Here are the recipes many of my friends and family have been waiting for! They come from the collection which I learned to make in my class entitled Food, Culture, and Society in Italy that I was enrolled in at Florence University of the Arts this summer. Every recipe includes the notes that I took and is already written with the modifications we made, and thus the only ones which I can wholeheartedly recommend. Each recipe reflects the cooking of a different region of Italy or showcases a special product such as wine or olive oil.
In my experience working with a chef who has spent all her life in Florence, I learned that an Italian will always tell you to add more salt or more extra virgin olive oil. Apart from these ingredients, Italian cooking is not big on excess. Despite the impression we get of Italian food in America, each recipe only showcases one or two flavors rather than combining many at once. A nice Italian dinner will have at least five courses and they use each as an individual opportunity to display a different flavor and cooking technique. Enjoy!
In my experience working with a chef who has spent all her life in Florence, I learned that an Italian will always tell you to add more salt or more extra virgin olive oil. Apart from these ingredients, Italian cooking is not big on excess. Despite the impression we get of Italian food in America, each recipe only showcases one or two flavors rather than combining many at once. A nice Italian dinner will have at least five courses and they use each as an individual opportunity to display a different flavor and cooking technique. Enjoy!