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THE HERB GARDEN

 Cover photo taken from the Historiam Florence website Just below the medieval church of Santa Margherita a Montici, there is a garden that was designed in the shape of half
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WHY ASKING FOR A MENU THAT YOU WILL NEVER REPLICATE AT HOME?

The success of the Private Lessons at Gigliocooking is that they are really “private”. You can book the day and the time of the day, then you have to decide
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About Marcella Cuisine & Philosophy

EMBRACE THE CUISINE

…. As cooking together is a large warm hug. Many years ago, sitting at a table in a restaurant in Firenze with my dear friend Sue Campbell, she was able
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About Marcella Cuisine & Philosophy

WHO COOKS HAS MANY FRIENDS

Oh yes, you might think. Who wouldn’t go to dinner with someone who knows how to cook? Ivano & Debra But this is not – or at least not only
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AN ANCIENT PLACE

This is the impression I get when I enter here. Ancient, yet familiar, welcoming, warm: a place where you feel good. We are in the Atelier Deltos, by Simonetta Rosatelli.
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Second Courses School & Cooking Friends Recipes and Stories Uncategorized

ASMERET AND THE FISH IN CRAZY WATER

“Pesce all’acqua pazza” – fish in crazy water – is a simple preparation, typical of Naples and the Amalfi and Sorrento coasts. It is fish boiled in sea water and
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

THE ORECCHIETTE FOR THE COOKING CLASS

I have always considered Orecchiette Pugliesi one of the most difficult shapes to make. In the small towns of Puglia it is common to see women sitting outside their front
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LAS TRES SEÑORITAS…

…became four by the end of the course. Daniela, Andy and Isabel during the first week of cooking class with the family group “this is love”. See: Smiling, respectuful, always
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Love for Food

THE OLIVE OILS OF GIGLIOCOOKING

I met another madman. Madly in love. Madly in love with olive trees and oil. Madly in love to the point of wanting “the best” for his beloved olives. And
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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.