It’s a breezy day in the Florentine hills as we gather for our first press preview lunch since the pandemic rainbow of restrictions halted our culinary jaunts. Beaming across the ...
I donned my “shark” mask to visit Prato. Hand-stitched from Pucci silk castoffs with a jagged azure on sky blue pattern, the RN reuse of fabrics seemed appropriate attire for ...
Tavola, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. A few years ago, I spent a long weekend in New York with my Mum to celebrate her 70th birthday. We walked and walked, and found ...
I skimmed my trusty dictionary the weekend before checking out the latest culinary kid on the Sant’Ambrogio block. The name was nagging at me. What did nugolo mean? Bunches of ...
Legend has it that Le Tre Rane was the name of an inn that a young Leonardo da Vinci opened on Florence’s Ponte Vecchio, with a vision of a pioneering ...
Stepping into the stylish lobby of the Helvetia & Bristol is always a treat, especially now that the historic hotel has been extensively renovated and the restaurant has welcomed a ...
It’s a prime dining location in Florence: an exquisitely laid table by piazza Santa Maria Novella. La Buona Novella Restaurant at Grand Hotel Minerva serves gourmet cuisine by night and ...
Here’s an overview to 2019 Michelin-starred restaurants in Tuscany, which vaunts three new entries: La Tenda Rossa, Al 43 and Ristorante Giglio.
Blueberry steak—perhaps the signature menu item at famed local restaurant Acqua al 2—has raised more than a few Florentine eyebrows over the years. But at the time of the Medici, ...
Gurdulù is a glamorous restaurant with gourmet aspirations in the Oltrarno’s via delle Caldaie, a few turns from piazza Santo Spirito.
New restaurant Nu Ovo’s name says it all. Yes, the subtitle is cheesy, “A lovely eggsperience,” but it’s also true: the egg is ubiquitous.
Welcome to Poggio Casciano, an oasis of oenology in the hills outside the village of Grassina, the jewel in the crown of renowned Tuscan winery Ruffino.
SimBIOsi organic pasta and lovely wine is all about nice organic food. Ecologically friendly foods lovingly prepared and served in casual chic surroundings along busy city street via dei Ginori. ...
San Niccolò 39 restaurant in Florence: seductive and seasonal, chic and sophisticated, a meal to linger over with your loved one.
Stripping back the hipster facade and going back to basics, Olivia (piazza Pitti 14) is the crispiest addition to the Oltrarno food scene.
Restaurants where they forget what you ordered, sleek eateries with toilets with seas for floors and toilet paper as islands, osterie with noise levels so deafening you can’t hear yourself ...
Our restaurant has a long history, dating to the time when the Duchy of Parma was ruled by Marie Louise of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, and ...
First detach the oyster from the shell using a knife and never a fork. Slide the mollusc onto your tongue and let it rest there for a few seconds. Push ...
There’s a new Mediterranean wave in piazza Ognissanti—and it’s not Italian. Famous for Sesto sull’Arno, the hotel’s rooftop bar and restaurant with fine dining and even finer views, now The ...
Rosano is a country village 25 minutes to the east of Florence, home to the tenth-century Santa Maria abbey frequented by Pope Francis who sought peace and quietude here. It’s ...
Wandering through the San Lorenzo street market, dodging overly insistent stall owners and tacky tourist wares, one could easily miss Casa del Vino. With marble counter tops and beautifully carved ...
If you are looking for truly traditional Tuscan fare, a sure sign of success is the handwritten menu, produced daily, of just five or six dishes. Another good sign that ...
Tijuana dishes up moreish Mexican fare made from the finest Tuscan ingredients, freshly made and prepped that very morning.