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THE THUMB…..

…opposing the other four fingers is the distinct evoluted part of our body that makes us different from the  monkey and that has been making possible the building of what
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

DAVE MADE ME……

…..Discombobulated, when I saw him six years after we met the first time. This is a photo of him in 2012. I also posted something about our cooking together: http://gigliocooking.blogspot.it/2012/08/every-day-someone-special-knocks-at-my.html
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

A PRETTY RIBOLLITA

This is the “Cavolo Nero”, litterally “Black Cabbage”. It is a variety of Kale. With its “Pretty” and distinct color points out the other “greens” in the garden. From a
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Cuisine & Philosophy

IF YOUR REALLY WANT LEARN HOW TO COOK….

… start to eat ! Savor the different texture of the same food raw and cooked taste the differences of differente fishes dream on the delicate sweetness of the scampi
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

TORTELLINI ALLA NORMA

Una Siciliana con l’animo tedesco che fa i tortellini non può fare altrimenti che un ripieno di melanzana. Tortellini di melanzana pura, salsa di pomodorini confit, spuma di ricotta salata,
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Cuisine & Philosophy

TECHNIQUE AND TRADITION

Now that one year has gone, it is time of summarising   what we have accomplished and time of new resolutions.  Talking about GiglioCooking, it is time to see back, to
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

THE DETAILED TALE OF THE TAIL

Lobster & Blueberry sauce: where Tuscany meets Maine I see many points of contact between Mount Desert and the place where I was born in Tuscany. The place is an
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School & Cooking Friends

LEZIONI D’AMORE IN CUCINA

Sembra che stare in cucina insieme aumenti l’appetito….
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Cuisine & Philosophy

PROFESSIONALISM WITH FOOD AND PHOTOS

The pics have been shoot by Nick Graham FROM THE POT TO THE TABLE Thank you Nick Graham!
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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.