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First Courses Recipes and Stories

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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Desserts Recipes and Stories

THE CALL OF THE SAD GRAPES

To tell the truth, it’s not that I had this great desire to start kneading or even separating the stalk from grapes . But these clusters hanging in an expectation
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LAMPASCIONI

The “lampascioni” are difficult to find at the markets in Tuscany: It it happens, they are very expensive. The come from the region Puglia. They must be washed very well
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Desserts Recipes and Stories

IL CASTAGNACCIO

Sweet and satisfying, it doesn’t contain: Eggs Butter – nor other saturated fats Refined sugars Gluten Its name is Castagnaccio; it is made with the flour of dry chestnuts. It
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

THE FILLET OF PELLEGRINO

The ingredients are not so easy to find, but hunting season has just started and it might be worthy to try. The fillet is Venisson, the most tender part at
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

THE FILLET OF PELLEGRINO

The ingredients are not so easy to find, but hunting season has just started and it might be worthy to try. The fillet is Venisson, the most tender part at
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Desserts Recipes and Stories

I BISCOTTI DI MARCELLA: MARCELLA’ S COOKIES

As promised in the previous article – the prickly pear jam – , here it is the recipe of Marcella. I use to make them at the Tamerici, my restaurant
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Desserts Recipes and Stories

I BISCOTTI DI MARCELLA: MARCELLA’ S COOKIES

As promised in the previous article – the prickly pear jam – , here it is the recipe of Marcella. I use to make them at the Tamerici, my restaurant
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Desserts Recipes and Stories

PRIKLY PEARS JAM

It is not exactly the easiest one to do. Above all, we need the raw material and, if we are not in Sicily, Sardegna or Giglio Island, even if the
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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.