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PAULA & KARL

” He likes the “funghi” because he is a “fun guy”. Paula and I have something in common: we both like to “sleep fast” . We also have something else
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SIXTH NEWSLETTER: WISTERIA – GLICINE – IS EDIBLE

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
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NAMES & PATE’

At the age of six days my younger daughter started to come with me to the restaurant we owned. She used to stay in a next room with a lovely
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CHERRY, STONE, CLAMS, MUSSELS

Here in Maine, you can find sour cherries on sale. They sell sour cherries at the farmers market as well as along the road. The only other place where I
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SAPORI DIMENTICATI E RITROVATI

Le immagini sono della Valdichiana, la favolosa Under the Tuscan Sun di un film americano. Sullo sfondo , sdraiata sulla collina, la città di Cortona. L’azienda è Sapori della Toscana
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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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Marcella Ansaldo

Native of Giglio Island, Marcella has founded and directs the school GiglioCooking in Florence, with simpathy, passion and energy.