Emiko Davies is a blogger and food columnist for Corriere della Sera and Food52 (www.emikodavies.com). Her first cookbook, Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence (Hardie Grant Books), was published on March 1, 2016.
There is nowhere quite like Lucca, the charming, quiet Tuscan town which Henry James described in 1909 as ?overflowing with everything that makes for ease, for plenty, for beauty.? It is the perfect antidote to the hustle and bustle of Florence, and given its close proximity, also a perfect day