Recipes and Stories

Second Courses Recipes and Stories

COOKING IS A LANGUAGE, BY EMILY REESE

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
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Starters Recipes and Stories

CROSTINI DI BECCACCIA – CROUTONS OF WOODCOOK

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
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Recipes and Stories

HEALTH IN BLACK

What is that attracts in the black?  Is Black attractive…because it is associated with disease?Because of the misterious fear of poison?Or because  of challenge to the night, the dark, the death..?Just
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Second Courses Recipes and Stories

LA FRITTATA DI PUZZOLE

Calvatia Excipuliformis e Calvatia Utriformis sono i loro nomi scientifici.Effettivamente ricordano la….calvizie. Si tratta di funghi bianchi con la superficie ruvida, non particolarmente attraenti. Anzi…. danno poco l’idea di qualcosa
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Desserts Recipes and Stories

QUINCE THE QUEEN

Almost impossible to eat raw, they must be peeled and cut in pieces to make the deliciuos “Cotognata”. Add about 30% of their weigh of sugar and let cook on
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First Courses Recipes and Stories

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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First Courses Recipes and Stories

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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First Courses Recipes and Stories

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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L’INSALATA NON E’ BELLA SE NON C’E’ LA SALVASTRELLA

O Nocerella, come la chiamano in Val d’Orcia. O Pimpinella. O, come la chiamano al Giglio, Erba Noce. Aggiungetene qualche fogliolina alla vostra insalata, darà un piacevole gusto di noce.
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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.