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AWAKENING TO COOKING

We fell asleep. We have lost our amazement, our sensitivity, our indignation. We have lost the pleasure and joy of working with our hands. They gave us laziness neatly packaged
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DEIXAR A CABEÇA

Deixe sua cabeça: cioè: leave the head, in the case of shrimp. It’s not an easy thing, to leave the head. And I’m not just talking about shrimp… At first,
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EMBRACE THE CUISINE

…. As cooking together is a large warm hug. Many years ago, sitting at a table in a restaurant in Firenze with my dear friend Sue Campbell, she was able
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WHO COOKS HAS MANY FRIENDS

Oh yes, you might think. Who wouldn’t go to dinner with someone who knows how to cook? Ivano & Debra But this is not – or at least not only
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THE TREE OF ROSEMARY

When I cook I like to use fresh herbs. In my frontyard there are several. Often, during cooking classes, I take students and guests out to collect the herbs we
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TALENTS

Many years ago, at the start of Gigliocooking, my dear friend Sue Campbell told me, in an assertive way: “Your school attracts only special people”. Today I dare to say
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UOZINMAIFRIG 4

Uozinmaifrig is not my own phylosophy. WIth this invented word – which is actually the way we spell “What is in my fridge?” – can summarize the entire Italian Culinary
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THE ITALIAN WATER

When I was a little girl I used to do a simple game at table with my sister: competing on best color of our water. I know that pediatricians, pedagogues
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I WAS ABOUT TO FORGET ABOUT IT…..

Yes, sometimes we forget why we are doing what we are doing. I found this writing on a piece of paper attached to the cover of an old diary of
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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.