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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

…..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

This is the “Cavolo Nero”, litterally “Black Cabbage”. It is a variety of Kale. With its “Pretty” and distinct color points out the other “greens” in the garden. From a