This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Pasta with Wild Boar. Tuscany eats more bread than pasta. Two of their signature primi aren’t pasta but bread enriched “soups,” ribollita and pappa al pomodoro, but put those aside and there are regional pastas read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Atypical from most Tuscan desserts, which rely on “poor” ingredients, the Panpepato, born in the Middle Age, is a “noble” cake due to the presence of pepper, a very prestigious and expensive spice which was read more
El helado así como se conoce fue inventado en Florencia durante el Renacimiento por un pollero llamado Ruggeri. Ruggeri participó en un concurso convocado por la familia ‘de Medici y titulado “el plato más singular que nunca”, preparando un “postre helado”. La receta se ha perdido en el tiempo, pero read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. An all encompassing name for all sorts of fried foods, but most often referring to sweet fritters which, at least in the region surrounding Florence have two main types: yeast and flour based fritelle, similar read more
Todo el mundo conoce el famoso bistec a la florentina, ya que es uno de los platos típicos toscanos más conocido en el mundo. Su tradición se remonta a la antigüedad, y sobre el nacimiento del nombre hay dos historias diferentes: la primera nos lleva de nuevo a la época read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Crostini aren’t unique to Tuscany, but they are certainly prevalent, and play a part of most antipasto plates or menus. It is just your basic bread topped with extra flavorful ingredients. The most common crostini read more
El Castagnaccio es una tarta hecha con harina de castañas y tiene origen campesino antiguo. De hecho, la castaña era el alimento básico de las familias más pobres porque era barato y muy nutritivo. Originalmente sólo se preparaba con harina de castañas, agua, y cuando había disponibilidad también se añadían read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Naples has pizza, Rome has Carbonara. Yes, you can now find Carbonara everywhere in Italy, but it was invented in Rome and it is at its best here. The now-classic combination only came to be read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. This traditional dry crunchy cookie or biscuit has a long narrow shape, with the shape of a slice of bread was originally the dry cookie from Prato, then toasted for longer conservation. Traditionally, it is read more