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Tuscan ribollita bread and vegetables winter soup

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Tuscany is – with a good reason – a top destination for foodies. But what is the typical Tuscan food. Which dish represents more this extraordinary piece of Italy? Everybody knows the goodness of the milky pecorino, the savoury and greedy prosciutto or the lardo di colonnata, the huge bistecca, the rich eggy pappardelle with
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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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Cauliflower and split red lentils soup

I said “welcome” to the New Year sitting beside the Thames river, looking at the fireworks, so grateful to be again in my favorite city with my family. Grateful yes, 2017 has been a good year, rich of professional goals, really hard moments and unexpected conquests. I’m not that kind of person who loves to
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Cuccia, legumes and wheat soup

Working with food means researching and testing new eating habits. Nowadays the request of vegetarian or vegan dishes is growing more and more. New ingredients are appeared in my kitchen such as quinoa, various seeds, powder yeast, vegetable milks and so on. Some of them are now a new habitude in my diet, like almond
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Baby it’s cold outside: minestrone soup

It’s cold in Florence, today we have a bright sky and the light flooded my kitchen… but it’s still cold, I’m working at the desk, wearing more clothes of what I usually do. In days like these, it not easy to remind the importance of eating healthy and light, we needs rich and comforting dishes
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Curry lentil soup

London, 3 years ago, my first week-end without kids, 3 days walking for hours and hours, without a schedule, without “things to do”, just my favourite city, the white sky, the freezing winter air.  I ate this soup in a Pret a Manger shop, near Covent Garden. It was the soup of the day, spicy,
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