Cucina Cinzia — A Peek Inside the Tuscan Kitchen

Bolgheri Melody

30 July 2010

Last night we did something that we’ve been meaning to do for years. We went exploring on the local Strada del Vino. Our summer bolt-hole (and Cinzia’s) is on the Tuscan coast, about an hour and a half from Florence, near Cecina (“CHEH- chee-nah”). The area is serious countryside, untouched by [...]

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Lunch in Forte dei Marmi

27 July 2010

I would not like to give the impression that ALL we do in Italy is eat and take pictures of each other eating. But, well, this is a food blog, and the truth is, there is quite a lot of that that goes on. You can imagine how upsetting it was to have [...]

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Inspiration!

26 July 2010

We’re down in Italy at the moment – inspiration! We’ve been all over Toscana, Liguria, and the NW. Food inspiration everywhere. Sadly, our camera was stolen so no pictures of the feasts! But there was awesome bagno cauda in Piedmont, a dinner of only antipasti in Ivrea, a black polenta [...]

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Eating our way through Italy – Bergamo edition

13 July 2010

It’s summer! And a glorious one, for the most part, even in London! My kids are missing it, though, because they have the great good fortune to be spending weeks and weeks in Italy on holidays with us, and with friends in Bergamo and La Spezia. We’ve been shuttling back and [...]

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Pictures Finally

8 July 2010

I finally uploaded my pictures from the June edition of the Cucina Cinzia supperclub. Yum yum!
We had lots of chopping and getting things ready – here are our mortadella sticks prior to frying and our spaghettini of vegetables. The fridge was stuffed – oh my!!

We had drinks in the garden – [...]

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Looking forward to summer!

28 June 2010

Things have been nutty lately. We had out summer dinner a couple of weeks ago and I haven’t even had a chance to post on it yet! We had drinks in the garden with Cinzia’s absolutely lovely and unusual fried sage leaves. We moved inside for crostinis followed by a thin pork steak cooked [...]

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Where to eat in the countryside!

10 June 2010

Following my post on where to eat in Florence, I’m going to tell you where I love to eat in the countryside! This is actually easier, as I’m in the country more often than the city these days!
Chianti Countryside – upscale-ish: If you want to drive out to the Chianti hills and plop yourself [...]

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What not to do in Italy!

10 June 2010

Rules to live by from Ms Adventures in Italy!
Just a quickie! Getting ready for supperclub this weekend – Cinzia’s about to board her plane!

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Happy Meals

26 May 2010

I was reading this article in the New York Times, and it got me to thinking.
You’ll be shocked to know, that despite our original passports, we don’t do much fastfood. There are exceptions – long road trips through the rural Southern USA to get from one set of relatives to another (including the [...]

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My Top Three Restaurants in Florence

24 May 2010

There was an interesting article in this weekend’s Financial Times on the renaissance of the restaurant scene in Florence. I always found it odd because the food was so good, but nearly every restaurant went for the “rustic” Tuscan aesthetic, and in a few cases when we found something decorated in a more [...]

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