This is Mai - with me - on the Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence. On the back the Ponte Vecchio is visible. It was two days ago, Sunday, November 9th,...
TURNING AROUND
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SAME PASSION, SAME BEAUTY
Yes, Leigh Hutchinson is exactly the same. Hard work hasn't dampened her passion and desire to do well. This is what happens: they say opening a...
COOKING TOGETHER IS…
... de-tox. Nothing better than a good sleep, a sincere laugh, a deep smile. Cooking together brings the smile. Chris and Scott decided to take a...
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...
GLUTEN FREE OLIVE OIL CAKES
For these recipes I am using the metric system, with grams instead of cups and ounces. This method is more accurated and, if it is important to...
THEY SAY ABOUT US
This is an article that appeared on the Cibotoday website that lists us among the best cooking schools in Florence. Gigliocooking School was opened...
DEIXAR A CABEÇA
Deixe sua cabeça: cioè: leave the head, in the case of shrimp. It's not an easy thing, to leave the head. And I'm not just talking about shrimp… At...
THE HERB GARDEN
Cover photo taken from the Historiam Florence website Just below the medieval church of Santa Margherita a Montici, there is a garden that was...
WHY ASKING FOR A MENU THAT YOU WILL NEVER REPLICATE AT HOME?
The success of the Private Lessons https://old.gigliocooking.com/project/private-lessons/ at Gigliocooking is that they are really "private". You...
EMBRACE THE CUISINE
…. As cooking together is a large warm hug. Many years ago, sitting at a table in a restaurant in Firenze with my dear friend Sue Campbell, she was...
WHO COOKS HAS MANY FRIENDS
Oh yes, you might think. Who wouldn't go to dinner with someone who knows how to cook? Ivano & Debra But this is not – or at least not only –...
AN ANCIENT PLACE
This is the impression I get when I enter here. Ancient, yet familiar, welcoming, warm: a place where you feel good. We are in the Atelier Deltos,...
ASMERET AND THE FISH IN CRAZY WATER
“Pesce all’acqua pazza” - fish in crazy water - is a simple preparation, typical of Naples and the Amalfi and Sorrento coasts. It is fish boiled in...
LAS TRES SEÑORITAS…
...became four by the end of the course. Daniela, Andy and Isabel during the first week of cooking class with the family group "this is love". See:...
THIS IS LOVE!
Before Elizabeth and I were engaged, she would come to my home with her pans to cook, as what I maintained at home were rusty and not very good. We...
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...
ITALY – BRAZIL
…it's always a dream. Itália Brasil: é sempre um sonho Thanks Rose! you brought your Brazilian rhythm to GiglioCooking! Obrigado Rosa! você trouxe...
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...
MARE-CELLA
My name is Marcella. Writtenin this way, In English it would be pronounced the same way, "Marsella". The vowel E transforms this word into other...
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...
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...
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...
MOLECULAR COOKING TECHNIQUES
The young chef Oscar will be at Gigliocooking in October to teach us some techniques to embellish our dishes with "special effects". Contact us at...