FOOD + WINE
Food + Wine
Mushrooming in the kitchen
Finding spring funghi on your plate
One of my favourite things to do at this time of the year is to go to the Sant’Ambrogio market to see what the beginning of spring mushroom season has to offer. My first experience of mushrooming in Italy occurred when …
Wine + Drink
New generation chef
Open for lunch, from Tuesday to Saturday
by Tom Fork
& Marco Badiani
At just 25, Marco Mengoni of Opera22 is one of Italy’s top 40 emerging chefs. Not only is he responsible for constantly reinventing flavours in order to satisfy his customers, he’s also at the head of a teaching kitchen with an …
Wine + Drink
Tealightful!
A look at Florence's best afternoon tea spots
by Sam Lawley
Italy is known the world over as the land of strong espressos, steaming percolators, and open-air cafés. The sound of milk being frothed for a cappuccino heralds the morning on many streets of Florence. In recent years, however, the concept of …
Recipes
A Tuscan feast for pasqua
Lamb, roast potatoes, spring peas with pancetta
My memories of Easter as a little girl growing up in New Zealand involve camping, trout fishing and Easter egg hunts. To me, Easter meant a short break from school and an active home life, usually a long weekend road trip …
Food + Wine
See, meet, taste
Delighting the taste buds and the other four senses, the Pitti Immagine Taste food fair is an annual journey through Italy’s culinary landscape, from food to wine, from trends to philosophies, from equipment to design. Think top-quality food and drink from …
Food + Wine
It's time to taste!
Annual Florence foodie fair returns
March in Florence means fine food and drink—and lots of it. The 2013 edition of Taste promises to be the best yet, when the city of Florence is all about food and drink. From March 9 to 11, curious gourmets and …
Recipes
Makin' bacon
Better than your average pancetta
When I moved from New Zealand to Italy in 2001, I missed many things from home. Not only was the spoken language different, but the difference was deeper than vocabulary: the sentence structure of Italian was so unlike that of English; …
Food Stories
Only the best
Pasticceria Ristorante Giorgio
by Tom Fork
& Sofie Delauw
Go into any
café in Italy on a Saturday or Sunday morning and you'll find it packed with
neighbourhood locals standing at the bar ordering their daily cappuccino e brioche. Giorgio's is no
different, but listen closely and you'll find that there are not …
Recipes
Battered and fried
Fritto misto alla fiorentina
I
took a foreign friend to a local trattoria on my side of the river, diladdarno, to sample a favourite local
dish, fritto misto alla fiorentina.
When he heard my order, he wondered why on earth anyone would want to deep-fry
a beautiful fiorentina steak …
Florence for Students
The great pasta escape
Guide to international eats in Florence
by Leah Eades
Chock full
of restaurants, pizzerias, bars and eateries, Florence has a reputation among
Italians and foreigners alike as the place to find the best that Italian
cuisine has to offer. However, not many know that the city is also rich in
international cuisine, providing an …
Insider Florence
Lunch at Mario's
by Tom Fork
Trattoria Mario's is not for
the faint-hearted. It is not the place for those who prefer a quiet dining
experience with an elegant ambiance, a romantic view of the Ponte Vecchio, an
impeccable wait staff, shiny silver cutlery and freshly pressed tablecloths and
napkins. Mario's …
Recipes
Get in the game
Fliers for the holidays
In
English, we categorise game into two distinct categories: furred game and
feathered game. In Italian, the feathered game is called volatili (fliers). Christmas Day calls for a flier.
Or maybe two!
My
morning walks take me past the restaurant Fuori Porta and into the back …
Restaurants Reviews
Are you game?
Delights of the hunt at La Coppiola in Pistoia
If you are a meat-lover and
looking for a menu with a difference, La Coppiola in Pistoia is the place for
you. Painted a vibrant orange, the colour of Pistoia's football team, and
simply furnished, it may look like your run of the mill …
Recipes
Duck all'arancia
The Florentine origins of a French classic
For those who don't take an interest in hunting, it is
easy to forget that the transition from autumn to winter also marks the hunting
season and the delicious promise of la caccia. Although not always
readily available in supermarkets, most good Florentine butchers …
Tuscany + Beyond
Into the wild
Guide to foraging mushrooms in Tuscany
Sought-after
delicacies, mushrooms are an essential part of autumn in Tuscany. For some, the
next step after overcoming the challenges posed by the piles of oddly shaped
varieties at the market (Which ones to buy? How do I cook them? Is that strange
object even …
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013