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Foodie's corner: 'squashed' bread with grapes
by Kara Hoffman
Fall in Florence means schiacciata con l'uva
The turn of the seasons signifies many things: the beginning of a new year for academics, the emergence of a new wardrobe for the fashion world, and the end of a harvest for vintners. The annual wine grape harvest, or la …
Food & Wine
Guess what's coming to dinner
by Arlene Ridolfi Valentine
Having your way with porcini
The beach house is closed for the season. The rientro is complete and everyone is back in the city where school and work schedules once again dictate the rhythm of daily life. What’s the first thing a Tuscan cook thinks about …
Food & Wine
Sour grapes
by Carolyn Abney
Primitive, black and bitter: the wines of the Salento Peninsula
It just doesn’t sound like a great idea: promoting wines made with the native negroamaro grape (also spelled neroamaro and neramaro, which means ‘black and bitter’), and with the primitivo grape, which has nothing to do with being primitive (it’s related …
Food & Wine
Where wine is pleasure
by Carolyn Abney
September in Tuscany welcomes slow food and fine wine festivals
Be familiar with these italian wine indications:
VDT (Vino da tavola). Just what it sounds like – a simple table wine. The label can’t have a vintage year nor name the grape used to produce it. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica). …
Food & Wine
Life on both sides of the pond: ice cream or gelato?
by Jared Turkus
Reflections of a fourteen-year-old ex-pat
Ice cream here in Italy is one thing that has always interested me. Throughout my travels in Europe, I have noticed that the ice cream products are different in each country. In England they have American brands such as Ben and …
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Foodies corner: A scoop a day
by Kara Hoffman
Some consider gelato a sweet treat and some call it a staple in their diet. Whatever you may call it, everyone knows that Italy is the place for gelato. But what exactly is gelato? Is it just another name for ice …
Food & Wine
A piece o' pie
by Kara Hoffman
Real pizza napoletana and where to find it
Pizza is a word that people from almost every corner of our earth know. But is a pizza in Chicago the same as a pizza in Japan? Or is a pizza in New York the same as a pizza in Italy? …
Food & Wine
True Brew
by Jenni Brooks
An affectionate comparison of Italian and Bristish habits
Suffered a trauma, had a bad day at work or simply dragged yourself out of bed in the morning? For Brits, all these occasions and many more call for one thing and one thing only – a nice cup of tea. …
Food & Wine
WWW means 'wonderful weekend of wine'
by Carolyn Abney
Wine tasting opportunities in Florence and Tuscany
The current popularity of ‘enogastronomy’- wine and food related tourism – may seem new but Italian wines have been drawing visitors since the Greeks overran the Etruscans. However, unlike food, wine in Italy in the last 35 years has changed dramatically. …
Food & Wine
Take it without a pinch of salt
by Deirdre Pirro
Tales of tuscan bread
One story places all the blame on the Pisans. In fact, an old Tuscan proverb declares, Meglio un morto in casa che un pisano all’uscio, which roughly translated means ‘Better a death in the family than someone from Pisa on your …
Food & Wine
The oldest fast food in Florence
by Deirdre Pirro
Any time from about 11:30 in the morning until into the evening, small crowds of people can be seen standing around mobile kiosks on street corners or in squares dotted about the centre of Florence. With their boiling cauldrons, marble or …
Food & Wine
Viva Vinitaly!
by Carolyn Abney
International fair is wine-tasting paradise
It’s a wine lover’s Disney World where nearly all the ‘rides’ are free. The 40th edition of Vinitaly has just concluded in Verona, and some 4,200 companies involved in the world of wine were present. Until you have been there, it’s …
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Noble greens ar the Medici court
by Silvia Maccari
Virtue and vice of the artichoke
Cynara was a beautiful girl, with hair the color of ash (from the Latin word for ash Cinis-cineris), and Jupiter fell desperately in love with her. You know how Jupiter was. When he fell in love, he just wanted the girl …
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Anything but cork!
by Giovanni Morelli
There is no doubt that the standard of Tuscan wines has improved dramatically in the last two decades and that the battle between Tuscany and Piedmonte continues, as both strive for the premier accolade in Italy. However, even these excellent wines …
Food & Wine
Introducing the star of starters: Fennel
by Carolyn Abney
The next time you walk past that white bulb with the green fronds at your grocer’s, stop and appreciate that it is one of nature’s marvels. It is both an herb and a vegetable. Almost all of the plant is edible: …
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