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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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School & Cooking Friends

BUT…WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN A COOKING CLASS AT GIGLIOCOOKING?

You enter the iron gate and walk toward the tall glass door.. ….where the chef is welcoming you. You find the apron and the recipes you chose. The ingredients of
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About Marcella

MARCELLA’S NOTE ON HER BIO

I was risen surrounded by natural foods and instinctive cookers.My belief is that food is the beginning of any culture on earth, as it is the starter and the reason
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About Marcella

I HAVE NEVER CHOSEN TO BE A CHEF

The food chose me.This is what happened and it is still happening.This has been one of the blessings of my life: finding myself into something I like. I was born
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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.