THE LAST MELONS OF THE SUMMER

To this one in the cover photo I gave the name Melone Menta – also because I have not found what the real name is -, not only for the
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FROM THE FIELD TO THE JAR

Time of asparagus.Not easy to see if you go in the wild.Hard to pick, when you harvest them in a cultivated field, as they are stuck in the ground and
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FLOCCULARE

After:http://gigliocooking.blogspot.com/2019/11/rosolare.htmlandhttp://gigliocooking.blogspot.com/2019/11/grogiolare.htmlit is the time of another un-known verb: Flocculare It is the action that makes ricotta when it begins to surface . Actually for the verb “to come to surface”
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SWEETBREADS AND SWEET BREAD…

……….have nothing in common. But we made them the same day. In the picture above, the Sweetbreads are sitting together with the brain, while the Sweet bread is rolling under
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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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Marcella Ansaldo

Native of Giglio Island, Marcella has founded and directs the school GiglioCooking in Florence, with simpathy, passion and energy.