The best gift you can make is a bottle of olive oil. Or a jar of dried black olives, if you ask me.

An Italian appetizer and a comfort food: sausage and stracchino crostone.

Fresh pasta cocoa tagliolini with a cheese and black pepper sauce, the Italian cacio e pepe.

Castagnaccio (Chestnut Cake) and The Town of Tagliacozzo in Abruzzo, Italy.

Hearty traditional Tuscan Bean Soup loaded with white beans, celery, onion, carrots, and tomatoes, and rosemary olive oil.

Tuscan Chickpea Soup

An unusual sweet and sour Tuscan cous cous in an autumnal panzanella bread salad.

This comforting delicious Tuscan pasta frittata is perfect to have anytime

Fresh pasta with the sauce, Tuscan recipe! (in Italian)

A hearty, refreshing, super easy, and yet sophisticated soup made in the slow cooker.

Tuscan Kale & White Bean Soup is hearty, healthy, and chock full of yummy flavors. Keep this recipe handy for the cooler days ahead!

Panzanella time – Tuscan Bread Salad

How to turn a classic autumn Tuscan recipe into an unusual summer recipe: chestnut cake with pine nut ice cream

Tuscan Style Breakfast Bun

A Tuscan tuna and white bean salad! No need for the oven.

Classic Tuscan Chicken Liver Crostini

Tuscan cuisine does not exist, and I’ll tell you why! pappa al pomodoro or the Tuscan Tomato bread soup

A selection of the most common melons in the produce section, how to pick them, and what goes with them.

An old fashioned love story: Tuscan Schiacciata, sweet Easter bread

A classic Tuscan dish: Hare ragu with freshly made pappardelle. Don’t have a hare lying around? Use lamb – it’s actually closer to hare.

Italian rice fritters typical of the Carnival time, deliciously coated with sugar… they have a special place in my heart!

A delicious and comforting vegetarian soup typical of the Tuscan peasant cooking