Nannini Pastry Shop in Siena is very popular and not just in Siena or in Tuscany. Since many years this historic bakery delight both tourists and inhabitants of Siena who come here to enjoy a moment of total relaxation in sweetness.What I like most of this historic coffee than others is the freshness of its pastries that oven in the morning are no longer being added during the day and evening are almost all finished. For this reason, if you go to siena I would advise you to switch from bakery so...
giovedì 15 gennaio 2009
Tuscan cuisine restaurant in Siena: La Torre Inn
Trattoria La Torre - Tower Inn is located in Siena, in the shadow of the Torre del Mangia, a short walk from Piazza del Campo. The restaurant is really little, a unique environment where there are both tables that the kitchen. So after ordering, you can see the chef prepare your Tuscan meal, and if you choose the menu of the day you do not have to wait.A quick service and economic costs make this restaurant like a fast food, but for the quality of food the restaurant is a classic restaurant specializes...
Tuscan cuisine restaurant in Siena: Antica Trattoria L'Aquila
In Siena Antica Trattoria L'Aquila - Ancient Inn L'Aquila is a Regional cuisine restaurant located in the Eagle (Aquila) district where where you can taste excellent local dishes such as salami of 'cinta' (a pig bred in the wild in the Siena countryside), pici (hand-made spaghetti), wild boar stew, ricciarelli (Tuscan dessert made with almond paste).Not only the cuisine, but the prices too are very good; indeed a meal can cost around 25 euros, really well spent view the quality of food.From Piazza...
mercoledì 14 gennaio 2009
San Gimignano: the cradle of the Made in Tuscany
The ancient village of San Gimignano is nowadays as a stronghold of the Made in Tuscany, a citadel of shopping for the many tourists on holiday in the province of Siena.Among the seventeen towers rising in the sky overlooking the streets and squares of San Gimignano there are many stores and shops that sell food products and local handicrafts. So here you can buy both Tuscan salami, pecorino cheese and wine from Tuscany (Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Nobile di Montepulciano ...) and bags, wallets,...
Osteria Numero Uno: typical Tuscan restaurant in Siena
In Siena Osteria Numero Uno is a restaurant-pizzeria in street Pantaneto where you can taste some typical Tuscan dishes like ribollita, and in particular delicatessen of Siena including pici. The local I was advised by a Sienese doc so how do not trust him, the more I've tried their pizzas very rich and cheap, because the prices at around six to seven euros.The restaurant consists of a unique environment that is pretty close in the end, quite simple and rustic with the vaulted ceiling and red brick...
Da Camillo Inn: eat well to siena
I discovered the Da Camillo Inn, family-run restaurant in Poggibonsi, in the province of Siena. In a cozy and rustic environment, with vaulted ceilings and stone walls, you can taste the best Tuscan cuisine of Siena, including cod and the pici. For those who do not know, the pici are a particular type of pasta shaped spaghetti seasoned with bacon, tomato, cheese and breadcrumbs.Dishes of meat lead in the menu in respect of the culinary tradition of Chianti, soft, delicious, whether you choose a...
Chocolate fair in Monsummano Terme: a sweet Tuscan event
If throughout the year the Tuscan chocolate valley's road passes from Monsummano Terme (Pistoia province), at the end of January this is more true than ever. In the weekend that runs from January 30 to February 1 2009 Monsummano welcoming Cioccolasità for the happiness of all the gluttonous.Among the exhibitors present at the event dedicated entirely to chocolate could not miss some great masters chocolatiers whose fame has crossed national borders, I refer to Roberto Catinari and Slitti, inventor...
The chocolate fair in Florence: a sweet event in Tuscany
The chocolate fair in Florence is a sweet event hosted by the Fifth edition in Square Santa Croce 22-25 January 2009. There is no better way to start the new year to enjoy the specialties of artisanal chocolate prepared by master chocolatier, 30 Italians and foreigners present at this fair.It is famous artisan firms, including several interesting realities located in Tuscany, land that has become famous in recent years in the world for its chocolate, but also in Piedmont, a region that has a tradition...
The chestnut cake: a classical Tuscan sweet
The chestnut cake is a traditional Tuscan dessert prepared especially in autumn and winter as a base of chestnut flour. If you consider the deployment of the chestnut in Tuscany you can well understand why the castagnaccio - chestnut cake can lay claim to a centuries-old history, as evidenced by the quote made in 1553 in the Commentary of the most monstrous things and notables of Italy written by Orlando Ortensio who gives the authorship of this excellent Tuscan sweet to Pilade from Lucca.The ingredients...
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