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NEW YORK

Looking at the surroundings, NY, it seems that the ancestors decided to build it in the ugliest swamp in America. This is the view from the train to New Jersey.
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Starters Recipes and Stories

NAMES & PATE’

At the age of six days my younger daughter started to come with me to the restaurant we owned. She used to stay in a next room with a lovely
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Calendars

ON LINE COOKING LESSONS CALENDAR

we are happy to present a new calendar of interactive online cooking classes. Chef Marcella Ansaldo will be your tutorial, driving you in an informative and pleasant cooking experience. She will demonstrate
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Cuisine & Philosophy

PSYCO-COOKING-LAB

TV, magazines, internet: Cuisine is everywhere Yet people – you can also investigate the reasons, which are many and varied – heritage, rejection of the traditional female role, stressful life,
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

W EL SANCOCHO

I had a title on my old blog post like this: http://gigliocooking.blogspot.com/2013/02/w-el-sancocho.html I “copy” the recipe here, in case the old blog is obscured, since it is no longer “fed”
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Love for Food

PRIZE FOR EQUILIBRIUM

The title explains it all. Equilibrium. Something beyond personal likings and opinions. An objective value. In medio  stat virtus. Not too strong, nor too light. Not too pungent, nor tasteless.
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Desserts Recipes and Stories

LICORICE MOUSSE

This is the Licorice Mousse prepared for a dinner at Sir Blake’s house. Sir Blake is the founder of Friendly’s ice cream chain. After the success of this dessert obtained
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Starters Recipes and Stories

CHERRY, STONE, CLAMS, MUSSELS

Here in Maine, you can find sour cherries on sale. They sell sour cherries at the farmers market as well as along the road. The only other place where I
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Events & Special Programs

THE OLIVE HARVEST

I open the window and …. look how the day has began! With a weather like this, don’t you want to go and help Giuseppino? This is the company Sapori
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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.