Extended chestnut groves can be found in many parts of Tuscany and whilst some dishes like the Castagnaccio (a chestnut flour cake) can be found all over Tuscany, others have remained indigenous to a particular area. Ask my Tuscan...
Walking and Eating Tomorrow the Walking Festival begins in the Tuscan Archipelago it will end on May 8th. This festival takes place throughout five of the archipelago’s islands (not Gorgona or Montecristo). What does food have to do with walking…it’s true...
This is my experience and I hope all those italians thinking it’s easy to leave Italy – step into someone else’s culture and achieve use this piece of my life to better understand…. I know...
Whilst on a Road trip in Tuscany last autumn we were driving through the hills between Siena and Florence. Both being “Enogastronomes” the most important job I had each day was deciding what and where to eat. I picked up...
From December 4 to 12, the Tuscan town of Cutigliano is hosting ‘Natale Slow’ – a food and wine festival in association with Italy’s famed Slow Food movement. Cutigliano is a small village town dating back to Medieval times. It...
Fatto! 26 quintale da 800 alberi; resa 14.5%. These are the answers to the questions that the local Tuscan olive farmers ask each other this time of year.
Day of the Dead Bread from Tuscany Marzia of whitedarkmilkchocolate an authentic sienese of the contrada del Drago, guests posts for Tuscanycious – here is her version of the famous “Bread with Saints”. If you are in Siena...
Dolcemente was the first exhibition about food that I have been to while on 3 months holiday with my family in Italy. My husband and two sons were very excited when I told them that we were going to...
Tuscan cuisine is simple and rustic in nature. There are no heavy sauces or gravies, and this lets the true flavor of the foods shine through to be enjoyed in their purest form. But don’t let that simplicity...