For a comfortable end of the season we are bringing together out favorite dishes from our winter series of events. Join us for an evening with the family, good laughs and…

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This February round of dinners will be dedicated to cooking family style and very, very slow. The main featured dish is obviously the Peposo, a super tender beef stew that…

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Someone could argue that prime season for Italian ingredients is early Summer… I do not completely disagree with that; since I was I kid I have always enjoyed the bountiful…

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Let’s get ready for a real Grand Finale for this year. After a few months spent promoting our new cookbook “Super Tuscan” we are very much looking forward to a…

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“To the ones that grow and harvest To the ones that hunt and fish To the ones that cook and feed To the ones that eat and celebrate.” On October…

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On October 3rd 2017, our second cookbook “Super Tuscan: heritage recipes and simple pleasures from our kitchen to your table” Has finally landed on the shelves of your favorite book…

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“To the ones that grow and harvest  To the ones that hunt and fish  To the ones that cook and feed  To the ones that eat and celebrate.” On October…

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“To the ones that grow and harvest To the ones that hunt and fish To the ones that cook and feed To the ones that eat and celebrate.” The time…

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DINNER ON 7/22 IS SOLD OUT – THESE TICKETS ARE FOR AN EXTRA ADDED EVENT ON 7/29 Join us for the last dinner of this summer season (Before we split…

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When the weather finally gets better…. That’s when I get the most nostalgic about my home in Fiesole. Therefore I celebrate in order to achieve closure! There is a very…

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Walking through the streets of Florence this time of the year is absolutely magical. The mist at times thickens up to around the river banks, sign that temperatures are starting…

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It is not easy for me to depart from my beloved “pork everything recipes”, but that time has once again come. This March, join us at The Tuscan Gun in…

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Here comes a brand new menu for the month of February. Come join me in my small Brooklyn Kitchen for an incredibly comforting meal, loaded with seasonal flavors, cooked with…

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Many summers of my youth were spent in this small charming Tuscan Island. Isola d’Elba was something me and my younger brother always waited all year around to come back…

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Someone could argue that prime season for Italian ingredients is early Summer… I do not completely disagree with that; since I was I kid I have always enjoyed the bountiful…

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Someone could argue that prime season for Italian ingredients is early Summer… I do not completely disagree with that; since I was I kid I have always enjoyed the bountiful…

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The first snow of the year always gives me pause. It muffles all sounds, turns the world into a blank canvas, and inspires me unequivocally to crank my kitchen at full steam….

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As the ground starts getting harder and the days shorter, hunters rejoice as the daily farm work finally slows down after the Grape Harvest, at last leaving them with “time to kill”….

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On November 11th Italy celebrates San Martino. Tradition narrates that Martino di Tours (who became San Martino) after seeing a homeless man standing in a cold November rain, ripped his…

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Friday & Saturday evenings in October we will be extending our hours from 6:00-10:00pm. The crew will be keeping the kitchen open this month while Gabriele is traveling, so stop…

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If you were to spend a year in Tuscany you would realize that there are moments of our “culinary” calendar that are celebrated with as much passion as our main…

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When Summer comes around, Tuscany’s countryside starts drying up and the fields around our property glow like precious metal. The heat makes every stem of grass crunchy, it silences the birds and…

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When Summer comes around, Tuscany’s countryside starts drying up and the fields around our property glow like precious metal. The heat makes every stem of grass crunchy, it silences the birds and keeps all…

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Florence lays in a valley, and in summertime you might get caught in a real still heat that is just unfair and cruel. Nothing is better than to jump in…

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As I am writing this menu I am sitting in my parent’s house in Fiesole, my eyes wonder out of the window into the olive orchard and my mind gets…

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Every culture has proverbs exclusively dedicated to weather and farming, and that’s how we decided to celebrate the month of May. “Maggio vai Adagio” (May, go slow!) refers to the…

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The days are getting a little longer, weather is slowly warming up and we are ready to celebrate a new Spring with a very special and Super Tuscan menu. This…

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The Maremma region stretches from southwestern Tuscany to the northern border of Lazio, and is a relatively unknown area to mass tourism. It was traditionally populated by the Butteri, cattle breeders who until…

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The end of February marks a turn around moment in the Tuscan country side: after plowing the fields around the plants, comes time for the Olive Trees to get their…

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January 29th is sold out, a new date has been added: Saturday January 30th, 2016. We have been receiving many requests to bring back a hard core Tuscan menu from…

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The Holiday Season is finally over, did you eat enough? I’m sure of it, and congrats for surviving again this year your “drunk uncle” at the family dinner table. For…

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Someone could argue that prime season for Italian ingredients is early Summer… I do not completely disagree with that; since I was I kid I have always enjoyed the bountiful…

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Ask anyone that does not leave by the Ocean to describe a town by the shore or a beach they have been to… Most likely they will depict a splendid landscape of sun…

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As the ground starts getting harder and the days shorter, hunters rejoice as the daily farm work finally slows down after the Olive Harvest, at last leaving them with “time to…

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It has been a long summer of travel! Our new show “Extra Virgin Americana” has brought us to many wonderful places and we had the chance to eat some truly…

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As exciting as Summer food is in Tuscany, September is one of those moments of our “Culinary Year” where a lot happens and menus shift dramatically. Farms are starting to…

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After a few rounds of Porchetta and Vegetarian menus it was just a matter of time before we decided to feature a few of our main pasta dishes. Join us…

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Yes it is true, escaping the city during summertime is a survival necessity, especially if you live in a crazy and restless city like New York. I remember growing up…

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As promised, we are pleased to announce a series of Vegetarian Dinners. Now that our shop is actually in full swing, we are cooking porchetta like crazy every single day,…

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Learn 3 of Italian most important pasta sauces: Gricia, Amatriciana and Puttanesca. We will chop together, cook together and enjoy all the delicious results of our work. PLEASE NOTE THE…

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The season is finally here, and Summer Truffles are landing every and each night at NYC airports, fresh and ready to hit your table.

There are many things a child can dream of, while growing in a somewhat isolated farm in the heart of Tuscany. Just like kids in the movies, I have dreamt…

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Come celebrate with me and my new crew. A full evening of pork butt sinful deliciousness is something you should never regret missing out on!