Category: Side Dishes

Top 5 frittata recipes

  After having published the post on leek frittata I realised how great frittata can be and how many incredible combinations you can make up and how fast. It’s not[...]

Leek Frittata

In Tuscany leeks are in season right now. They resist to cold temperatures and for this reason they grow almost anywhere. There are many recipes I love to make using[...]

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[...]

Tuscan Cheese

Tuscan cuisine is also about the richness of its cheeses, there are many cheeses but there’s only one very simple rule you need to know if you don’t want to[...]