Category: Tradition

Stories and history on tuscan food on a particular dish or preparation.

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Top 6 traditional breads in Tuscany

Rectangular, oval or round, Tuscan Bread is commonly 5-10cm high and weighs from between 500 grams to 2 kilos. It’s made using yeast, water and wheat flour mixed together. Its crust[...]

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Taste Trail of the Pistoia Apennines

Apennine mountains offer stunning landscapes: huge prairies, impervious peaks and old stone-fortresses surrounded by chestnut, fir and beech woods. Up in the mountains, the air is fresher and the taste[...]

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2013 Tuscan “Slow Wines”

Clean, Good and Fair prices are some commons characteristic of the 38 Tuscan wines in the following list. Slow Food has published its third Italian Slow Wine guide, which adopts a[...]

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7 GOOD intentions for the New Year

New Year’s Eve has always been a time to think about the past but mainly to look forward to the future. If you already live in Tuscany or you’re planning[...]

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Lucky foods for New Year’s Eve

Lentils, “cotechino”, grapes and pomegranate are the most famous flavors of the Tuscan New Year’s Eve tradition. I’m talking about special foods that are believed to bring luck and prosperity[...]

Chicken liver crostini

Christmas Day: easy recipes

It’s Christmas time and time to celebrate this special date with the ones you love, maybe around the table tasting some special dishes. If you’re a Tuscan food lover, here[...]