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OPEN CLASSES – April Calendar

Open classes are lessons where everybody can participate.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more “spreading” of the different jobs and there is more “sharing” with the others. Anyways,
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Events & Special Programs

A SUPERSTAR “SHEF”

Yes, I know how to spell Chef, but Valeria is a “She”, a Woman, a SuperChef. She is the best of all the “shefs”. And also of all men chef.
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Calendars

OPEN CLASSES – March Calendar

Open classes are lessons where everybody can participate.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more “spreading” of the different jobs and there is more “sharing” with the others. Anyways,
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Calendars

OPEN CLASSES March 7th – 13th

Open classes are lessons where everybody can participate.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more “spreading” of the different jobs and there is more “sharing” with the others. Anyways,
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Giglio Island

WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE AGAIN THE CHESTNUT FLOWERS IN GIGLIO?

“We come to the chestnut trees”, we said. “Ai Castagni” had become the name of a place. It was the destination for autumn walks. Now the trees are almost all
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

FISH RAVIOLI

One of my first memories about cooking is my grandmother making ravioli on Christmas eve. After dinner, when the rest of the family members had already gone to the church
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Calendars

OPEN CLASSES February – March

Open classes are lessons where everybody can participate.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more “spreading” of the different jobs and there is more “sharing” with the others. Anyways,
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Cuisine & Philosophy

ITALIAN CUISINE IS JAZZ

Far from the elaborated recipes shown on glossy cooking magazines, in the daily life cooking is IMPROVISATION. What do people cook every day? Their “culinary elaborations”  reflect the market, for
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Love for Food

FAQ: WHY IS THE FLORENTINE STEAK SO BIG?

The Chianina is the bovine breed raised in ValdiChiana – from which it takes its name -, the area of Tuscany known in the US as Under The Tuscan Sun,
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Marcella Ansaldo

Native of Giglio Island, Marcella has founded and directs the school GiglioCooking in Florence, with simpathy, passion and energy.