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Teatro del Sale, Florence

We were promised an Italian buffet and show and boy did we get it. Not three hours after we landed in Florence, we walked into what would turn out to be a highlight of our holiday. Fabio Picchi has built a reputation … Continue reading

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Italy Part IV: The restaurant roundup

In the good ol’ days when Sam and I were backpackers, we freely roamed the world, not knowing what we would eat or where we would sleep. Five years on, holidays longer than a week are an absolute luxury and … Continue reading

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Italy Part III – Taking on a Bistecca alla Fiorentina

No visit to Greve-in-Chianti is complete without a visit to the famous Antica Macelleria Falorni. An 8th generation butcher, the store today stocks Chianina beef, Cinta Senese pork, chingali and other Tuscan delights over 4 shop fronts in the towns … Continue reading

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Italy Part I – the quest for offal…

Offal. A word that will either make you cringe in horror or weaken you at the knees in hunger. Many people will ooh ahh over foie gras or liver pate yet strangely cannot stomach the though of eating stomach, cartlidge, … Continue reading

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