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KIDS LOVE TO MAKE PASTA !

They first listen diligently to the explanation (often better that adults….) Then they put their hand in the raw material. Everything from scratch, you can tell! They challenge themselves thorugh
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School & Cooking Friends

A FEAST MENU FOR A GROUP OF FRIENDS

June 12th , 2018RAVIOLI STUFFED WITH MEAT PORK FILLET WITH BALSAMIC SAUCE AND LEEK SAUCE TIRAMISU’ This is the menu chosen by Karen for the cooking party with her friends.  Together with Dave,
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Starters Recipes and Stories

CROSTINI DI BECCACCIA – CROUTONS OF WOODCOOK

Not something you find at the supermarket …The Woodcock is hunted. You must have special hunter friends – like my friend Romeo who doesn’t like its taste – and they
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Recipes and Stories

HEALTH IN BLACK

What is that attracts in the black?  Is Black attractive…because it is associated with disease?Because of the misterious fear of poison?Or because  of challenge to the night, the dark, the death..?Just
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Giglio Island

GIGLIO ISLAND ON A MAGAZINE IN USA

Please, don’t miss to read it https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/travel/article216053650.html
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

LA FRITTATA DI PUZZOLE

Calvatia Excipuliformis e Calvatia Utriformis sono i loro nomi scientifici.Effettivamente ricordano la….calvizie. Si tratta di funghi bianchi con la superficie ruvida, non particolarmente attraenti. Anzi…. danno poco l’idea di qualcosa
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Events & Special Programs

TRUE HONEY

No list of the ingredients on the label. Honey is made of…. honey. As well as many Italian products, honey is made by only one ingredient. No additives, colorants, thickeners,
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Desserts Recipes and Stories

QUINCE THE QUEEN

Almost impossible to eat raw, they must be peeled and cut in pieces to make the deliciuos “Cotognata”. Add about 30% of their weigh of sugar and let cook on
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About Marcella

TASTE OF FALL

After “Taste of Summer”: http://gigliocooking.blogspot.com/2018/05/taste-of-summer.html… inevitable  here it comes the taste of Fall. Ingredients of this seasonal flavor are: – The New Red Wine, fresh and still crispy, slightly sweet.
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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.