Cacciucco di ceci – Chick pea and chard cacciucco
Usually cacciucco refers to the Livornese fish soup. But this is a vegetarian version that you can eat far from the coast, made from...
Cenci
Cenci (CHEN chee) are a typical Tuscan sweet, prepared during the Carnival, pre-Lent period. They are usually eaten on Berlingaccio – or...
Sformato di Gobbi – Cardoon flan
A favourite vegetable in Tuscany is cardoons, which, in local dialect, are known as “gobbi.” “Gobbo” also means a hump and as these...
Castagnaccio – if this be the food of love!
Cinzia wrote the following on the history and significance of Catagnaccio. Enjoy! :) “Castagnaccio“, or baldino or pattona or (in my...