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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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Events & Special Programs

INTERMEDIATE COOKING COURSE

Given that we talked about traditional and basic cooking techniques in the previous program, However, it seems fair to consider them a platform from which to start over to “bite
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Desserts Recipes and Stories

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Gigliocooking wishes everyone to have peaceful holidays around a table laden with smiles and good food. A toast to you all with best wishes for all the things that bring
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School & Cooking Friends

CONCESSIONS AND COUPONS

for cooking lessons lasting 3 hours. We inform all our customers that at Gigliocooking we are already operating with a series of agreements with which you can participate in lessons
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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.