For the Chicken : Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 60 minutes Ingredients: A whole chicken, cut up into pieces 2 cloves of garlic An 8-inch...

Buccellato is to Lucca what Panforte is to Siena and Panettone is to the Veneto region—a local tradition, especially for the holidays. The f...

Ingredients for 6 persons: 250 grams of spelt, 1 hectogram of raisin, 3 eggs, 1 Litre and half of milk, 15 grams of butter, 80 grams of suga...

Rovelline is a traditional dish of the old farmers food. This version is a little different from the original version as this one has Mirepo...

Stringhe are a Tuscan heirloom string bean; the word Stringhe means strings and the reason for the name is obvious -- when they're ...

  Ingredients for 4 people:      * 300 grams of minced meat      * 300 g tomatoes      * 16 zucchini flowers      * 2 tablespoons gra...

The place you go....the tordelli you find ! Yes,it's just like that,from Garfagnana and up to the "hills" of Versilia every ho...

Cardoons (see below for amounts) Garlic Rosemary Olive oil Red Hot Pepper Sausages Chopped Tomato Wash the cardoons, strip away the...

Besides being a "Tuscan Cook" i'm also a butcher. I've learned it from my father Adriano as it was his a previous job befo...

Garmugia is a traditional recipe that dates back to the 16th century and can be pinpointed to Lucca and its province. Its origins are poor a...

60ml extra virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, chopped 6 fresh sage leaves 500g fresh cannellini beans 3 Tuscan Sausa...

The Torta Cò Becchi alle Erbe is a typical of Lucca. It is a cake made of chard, cheese,pinoli,bread and currants. In Lucca this cake is pr...