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SATURN IS AGAINST

Saturn is in Aquarius. An astrologer friend explains to me that for Taurus it is time for challenges and battles to overcome difficulties, because Saturn is against. Ironically I can
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

FIRST NEWSLETTER: ITALIAN CUISINE COMES TO YOUR HOME

sent on March 6th, 2021 I am writing for the purpose of sharing with you wonderful news and to ask you for your valuable input. We have created a second
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

DUCK HAM WITH HONEY

VIII. Ut carnes sine sale quovis tempore recentes sint Carnes recentes quales volueris melle tegantur, sed vas pendeat et, quando volueris, utere. Hoe hieme melius fit, aestate paucis diebus durabit.
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Cuisine & Philosophy

THE RITUAL OF THE FORK

Just the FORK. No spoon, no knife. With one or two ribs of your fork, hook a few spaghetti. The spaghetti must be long: never cut them in half before
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

DUCK HAM

It’s easy, if the right pre-requisites are there. The ducks are those of the house: and this is a fundamental requirement, since we know what they eat and how they
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Cuisine & Philosophy

BUT ………WHERE DID TIME GO TO END?

Yet we are in lockdown and we are home. Yet we do nothing … or a little … or less than usual. Why don’t we have time? Where does this
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About Marcella

DANIELLE WEEKSLER

My first time in U.S.A, was full of events and good signs. One of them happened completely at random….just like all signs happen. My friend Lauren decided to take me
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

TASTE OF WINTER

What is the flavor of winter for you? I had identified my autumn flavor in roastes chestnuts with new red wine http://gigliocooking.blogspot.com/2018/10/taste-of-fall.html that of spring with freshly picked fava beans,
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

UOZINMAIFRIG 3

To say that I cook with what I find at home when I’m at Pellegrino’s is…. Make fun of yourself. In this house there are three chest freezers full to
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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.