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W EL SANCOCHO

I had a title on my old blog post like this: http://gigliocooking.blogspot.com/2013/02/w-el-sancocho.html I “copy” the recipe here, in case the old blog is obscured, since it is no longer “fed”
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COFFEE

Molly woke up with the best intentions: just being kind with the new room mates. They met a couple of days before, in the waiting space of a rental agency.
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SAPORI DIMENTICATI E RITROVATI

Le immagini sono della Valdichiana, la favolosa Under the Tuscan Sun di un film americano. Sullo sfondo , sdraiata sulla collina, la città di Cortona. L’azienda è Sapori della Toscana
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UNA ZUPPA DI PORRI FAVOLOSA

Ci vuole proprio questo porro qui, tirato su da questa terra, da questo orto coltivato a spalle nude, con la zappa e senza tanta roba chimica. Anzi, senza nessuna roba
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LAINA E CECI

Semplice, povero, delizioso.Un altro dei piatti geniali dettati dall’arte di arrangiarsi con quello che c’era. Simile a Tria e Triddi, della cucina siciliana. Nella Laina però viene usata la farina
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FRESH AND DRY PASTA: WHICH SAUCE IS THE BEST FOR EACH TYPE?

We enter here a spiny matter, with a lot of involvements with personal memories and acquired taste. I would never dress Penne Pasta (short pasta) with clams: clams go with
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HERE THEY ARE !

The first ones, at the beginning  shy among the large leaves, then superb, asking for the kiss of  the Tuscan Sun. Pretty in a vase on the table. Delicious in
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THE RISOTTO IS EASY BUT…YOU MUST BE SMART!

Apparently easy, the technique of Risotto requires care and many details. First of all, the choice of the rice. It must be a variety belonging to the Round Grain Type.
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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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Marcella Ansaldo

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