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FRIENDS LIKE BUTTERFLIES
In order in the front photo: Marie Payne, Barbara Richards, me, Judy Motley, Brenda Pace Repeat visits from customers who later become friends...
BONNIE &…. JOE
Just to tell... when customers become friends. They, Bonnie and Joe, were friends already. They have been the "best old friends" since tens of years...
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Marcella Ansaldo
Native of Giglio Island, Marcella has founded and directs the school GiglioCooking in Florence, with simpathy, passion and energy.
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AMANDA & CHRIS…
… came to Gigliocooking for the second time two days ago, even happier than the first time. They came with their children, the rock-soul drummer Henry and the sweet "white and pink" Rose. Here are Chris and Amanda hugging and smiling: it's 2011 and they're on their...
TOO NICE!
Holland, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland… This is not a football tournament. It's not even a tournament: there's no competition. These Boys and Girls are cooking: without anxiety, without stress. They are cooking with dedication and making friends, in all the languages...
THE GELATO DOES NOT GO IN THE STOMACH…
... It goes to the Soul. by Drew Wood, June 16th, 2024. Although the "starch coma" after the pasta workshop, this is what he, the "spicy" boy with the baseball hat, said. I proposed him: come next year, we will make the most amazing gelato. Try the one below! Thank...
15 YEARS
Beyond belief. Yet it's true. It seems like yesterday that I was awake at night beset by a thousand worries. Not that they have vanished. But the school grows every day. It grows thanks to the three M's that have kept it going for years. Here they are: In order:...
AN ARTICLE ON “QUANTUM CUISINE”
A sincere and huge thank you to Daniela Biganzoli, who dedicated an article on her blog to "Cucina Quantica", the book written together with Emy Narbone. https://dabpensiero.wordpress.com/ Culture as Medicine "You will never find the truth if you are not willing to...
THE QUEEN OF CUTTLEFISH
...It's me. My exclusive earring proves it: only the Queen of Cuttlefish can have it. Mine in particular was created by an artist, Stephanie Cincotta Jorgensen: this is her "Italian Blog" https://postadioggi.com/ This is her website: http://www.stcincotta.com Thank...
PRESENTATION of QUANTIC CUISINE
I have been absent from my blog for a long time. I start posting again today, with this new small venture: a philosophical idea on cooking, perfected by the mathematical subject of my friend Emy Narbone. Saturday 18 May We look forward to seeing you at the Fiesole...
THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK “QUANTUM COOKING”
I know it doesn't end there. Now the brain is erupting … and who stops it? The presentation is just a preview. A book will follow, more detailed and extensive. This will be followed by a cooking program to be done at Gigliocooking in Florence. Other presentations,...
I WAS ABOUT TO FORGET ABOUT IT…..
Yes, sometimes we forget why we are doing what we are doing. I found this writing on a piece of paper attached to the cover of an old diary of mine. I don't know who wrote it, it's not my handwriting. A friend, certainly. Someone who wanted to remind me of the reason...
AN ARTICLE ON “QUANTUM CUISINE”
A sincere and huge thank you to Daniela Biganzoli, who dedicated an article on her blog to "Cucina Quantica", the book written together with Emy Narbone. https://dabpensiero.wordpress.com/ Culture as Medicine "You will never find the truth if you are not willing to...
I KNOW IT…
I know that what I do, what I value, in the myriad of great problems of the world, is of no importance. The girls in Iran, the imprisoned journalists, the children dying of hunger…. What importance can a typical soup made with selected ingredients have? Yet, a few...
THE CENACLES OF SANTA CROCE
My visit to the Cenacoli in Florence continues. In the Basilica of Santa Croce, here are the third and fourth Cenacles, after those, already visited and posted on the blog, by Andrea del Sarto and Andrea del Castagno....
THE NOVEMBER MARKET
Who says it's sad? When the last fruits of summer color it, and the first fruits - primizie - of winter are already making their way. Marcella Ansaldo © 2021
THE SEEDS OF PAPAYA
It has now become a national fruit, since there are crops in Sicily. Papaya exists in several varieties, which mainly differ in size. The pulp is orange and is rich in micro-nutrients. The seeds are round, black and shiny: they look like pearls. A particular encounter...
THERE IT IS!
It took two months to get it, not counting the tries..... But I did it: here is the Aglione Nero of the Val di Chiana. The inspiration came from my Japanese friend Sumiyo Dan, a sixty-year-old looking twenty-year-old artist of great sensitivity. Sumiyo, who is...
THE FARM OF HAPPY HENS
They started in three. Three guys, very young entrepreneurs. It was almost a gamble. They asked for funds from Europe for start-ups … but they did not receive any (this type of survey is not good for this blog 🙄). The place is … .. almost unreachable, halfway between...
THE ELON UNIVERSITY
Travelling from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Elon has been an experience itself. November 28th, 2022. This is the highway from Charlotte, toward north, almost at the border with Virginia, in the area called the Blue Bubble for the high density of graduated students....
THINGS TO DO IN ITALY
Ciao a tutti! We're here to spill on all the incredibly beautiful things that make Italy one of the greatest countries Earth has to offer. We hope you love your carbs, jumping in the sea, taking a stroll through history and falling in love with this place like we...
A SUPERSTAR “SHEF”
Yes, I know how to spell Chef, but Valeria is a "She", a Woman, a SuperChef. She is the best of all the "shefs". And also of all men chef. She works in an area that an Italian law has defined as the "place of the excellence of Tuscan food", where the raw material,...
INTERMEDIATE COOKING COURSE
Given that we talked about traditional and basic cooking techniques in the previous program, https://old.gigliocooking.com/it/2021/10/31/cucina-di-base-lezione-pratiche-di-tre-ore-2/ However, it seems fair to consider them a platform from which to start over to "bite...
A CARTOGRAPHIC PROJECT FOR THE “LILY”, GIGLIO ISLAND
A Cartographic Project for the beautiful and the useful. Giglio Island is changing. In spite of what happens to the rest of the Earth, the "Lily" is changing for the better. But that we go against the tide is a known fact. While the Planet suffocates in plastic, at...
A NIFEO AT GIGLIO ISLAND
It is just behind the Port, in the area where the aqueduct was later built. It was recently discovered; the architect is the owner of the garden, Luigi Baffigi. Luigi Baffigi all his life did the lighthouse watch. A singular profession, as he himself is a singular...
THE WINE BOYS
They are not only ones. But it is also thanks to them that the cultivation of vines has, once again, become a prominent activity in Giglio. Simone e Giovanni Rossi. It must be said that it is more difficult to take courage and start such an adventure if you do not...
THE ROWS OF MARASCHE (SOUR CHERRIES)
They were planted by Sandro along the road to the Castle. In this stretch the suggestion of the place increases, framing the Campese bay. They are sour cherry trees. I have a memory of many years ago, maybe I was 18: we brought branches of ripe sour cherries to Gigi,...
OPEN CLASSES – March Calendar
Open classes are lessons where everybody can participate.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more "spreading" of the different jobs and there is more "sharing" with the others. Anyways, in our lessons there are never plenty people. You will...
OPEN CLASSES March 7th – 13th
Open classes are lessons where everybody can participate.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more "spreading" of the different jobs and there is more "sharing" with the others. Anyways, in our lessons there are never plenty people. You will learn...
OPEN CLASSES February – March
Open classes are lessons where everybody can participate.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more "spreading" of the different jobs and there is more "sharing" with the others. Anyways, in our lessons there are never plenty people. You will...
OPEN CLASSES SCHEDULE NOVEMBER – 4° week
Open classes are lessons where everybody can participate.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more "spreading" of the different jobs and there is more "sharing" with the others. Anyways, in our lessons there are never plenty people. You will...