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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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Events & Special Programs

OGNI TANTO UNA PICCOLA GIOIA CI VUOLE

Foto di copertina gentilmente concessa dall’editore Fernando Quatraro, che ha recentemente pubblicato R.E.G Eccoci alla presentazione del libro, nella mitica piazza dei Lombi a Giglio Castello.Arietta fresca, ottimo vino Ansonaco
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Events & Special Programs

PROSSIMAMENTE A GIGLIOCOOKING…L’ATTRICE SERRA YILMAZ

Serra Yilmaz, attrice tra le predilette dal regista Ferzan Özpetek, interprete per politici e per il Santo Padre, è anche una cuoca eccezionale, che vanta presenze a Shows come Masterchef. Serra
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

THE FLU IS BACK…..

How could it not be?… this crazy weather, the saying runs… …..the global warming… We have a remedy : something in common between western Grandmothers and Chinese belief: the Chicken
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Love for Food

SAVING SEEDS

In the photo above (by Silvia Maggiotto), I am taking out the seeds from a big squash.Why?Not for baking them with salt for the aperitif.The reason is: to save them.
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Cuisine & Philosophy

FARM TO TABLE HAS NEVER BEEN A “FASHION” : JUST THE WAY IT SHOULD BE

Super-sized squash, sweet and juicy: it grew with no pesticides or fertilizers. I know I am blessed… This variety of beans did give much produce, instead. I am collecting the
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

A PLEASANT MEMORY

The color of the writing is turquoise, becouse turquoise was the color of the table clothes at the Restaurant Le Tamerici. The Restaurant Le Tamerici was sold at the beginning of 1997,
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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.