Sketches of Life in Tuscany – by annie adair

real tuscan life. in the villages, fields… and kitchen.

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December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 annie adair

A Traditional Italian Christmas

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 annie adair

Panzanella – a Tuscan summer staple

June 15, 2020June 17, 2020 annie adair

Crespelle with Asparagus and Zucchini Blossoms

June 12, 2020 annie adair

5 fun facts about Zucchini Blossoms and why they rock my world

May 12, 2020 annie adair

Lasagna. The real deal. Tuscan-style.

May 12, 2020 annie adair

Homemade antipasti anyone? It’s giardiniera time!

April 30, 2020May 18, 2020 annie adair

Cooking during Covid: bringing us together when we’re apart.

April 30, 2020May 18, 2020 annie adair

Ragù. What’s a Ragù to you?

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 annie adair

Bechamel: a white sauce of many names.

April 4, 2020May 18, 2020 annie adair

The Secret of Tuscan Home-Cooking: Battuto

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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
Candied violets and doughnuts... Today I've dedicated myself to sugar-coating the beautiful and the gluttonous. Pure hedonism on a cold, windy spring day.
It still amazes me how much you can discover on a walk around Volterra... this morning I walked down to the cemetery of the ex-psychiatric institute where those who passed away without their families requesting a funeral were buried. Notwithstanding the sadness of the circumstances, a beautiful place. Walking back up the hill I found what must have been an Etruscan tomb on the side of the road, and the elegantly solitary convent of San Girolamo (fitting for a hermit like St. Jerome). Just minutes from Volterra... So much to see.
Sunflowers. The contrast of Tim Burton-esque figures with an idyllic Tuscan field in the background, both Gothic and bucolic.
Lunch.
Sunset. Today. Stunning, fleeting moments.
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  • Panzanella – a Tuscan summer staple July 15, 2020
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