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Florence – 17/Apr/2008 13:30
La Giostra is a fine restaurant in Florence where the flavors (and the quantities) of yesterday coexist in peaceful harmony with the culinary trends of tomorrow.
Just for its atmosphere, somehow combining old-school cordiality with a good-hearted, laidback attitude, eating at
La Giostra would be a worthwhile experience. The restaurant’s history also makes it unusual, as does the fact that it is run by members of the Hapsburgs, the Austrian royal family.
And then there’s the food..
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Florence – 07/Jan/2008 02:15
Pig’s head, anyone? I might have had it and so have you, in all
likelihood. It’s just a way to make salami or any other kind of sausage. Usually, to make a salami, you take an intestine, fill it with ground up pig parts and there you have it. In this case, however, you’ll start with an emptied
head (eyes and mouth sewn shut, all by hand) and get it filled with the ground stuff from the rest of the body.
This particular beauty was spotted at a grocery shop
(La Standa, via Pietrapiana, 42, near Piazza
Cesare Beccaria). And there’s more good stuff in that
neighborhood (read on)...
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Montreal – 06/Aug/2007 18:00
Like every good European, I am fond of food and like it to be as fresh as possible. I’ve always looked for the best ingredients to make my cooking exceptional for my wife, friends and family, as that’s whom I usually cook for. Getting my groceries fresh from the market or straight from the farmer has always been my goal, because everything tastes better from the people who take care of their produce and work hard to bring the raw ingredients to our
fridges.
In Montreal, I was overjoyed to find that there’s more than one farmer’s market open seven days a week. One of my favorites (and not only for its nice building, which I really like) is the Atwater Market, situated right by the Lachine Canal path, which makes it the perfect stop after a walk or a bike ride...
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Siena – 01/Jul/2006 00:00
If you want to understand Siena and its people, you should attend the Palio at least once in your life. The Palio of Siena is a basically a twice
yearly horse race during which the usual nightlife trinity of sex, drugs, and rock and roll is replaced by wine, drugs for the horses, and medieval songs...
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