by Cucina Cinzia on October 23, 2011

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We’re back! Dinner on 20-21 May!

by Jill on March 13, 2011


Dinner at Cinzia's house in Florence


Hello Cucina Cinzia diners!  Eccoci!!

As many of you know, we have stopped doing regular Cucina Cinzia dinners, but we had said to a number of you that we would eventually do some special seasonal dinners.  Our collective mojo made a reappearance and so we are planning to host two dinners the weekend of May 20/21st!  We would be delighted for you to join us and we are planning something very special.

Aperitivo and antipasto will be decided at the last minute, depending on what looks good at the Mercato delle Cure the week before, but is likely to include Cinzia’s famous fried sage leaves.  For the primo we are planning an unusual lasagne, made with carrots and gorgonzola.  And for the main, Stracceti di maiale con rucola e balsamico, a pork dish with rocket and balsamic vinegar.  Dessert, again, will depend on the market.  The price will be £35 pp and please bring your own wine.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we can start the evening out in the garden!

Meanwhile, we are looking forward to some travel down to Tuscany in April, (and wishing we were down there right now for the marzolino cheese season!).  We look forward to seeing some of our familiar faces and also some new diners in May!  Please get in touch on info@cucinacinzia.com if you have questions, and bookings can be made on Eventbrite by clicking here.  (Please note that we are not planning to offer alternative menus in May.)

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The Last Supper

30 November 2010

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Last weekend we held the last, and quite possibly the best, Cucina Cinzia suppers.  All the stars were aligned.  The menu was original, authentic, and exquisite (if I say so myself).  The diners were charming and delightful (as usual).  Cinzia and I were in high spirits, putting out of our heads the fact that [...]

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October Dinners

24 November 2010

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We’re just a couple of days away from our November dinners and I’m only now getting around to posting about the October dinners!  Well, that’s the way I roll these days – a day late and a dollar short.  We had  a great menu and as usual a fantastic atmosphere with our diners!
We started [...]

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Viva la pappa al pomodoro!

17 October 2010

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This weekend one of the things we are serving is pappa al pomodoro – a dish so classic that there’s a children’s song about it!
Translated from Cinzia:
Pappa al pomodoro – a rustic Tuscan bread soup – is surely the most striking example of the Italian edict – “never throw away anything and especially never [...]

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Foodie Fulham

10 October 2010

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This post, for a change, is not about Cucina Cinzia – or even Italian food- per se.  Rather, it is a shout-out to the transformation occuring in Fulham, and specifically North Fulham, where I live.  I know that Fulham has certain bourgeois connotations, but where we live, just off the North End Road, the [...]

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Score! Chick pea flour from Molino Grifoni

6 October 2010

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One of the things that we’re planning to serve in October’s supperclubs, alongside our classic crostinis, is a dish from the Tuscan coast called cecina (“cheh- chee’-na”).  Note that there is also a town, where Cinzia and I spend a lot of time together called Cecina, but confusingly pronounced differently “Cheh’ – chee-nah”)!  [...]

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Castagnaccio – if this be the food of love!

1 October 2010

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One of the things we’ll be serving on 22 & 23 October is the Tuscan dessert described below!  Cinzia wrote the following on the history and significance of the Castagnaccio – come to dinner to try it in October!  Book here!
“Castagnaccio“, or baldino or pattona or (in my house “migliaccio“) is a very [...]

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Back in Supperclub Action!

9 September 2010

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We’re back!
We took a break over the summer. After a very busy spring, we were gone practically every weekend in July and August, and had (ok, have) a houseful of people carrying out some pretty dusty home improvements.
Even though it is Cinzia who does the cooking, I found myself fatigued – not [...]

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Piedmont Passions

30 August 2010

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A recent trip through Northern Italy took us through Piedmont, twice. And in Piedmont there were two things that lit me up. One was a local specialty, and one was the place where I first experienced it.
I’m a well-documented anchovy lover . And I love olive oil. And garlic. [...]

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