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Stuffed zucchini blossoms

stuffed zucchini blossom

Yesterday morning my local farmers market was plentiful of summer veggies and I packed my grocery bag for the week. Aubergines, red bell peppers, green beans and courgettes, crunchy salads, cherries and peaches. I also saw these very fresh pumpkin flowers and I couldn’t resist: their bright yellow color represents the nice season and makes me
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Tortino di verdure – Vegetables cake

tortino di verdure

13 days lockdown. Sometime I wake up in the middle of the night asking me if everything it’s real or if I’m living in a nigthmare. It’s hard to follow a day routine, I promised myself to spend this time in advantageous way reading and studying,  but it’s hard to find concentration. I need to
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My never ending summer

It has been a strange summer, long, warm, dry;  on the professional front, a busy summer, plenty of new projects, cooking classes, private dinners, shopping for food made twice in a day, recipes writing , mails. A crazy period, sometimes caothic and stressful, interrupted just for 10 days, the time for a long drive home.
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Pappa al pomodoro, a Tuscan tomatoes and bread soup

The first time I visited Florence I was a young tourist; those three days of many years ago I remember  a very cold weather and my inappropriate coat, the stunning city view from the Piazzale Michelangelo, the silent atmosphere early mornings – well my Hotel was located in the old city centre, closed to the
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