Tag: Tuscany

Tuscany Restaurants: Arnolfo

Arnolfo

For sure the right restaurant for a charming tuscan dinner.

Guests are treated to unforgettable gastronomic delights in this historic restaurant, deep in the heart of the hills of Chianti.
Here, the taste for creativity and the desire to safeguard tradition are masterly portrayed in offerings of mediterranean brilliance – all prepared here, using the finest ingredients.

Via XX Settembre, 50/52
53034 Colle Val d’Elsa (Siena)
Ph. +39 0577 920549

Tuscany – test –

This is a true picture regarding a famous village of Riviera Ligure… can yuo tell me which one? For the solution, see yah tomorrow… 🙂

This is Portovenere…

Festa della Madonna Bianca, ignition of torches placed along the picturesque promontory of San Pietro, Portovenere ( La Spezia – Liguria – Italy )

Tuscany – Viareggio –

For a charming dinner in one of many restaurants on the Viareggio’s Passeggiata. To don’t miss!

It is known as a seaside resort as well as being the home of the famous carnival of Viareggio (dating back to 1873), and its papier-mâché floats, which (since 1925), parade along the promenade known as “Passeggiata a mare”, in the weeks preceding Easter.

Main sights:

  • Villa Orlandi
  • Villa Borbone (between Viareggio and Torre del Lago Puccini).
  • Villa Puccini, Museum.
  • Monument to the Resistance and to Peace, (largo Risorgimento). The monument is made of columns taken from the old City Hall, destroyed by the aerial bombardments of World War II, and two walls running perpendicular to each other. On one of these a mosaic from Folon can be found together with a quote from Quasimodo: “E come potevamo noi cantare con i piedi stranieri sopra il cuore?”/”And how could we sing with foreign feet trampling onto our hearts?”, 1998, Bruno Belluomini.

Tuscany – Colonnata and his lardo –

Hi my friends,

Today I invite you to discover more about this little corner of Tuscany: Colonnata and the Lardo di Colonnata. This is a Protected Geographical Indication of the typical village on the Apuan Alps (Tuscany), in the province of Massa Carrara. The Lardo di Colonnata is produced by fat pig seasoned in the hollows of Carrara marble.

In these areas the marble is used to store food. From the marble fact derive the hollows in which they are stowed in layers alternate surface of pig lard and salt with the aromas: pepper, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, sage, rosemary. The basins, rubbed with garlic, temperatures and humidity, so the finished product has unique characteristics. The bathtub is full deck, and then checked periodically reopened around 6-10 months later to maturing completed.

The lardo di Colonnata it looks wet, white light pink and presents a uniform and soft texture. It has a delicate flavor and crisp, almost sweet, savoury when coming from the area of the buttocks, enriched with the herbs and spices used in processing and the fragrant scent.

His ideal is to use natural, cut into thin slices. In the past was considered a simple condiment or companatico “poor” for workers in quarries. Over time has been re-evaluated today and you can taste as flat-alone or in unusual combinations, such as with the shellfish.

Why don’t visit this autentic part of Tuscany and discover more about the deep story of this products? Just a suggestion!