Red is one of the first colors that comes to mind when thinking about India, land of strong colors where this one is everywhere and is particularly important in the wedding ceremony. In fact, most Indian brides choose the traditional red for their dress. The most symbolic of colors, strongly linked to religion, represents happiness,… Read More Indian wedding and color RED
Featuring Mama cravings: Laura’s baby bump Daniel isn’t born already, but he has Tuscan blood in his veins…So, let’s say his mum Laura heard about a festival nearby.. A special, country festival dedicated to a delicious food: ficattole. Daniel begins to send “special messages” through his baby bump and make the craving start. Future mum… Read More Comfort food of Tuscany: Ficattole
A delicious slice of an Italian, special crostata, is what it takes to delight you in a sunny, spring afternoon! You don’t have an Italian aunt that prepares you a homemade crostata? No problem guys, ours, zia Grazia can be your teacher today, and share with you her secrets for this simple but tasty Italian… Read More Homemade Italian Crostata
(What that weird look at me could mean?…. Scenes from a Tuscan restaurant….) We love our Tuscany! We love to see how visitors from other countries react to the cities, the art, the landscape but, above all, the food. Yes, we are very proud of it, of our culture and tradition. We like people from… Read More Eating in Tuscany 5 DON’TS (and 5 do’s) featuring a weird look at you
Tuscany, land of wines…, landscapes, good meat. Are you surprised that not only the famous Fiorentina (our T-bone beefsteak ) is good here? We have also delicious burgers! What if we combine quality wines, amazing view and savoury meat together? For this part of our journey in the comfort food of Tuscany we have decided… Read More Comfort food of Tuscany: The Tuscan Burger
Talking about comfort food and traditions, if you’re around Florence or Tuscany right now you can’t miss the opportunity to taste this ancient cake! For those of you who are far away, but curious, we are going to provide a special recipe, so you can try it on your own and have a scented slice… Read More Carnival Comfort food of Tuscany: Schiacciata alla Fiorentina
Do you know that there’s a way to instantly bring the Tuscan touch you desire to your pasta dish? How many times while eating your pasta with meat ragù, you felt like something was missing…. Maybe the crispy part! Then you’re ready to bring some Tuscany in! Just two things before we go: YES you… Read More How to properly Tuscanyze your pasta
A real dilemma is tormenting us, after holidays. We’re craving for salmon pasta but…What to do? Follow the traditional delicious recipe and “cream” our pasta (but then have to cope with digestion) or “not to cream” our pasta but not being satisfied? Well, the answer may surprise you. There’s actually a third way: Les FOOD… Read More To cream or not to cream? That’s “Pasta al Salmone”
First episode of our journey on comfy food, where we’re searching for places that makes you feel at home, or like at granny’s house. Authentic food, places, people. In fact, if we take a look at the definition of comfort food that’s what shows up: “A traditional food that provides a nostalgic or sentimental feeling… Read More Comfort food of Tuscany: Penne all’Aconese
Last evening, at dinner time, we were talking to good friend of us, Guglielmo, while together we were visiting another friend with a newborn baby and, of course, an empty fridge. All of the sudden Guglielmo suggested us what he heard by a poor man that proudly told him once that when he has nothing… Read More Why we could suggest something about food and cooking and why you should too
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