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Recipes and Stories

THE SCENT OF THE WILD LADLE

Pellegrino turned to carpentry. Let’s say it was the lock down but I believe that even if the pandemic hadn’t come to give us time to do the things left
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School & Cooking Friends

WELCOME TO THE FIRST SCHOOL DAY

Saturday November 14th, 2020, first lesson of the Program: BASIC CUISINE. The “fundations” will not have any more secret. BASIC CUISINE This course is dedicated to young people who “leave
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School & Cooking Friends

WHAT HAPPENS AT GIGLIOCOOKING SCHOOL

You might find yourself involved in …cleaning anchovies Like Leila and Ben… With fingers all covered by fish blood. Leila & Ben found it fun. But you….sure you want to
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Events & Special Programs

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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Marcella Ansaldo

Native of Giglio Island, Marcella has founded and directs the school GiglioCooking in Florence, with simpathy, passion and energy.