I’m very happy to introduce you my article written for Hones Cooking – The new flavor in food, the new international on line culinary magazine with the ambition to truly change the face of online food media. I’ve always lived in the Tuscan countryside, between Siena and Florence, near the Chianti area, in the same [...]

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Scents of home. I’m not the first and certainly I won’t be the last to tell something about herself through the scents of her life. I think there is no better time to do that than the first days of summer, when scents are highlighted by hot air and when you can call it a [...]

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When you have a sister like mine, a sister who, after high school, chooses individually a faculty as Food Technology, you can not but be proud! Obviously, not just for this! I am proud for an infinite number of reasons, she has grown up to be a beautiful young woman, she is sensitive but strong [...]

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One recipe, two names: malfatti (badly made) in Siena, gnudi (naked) in Florence. The result is still guaranteed, whether you want to speak in the language of Tozzi* and feel yourself in the center of the world in the Piazza del Campo, or you want to use the spoken language of Pratolini**, and get lost [...]

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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 grandfather used to [...]

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