As announced a couple of days ago in this post https://gigliocooking.com/sapori-dimenticati-e-ritrovati/ I’m back with more recipes, all simple but really tasty, sometimes elegant, sometimes fun. In the meantime I’ve been

The pictures are of the Valdichiana, the fabulous “Under the Tuscan Sun” of an American film. In the background, lying on the hill, the town of Cortona. The farm is

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

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

Aglione is not just a big garlic. It is a PGI product from Valdichiana. It has its own genome. Its main characteristic is that it is devoid of allina, which

photo by Elizabeth McLin, Canada, who kindly sent it to me Sweet and Sour Onions Cipolline in Agrodolce Ingredients:• Cipolline (round flat, small onions)• extra virgin olive oil• white wine•

There are some cooking terms which are un-translate-ble from English to Italian and others  from Italian to English. To bake is translated in Italian with a phrase: mettere in fornoTo baste the turkey in Italian

This pretty girl is Emily Reese. She is a poet…. but se doesn’t know.The title was her phrase of “debut” right at the beginning of the class, as she was

Not something you find at the supermarket …The Woodcock is hunted. You must have special hunter friends – like my friend Romeo who doesn’t like its taste – and they