Category: Tuscany in season

What’s in season? These are the products that we normally cook during specific seasons.

Tuscan Green Beans Recipe

A dish that is extremely simple and usually made in July when both green beans and tomatoes are in season. I often spend time chatting with Piero, the farmer that[...]

Fried Zucchini Blossoms

For our Fast Monday Recipe this week’s winner are “Fiori Friiti” or Fried Flowers. Very fast (in a perfect Monday fashion), not at all light and truly impressive! Who says[...]

Panzanella Recipe

One of the 10 foods you can’t miss in Tuscany, around this time of the year is Panzanella! Panzanella is a cold bread salad whose name of uncertain origins probably[...]

Sage Pie – Salviata Recipe

A Florentine century old recipe, very simple and fast to make.  All homes had a corner of their back yard dedicated to herbs, sage, at this time of the year was often used. This[...]

Cascine – Market Tuesday in Florence

Every Tuesday here in Florence there is something going on that everybody should know about – the Cascine market! Visiting this local market is an excellent way to come across[...]