry Sunday mornings spent in San Gimignano, at my grandfather’s house. While my aunt and mom were cooking, I would pick up pine nuts with [...]

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