Recipes and Stories

Hare is good for this recipe, but also wild rabbit. I would go further to say that roe deer would be fine too. But we are on the Isola del

A scent, a flavor has the sudden capability to bring us somewhere or some-when and even to make us to dive for an instant  into a specific  mood.My great grandmother,

Walking in Florence during the lock down has caused in me a double emotion, although the empty city was chilling and a bit dismal. Staring at the monuments, at the pretty palaces and

Just use a little water instead of oil. Start with a sweet onion, or a couple of shallots or fresh chives. Slice it finely and put it in a saucepan

In this period of lockdown for the pandemic I have gratefully strolled around the Florentine hills: a great pleasure for my eyes and soul, and a big benefit for my

The simplest and the most difficult. The web is full of videos, of chefs and housewives who teach them how to make them: everyone has their trick, their own secret.

Since I don’t have a garden where I can grow flowers without the use of pesticides, I go to pick them in the countryside. I picked mauve flowers, with lilac

It starts here: a spring day and the joy of poppies. I try again to make pasta with flowers “inside”. I would like to get palettes with colors and shapes.

Dear Friends, This is the fifth of the series of newsletters that we are sending every two weeks and…. I have a question today: Do you know how to twirl spaghetti?