The Lardo of Colonnata Marble is the reason that the tiny village of Colonnata exists, but the Lardo has made the town famous. This poor man’s food that was once served on bread rubbed with a tomato and onion, now commands top prices and draws visitors to this remote mountain Read more…
The bread of Altopascio and the collective marque of “Pane di Altopascio”. Altopascio has a particular historical and artistic importance linked to the welcoming of pilgrims who even today pass through. In fact at that point of the Via Francigena (a pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome), particulary awkward because Read more…
In Camaiore the “Demetra” show of strawberry, flowers, and products of our land. Capezzano Pianore (Mon), 21-23 May 2010 43 ° “Show strawberry, flowers and products of our land” Treasure Island: Demetra: the history, myth and work of agriculture in Versilia area. It came back the trhee days dedicated to Read more…
Formenton Otto File Somewhere it’s called “the King2s corn” afer the fact that King Vittorio Emanuele II, appreciated a lot this kind of cereal and encorauged the production in Piedmont. In Tuscany, or better in the Lucca district, it’s called “formenton”. In the smallest sectors of history and culture the Read more…
Tuscan products: chestnut flour of the Garfagnana The cultivation of chestnuts in Garfagnana area, has its origins far in the past and has spread across the whole area. Chestnut flour is made from the harvested fruits. This is the sweet flour which comes from stone milling of the previuously dried Read more…