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- Join me in Venice on the Lagoon Workshop, 25-30 April 2027
- Four ways to fall in love with Florence
- Autumn in Florence and baked apples
- Preserving Italy and Tropea onion jam
- Renovating a kitchen in Florence
- Coffee, almonds and ice
- Raw tomato sauce for hot summer days
- Settignano, the Other Florence
- White peach and basil jam
- Summer Highlights on the Tuscan Coast
- Rome.
- Ciliegie sotto spirito — boozy cherries
- Making lady fingers at home
- Favourite Florence Eats
- My favourite kitchen items
- Zucchini and zucchini flower soup
- Trattoria Da Burde, as Florentine as you get
- Torta di Mele from Florentine + a giveaway!
- Salsa Verde to Put on Everything
- Dolce Firenze & Pride and Pudding Cookbook
- Florentine food and photography workshop
- The Notting Hill list and a baked fish recipe
- Introducing Acquacotta
- Behind the scenes of Tortellini at Midnight
- White Truffle and Wine Culinary Retreat 11-16 November 2020
- Chicken and ricotta meatballs (and cooking one-handed)
- An Autumnal Sicilian workshop, 7-12 September, 2026
- My new cookbook, The Japanese Pantry, and where to celebrate with me
- Scribehound, a new place for food writing
- Mele al forno, baked apples and The Tuscan Year
- All my recipes in one place
- How to eat and travel more sustainably in Florence
- Workshops at Enoteca Marilu
- Market Day Cooking Classes at Enoteca Marilu
- A forgotten castle in Tuscany: Castello di Fighine
- Homemade tofu recipe from the mountains of Nagano
- Introducing Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking
- My ultimate panna cotta
- A pampering stay in Sicily’s south – Adler Spa Resort Sicilia
- Introducing our Seasonal Tuscan Workshops
- A winter weekend in Turin
- Quick chicken ramen inspired by “Magic Ramen”
- Braided fig and nut pastries for Christmas morning (treccia con fichi e noci)
- Yamaura, a hidden gem in the mountains of Japan
- A Puglia guide to summer in Taranto
- Fabrizia’s Sicilian Involtini di Carne and a Summer Bounty Workshop
- A stay at Adler, the original spa resort in the Dolomites
- The Lagoon Workshop, a deep dive into the heart of Venice
- Brodo di pollo, chicken broth for winter solstice
- Involtini di cavolo con patate e funghi
- San Miniato’s White Truffle Festival 2021
- San Miniato Dining and White Truffle Guide 2025
- Cibrèo, a forgotten Florentine dish
- The 11 best panini in Florence that aren’t *that* panino
- An effortless flourless chocolate cake from Anna Tasca Lanza, Sicily
- Tomato paste making at Anna Tasca Lanza, Sicily
- Riccardo’s Lost Recipe – Torta con i ciccioli
- An idea for a cherry semifreddo
- Fish soup on Giglio Island
- Farm to Table at the Adler Ritten Lodge in the Dolomites
- Insalata Gigliese, a summery salad from a Tuscan island
- Making our home in Tuscany: How it’s going
- A spring recipe + a workshop at Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School in Sicily
- Sausage and Mushroom Lasagne di Pane Carasau
- Nonna Vera’s Almond Cake and a new cookbook
- Bitter orange marmalade from San Miniato
- A dreamy weekend at Adler Resort in Bagno Vignoni
- Four excellent ways with radicchio
- Lina’s pollo in galantina, an Italian family classic
- Making Prosciutto di Cinta Senese with Sergio Falaschi
- Truffle, artichoke and anchovy (ancient grain, sourdough) pizza
- Chestnut panforte, a gluten free and vegan treat
- Garibaldi Innamorato’s Zuppa Corsa, a fish soup from the Tuscan coast
- Introducing the new edition of Florentine
- Savoury bread pudding cake with prunes, caprino and pumpkin
- Tuscan spice pumpkin bread, a tale of forgotten drugs
- Prosciutto and pea pasta (Paglia e fieno alla fiesolana)
- Grottaglie, a ceramic lover’s dream in Puglia
- Pici all’aglione, Tuscany’s rustic pasta al pomodoro
- A Cinque Terre getaway
- Pan roasted sausages with grapes for Artusi’s 200th birthday
- Stay at home with these comforting family recipes
- Venice, post-lockdown, is still about the cicchetti
- Edna Lewis’ white pound cake
- Fried tuna polpette, a favourite pantry meal
- Strawberry tiramisu
- What we are drinking in lockdown
- Carrot and ricotta gnudi
- A guide to eating through charming Bergamo
- Stale bread for cinnamon fritters and tortine di mozzarella
- Why baking a cake is the best therapy
- Lockdown in Florence: Comforting chicken and farro soup & home deliveries
- Photo essay: Chestnut polenta in the Tuscan mountains
- How to create your Italian family tree
- Ricotta al forno, a simple baked ricotta cake
- Finally, one meal we can enjoy as a family – Tuscan spiedini di carne.
- Foraging, handmade ink and dye workshop + a recipe for dyeing with turmeric
- Egg yolk ravioli (and a white truffle experience)
- What we are drinking now
- Grape and fig leaf spoon sweets
- Sicilian chocolate, almond and lemon torta
- Pecorino e Vino: A cheese making and wine culinary retreat, 22-27 June 2020
- A guide to spaghetti con le vongole
- A handful of ingredients. Pasta with mascarpone + walnuts
- Ricotta, feta and mint ravioli on a windswept Greek Island
- Florence food and wine summer workshops
- “Olive leaf” pasta with tomato and mozzarella
- Why our favourite pizza dough is Roman
- Introducing Tortellini at Midnight
- Budino di Riso (Baked rice pudding) from Tortellini at Midnight
- Homemade Mascarpone for a No-Bake Raspberry Pandoro Cake
- An Acquacotta-inspired Christmas
- Pardini’s Hermitage: Paradise on Giglio Island
- Ad occhio, cooking by eye
- Peach and amaretti tart
- Fagioli del Purgatorio: a summery bean salad
- Honey from a Weed, the world of Patience Gray
- Easter Adventures in Tuscany and tackling Carol Field’s Colomba
- A crateful of clementines
- Radicchio, mascarpone and walnut cream
- A peek at The Puglia Encounter Workshop, Masseria Potenti
- Ricotta gnocchi, a recipe from Ostro
- Trento Mini Guide and a Buckwheat Cake
- Ricotta and spinach ‘gnudi’ video recipe
- Ten ways to survive an Italian heatwave
- In Venice with Valeria Necchio, author of ‘Veneto’
- Eggs and anchovies
- Crostata di Susine Selvatiche (Wild Plum Tart)
- The Perfect Tuscan Coast Getaway 2017
- Food and family — an interview for Wee Magazine
- Workshop announcement: The Puglia Encounter
- Rose petal and ricotta tartlets
- Acquacotta giveaway + new workshops and events!
- A family photo shoot with Birgitte Brondsted
- Interview with Giulia Scarpaleggia on creating her new cookbook
- Borage and ricotta crepes
- Robinia flower cake and fritters + a giveaway!
- Spaghetti with monk’s beard
- Meatballs and a love story
- The Italian Baker: Remembering Carol Field
- An inspiring list for the weekend
- Ricotta and baby pear tart from Acquacotta
- Seasonal cooking classes at Latteria Studio in Rome
- The occasional bread baker
- A winter’s day in San Gimignano
- A menu for a new year + wild boar with chocolate sauce
- The Venice List
- Strawberry tree jam (Marmellata di corbezzoli)
- Saffron and ricotta frosting for a birthday cake
- Capri’s flourless chocolate and almond cake