To an American, carrot cake means a rich spiced cake frosted with super-sweet cream cheese icing. But to a Tuscan, this moist cake has no spices at all. In fact,…

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We had a Sunday morning ritual at the farm in Fiesole. My early-rising grandfather, Renato, would start a fire in the dining room and by the time everyone was up, it…

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When summer finally hits my farm in Tuscany, a dramatic  change occurs in the way my mom runs her kitchen. It’s not really a matter of ingredients, but a whole around…

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You could get lost browsing a display window of a Tuscan bakery; we surely have a sweet tooth, and aside from real pastry shops, most bars in Italy always carry a…

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Pandoro is a traditional cake that appears on every family’s table during the Christmas Holidays and delivers a bountiful of sugar and butter to underscore everybody’s celebratory mood! It has been…

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It does not matter how in advance or how well you try to plan some Holiday playtime for your children, you eventually will have to brake out a cookie cutter. This…

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I did not grew up celebrating Thanksgiving in Tuscany… I vaguely remember a couple of American kids attending my middle school, and how jealous I was when their family made…

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I do not like baking that much. I think it is because of the restrictions imposed by working with exact measures and quantities. Not being able to improvise in the…

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I never had pancakes in Italy. Please, my mom never made me pancakes! But now I have three girls at home, and I have to. My first approach was the…

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Frittata is a wonderful snack in Italy which is used for an appetizer, for breakfast or whatever. It’s mostly used to recycle  any leftover you’ve got in the fridge like…

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It is almost the end of summer, and if by any chance you happen to have a fruit tree in your backyard or in your garden, this is probably the…

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We do not have much time to indulge in chatting today… we’re all scrambling to get it together before Thursday (Xmas 2008). In case you have some time left in…

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