Everybody Loves Tuscany

The Best Lunch Stall in Florence’s Central Market-  Nerbone  A stand-up lunch at Nerbone is something of a rite of passage into true Florentine dining. Nerbone has been stuffing stall owners and market patrons with excellent Florentine cucina povera (“poor people’s food”) since the Mercato Centrale opened in 1874. Nerbone occupies the corner stall inside […]

Testing the Quality of Leather @ San Lorenzo Market, Florence Whether you are looking for an activity for the whole family, a Tuscan meal, hunting for those local ingredients to try your hands at a Florentine dish or for a souvenir to bring home, the San Lorenzo Market is the place for you. The market […]

Bologna, where every day is special. Bologna is a historical city, with around 380,000 inhabitants. Although it is well known by Italians, it is less so among foreign visitors. Little English is spoken by its residents. It is the capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna (a region in northern Italy). Bologna is famed for the […]

Tour di Gelato: The 10 Best Gelateria’s in Florence Italy No matter the season or region, there’s one Italian food that never fails to please: gelato. But what exactly is this Italian answer to ice cream? Where did it come from? And what makes it so different (and delicious!)? First, frozen treats aren’t new. Even […]

Dining in Florence Italy on a Budget pt. 1 The Florentine Meal The typical Florentine meal has many courses, and it can take a few hours to work your way through them properly. It starts with an antipasto (appetizer), the two most traditionally Tuscan being affettati misti (assorted salami) and crostini misti (rounds of toast […]

Dario Cecchini No Reservation Toscana Anthony Bourdain Dario Cecchini (born 1955) is a leading contemporary internationally known Italian butcher from Panzano in the Chianti region of Italy. Cecchini was born in 1955 in the Tuscan village of Panzano where his father was the butcher, the eighth generation of Cecchini butchers. He studied veterinary science at […]