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Taste Nr 5 – 10 – 13 march 2010 @ stazione leopolda

Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 11:39 AM | posted by admin

A UNIQUE OBSERVATORY ON TASTES: TASTE N.5
FROM 13 TO 15 MARCH 2010 AT THE STAZIONE LEOPOLDA IN FLORENCE
3 DAYS OF SAMPLING, DISCOVERING, BUYING, EVENTS AND LIFESTYLES
DEDICATED TO TASTE.
AND THE FUORIDITASTE EVENTS WILL LIGHT UP THE CITY OF FLORENCE

From 13 to 15 March 2010, at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, Pitti Immagine presents the fifth edition of Taste. In viaggio con le diversità del gusto, the fair dedicated to excellence in Italian food – featuring more than 190 specialist and niche companies – as well as the biological diversities of foods in the global age.

Taste is an amusing and absorbing experience for members of the gastronomic and catering trade as well as the general public who can discover the myriad ways in which we express and experiment with taste today:

Taste Tour _ the itinerary that gives visitors a chance to sample the products proposed by the companies exhibiting at Taste, where it is possible to learn more about the gastronomic treasures of our country: from cream of black truffle soup to Parmesan cheese chocolates, from Prunilli tomato “passata” to alfalfa honey, from handmade dry egg pasta drawn through bronze dies to medieval oven-baked Prosciutto, matured buffalo milk cheese, balsamic vinegar preserve and Taggiasche olive jam… » Read more…

” Cantucci from Prato “

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 4:09 PM | posted by admin

In Tuscany, cantucci di Prato—miniature, anise-flavored almond biscotti—are traditionally served at the end of a meal with a glass of Tuscan dessert wine, vin santo, for dipping. “But, being English, Trudie and Sting often eat them with tea,” Sponzo says. Il Palagio’s vin santo (which is Italian for “holy wine”) is made with Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes from the estate’s own organic vineyards, which are dried in rafters before their sweet juice is pressed and fermented.

Serves: 3 dozen (depends on how you thick or thin you cut them!)Cantucci and vin santo

INGREDIENTS

  • 500 g bread flour
  • 300 g sugar
  • 250 g almonds, unpeeled
  • 50 g pine nuts
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • grated peel of one lemon
  • a baking or cookie sheet, parchment paper
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