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First Courses Recipes and Stories

FIFTH NEWSLETTER: MORE NEWS FROM US

Dear Friends, This is the fifth of the series of newsletters that we are sending every two weeks and…. I have a question today: Do you know how to twirl spaghetti?
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Love for Food

AS SOFT AS CLOUDS

The Ricciarelli are small delicacies with the shape of an almond.Their paste is made of almond, sugar and egg white.They are typical from Siena, the Tuscan city, although they seen
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Giglio Island

A CARTOGRAPHIC PROJECT FOR THE “LILY”, GIGLIO ISLAND

A Cartographic Project for the beautiful and the useful. Giglio Island is changing. In spite of what happens to the rest of the Earth, the “Lily” is changing for the
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Giglio Island

A NIFEO AT GIGLIO ISLAND

It is just behind the Port, in the area where the aqueduct was later built. It was recently discovered; the architect is the owner of the garden, Luigi Baffigi. Luigi
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

BAKED BORAGE RAVIOLI

A walk along the scenic Giglio. A booty of herbs and flowers. This is one of the recipes that came out of it. Borage leaves, two sprigs (no more) of
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

THE RECIPE OF CECILIA

If you ask this beautiful lady what her name is, she will answer Cecilia Brizzi. Brizzi is the married surname. Her “girl” surname is Cavero. Although according to Italian law,
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Recipes and Stories

IT’S A PITY NOT BEING ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE PERFUME

Numerous, they skirt many roads in this period. They are acacia trees. Their flowers in pendulous clusters exhale a sweet scent. In Tuscany, near Florence, there is a small town,
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

FOURTH NEWSLETTER

Dear friends, Today I want to do three things:Telling you a personal storyExplaining you what exactly what I am going to startSharing a recipe with you 1 – One of the
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School & Cooking Friends

THE LAST DAY OF THE COOKING COURSE

The last day is always exciting and many things happen: exchanges of gifts, dedications in the book of signatures, delivery of diplomas, greetings, promises to meet again because the experience
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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.