(Wonder)women of Tuscany
08 May 2013
About gender equality and other matters…
Hot Springs in Southern Tuscany
10 Apr 2013
Tuscany is very rich in hot springs: these are my favourite thermal springs in Southern Tuscany.
This is Tuscany too: Monte Amiata
06 Mar 2013
The highest mountain in Tuscany, a fabulous destination for day trips and home to one of my favourite churches, Pieve di Santa Maria ad Lamulas.
Nonna Ivetta’s traditional cantuccini
06 Feb 2013
Nothing beats my grandmother’s home-made cantuccini, which might in fact come as a surprise to those who are used to industrial biscotti.
The image of Tuscany begins like this…
16 Jan 2013
I have mixed feelings towards (travel) literature set in Tuscany because, if on the one hand they it is the best promotion for our region (and therefore, indirectly for our rentals too), on the other it sets expectations so high that we sometimes feel it might be difficult to live up to them
Alchermes, the taste of the holidays
12 Dec 2012
It is the smell and taste of my childhood days, when my grandmothers would gather around the “spianatoia”, the pastry board, and make “ciambellini rossi” and “salami arrotolati”, the traditional biscuits from our village covered in alchermes and sugar and a sponge-cake roll with alchermes and confectioner’s sugar.
Why children should be allowed to work at Sagre
14 Nov 2012
Because a “piazza” with no youth is like a body with no heart.
Is Tuscany child-friendly?
10 Oct 2012
The answer to that question is “it depends on what you mean”. If the question is whether children are welcome everywhere, the answer is yes. If the question is whether Tuscany and Italy have much to offer to families with children the answer is definitely no.
The survival of the fittest (aka living in Italy)
12 Sep 2012
If you have ever wondered how a small country like Italy could possibly produce so many talents in so many fields, well, there is your explanation. The natural selection is severe.
Maledetti Toscani!
11 Jul 2012
Vices and virtues of my people for this month’s post in the Italy Blogging Roundtable series.
