Today we'll go after the Church...
Learn how to make your own Priest Chocker, eat responsibly!!!

Come in to enjoy The Show and to access the Recipe. Buon Appetito.
Debi and Gabriele

Tags: spinach, parmesan, ricotta

Debi and I are very pleased to finally introduce you to the work of the photographers that have been contributing to these pages.
Matteo and Maria Novella have and extreme sensibility, a sharp eye, but most and foremost, they love "our" land...and you can feel it every-time you look at their pictures.

Looking at their shots makes me feel home...they have the same power that food has...comfort and peace...
my history, the smells and the colors I know...

Enjoy your three minutes walk...from Florence to Siena.

Tags: tuscany, siena, florence, fiesole

Celebrate with us one of the most pagan holidays available on the calendar, CARNIVAL!
Debi and I will cook for you a Traditional Florentine Cake that is available only in local bakeries between the first week of January
and Fat Tuesday.

Come in and enjoy your first Schiacciata alla Fiorentina!

Tags: cake

It was long overdue,
since Deb and I shot our last episode before Xmas.
Time flew by, we went to Italy and came back, introduced a few guests...Rosanna, Aunt Laura.

We realized all of a sudden that this was going to be our Valentine's episode...but we already picked up our recipe for the day: Pasta e Fagioli.
"Ugh, a bean soup for Valentines'?" we thought, almost ready to improvise something different...

Then, all considered. The love is in the act of cooking, not necessarily just in the dish you decided to prepare.
So, if you feel like handling the beans tonight....there you go, have fun!

Featured in this episode a great red Wine and a superb Olive Oil from the hills of Chianti, courtesy of the Ruffino estate.

left: Ruffino "Il Ducale", 2003 - right: Laudemio "Sante Dame" 2006

Tags: garlic, olive oil, beans, pasta