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Saffron in Tuscany

by tuscanycious on Nov 17, 2011 • View Comments

Saffron is a fascinating spice that comes from a just as marvellous flower. It’s considered a precious spice because it’s both beautiful, useful and tasty. Out of the three main reasons for which saffron is also known...

October and Chestnuts in Tuscany

by tuscanycious on Oct 6, 2011 • View Comments

October in Tuscany means chestnut feasts, chestnut picking and chestnut recipes. For those who don’t particularly appreciate chestnuts, now is the time to move on and out of this post. It’s also true that you won’t see any...

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Tuscany’s Top 10 Chefs

by tuscanycious on Sep 26, 2011 • View Comments

According to WineTown These are the top 10 chefs each belonging to a different province of Tuscany. Only in the case of the pastry chef “Paolo Sacchetti” you will find a marvellous store and not a restaurant. Lumache alla...

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Mushroom picking in Tuscany: some rules

by oriana on Sep 15, 2011 • View Comments

How to gather mushrooms in Tuscany? Here's the regulation explained!

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San Gimignano Vernaccia

by tuscanycious on Aug 26, 2011 • View Comments

The Vernaccia di San Gimignano is a milestone of Tuscan wine-making, the first national wine (1966) to get the DOC classification, (Appellation of Controlled Origin). In 1993 it also obtained the DOCG. History The Vernaccia is a very common grape...

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Wacky Tuscan Food

by tuscanycious on Aug 2, 2011 • View Comments

1_ Cow’s 5th Stomach 2_ First three Chamber’s of a cow’s stomach Trippa alla Fiorentina 3_ Pig’s head Biroldo della Garfagnana

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Pinoli

by tuscanycious on Aug 1, 2011 • View Comments

Pinoli or Pine Nuts I sometimes realised while talking to people that it’s not so clear that pine nuts come from pines that have fallen off pine trees. This is due to the fact that not all pine trees make pines that...

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Tuscan Chicken

by tuscanycious on Jul 27, 2011 • View Comments

The infinite variables to Tuscan chicken recipes always surprise me So, here’s my post on how tuscan chicken recipes have been misinterpreted and scrambled to the point that they become unrecognisable both as chicken but above all as Tuscan. Here is...

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Best Restaurants in Prato

by tuscanycious on Jul 19, 2011 • View Comments

“Vetrina Toscana” or Tuscan Window means 800 restaurants and 200 food producers have been selected by the Region of Tuscany to represent only the best of what the region has to offer in terms of food. Only the...

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Pellegrino Artusi and the Pilgrimage

by tuscanycious on Jul 14, 2011 • View Comments

On foot across Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, along the SS67 “Via Artusiana” to follow Pellegrino Artusiʼs track It was March 26, a sunny morning, when eight journalists, a cook and two passionate gourmet left Casa Artusi in Forlimpopoli to...

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In Season in Tuscany

by tuscanycious on Jul 12, 2011 • View Comments

Farmer’s Markets are present around the Region where you can get the fresh produce listed beneath (you’ll also find a map, in the same post that will help you reach them) that are in season in Tuscany right now....

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Certaldo Onion

by tuscanycious on Jul 8, 2011 • View Comments

The Certaldo Onion or Cipolla di Certaldo is one very special onion, so special that slow food decided to take it under its wide wing and protect it with a presidium. Cited in Boccaccio’s Decameron, the Vernina variety is a symbol...

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