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Category: Summer Recipes

Arselle Recipe

When I was little I remember spending some of my summer holidays in Viareggio along the coast of Versilia. I would swim and play but when I was tired ([...]

Bruschetta Recipe – Tomato over Roasted Bread

Bruschetta, the simplest of pleasures. When olive oil has just been pressed in the colder months all you need to do is toast some bread and rub some garlic over[...]

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[...]