L’INSALATA NON E’ BELLA SE NON C’E’ LA SALVASTRELLA

O Nocerella, come la chiamano in Val d’Orcia. O Pimpinella. O, come la chiamano al Giglio, Erba Noce. Aggiungetene qualche fogliolina alla vostra insalata, darà un piacevole gusto di noce.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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LEZIONI D’AMORE IN CUCINA

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