A long overdue food-shop crawl in Florence, a last hurrah before the coronavirus lockdown
Back in January, during the kind of sunset stroll in Florence that always makes me sigh with admiration and fantasize about making...
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Sara Cagle
Oct 12, 20196 min read
The extreme act of eating in Sicily
There was blood everywhere. Pooled on the ground and into buckets. Crusted on fishermen's boots and in their fingernails. Swirling in...
Sara Cagle
Sep 17, 20193 min read
My favorite bready thing in Florence doesn't involve cheese, cured meat or cow stomach...
It involves grapes. Tons and tons of sweet, squishy, in-season grapes. It's called schiacciata all'uva, and it's a fruity twist on...
Sara Cagle
Sep 12, 20195 min read
Mom's visit to Florence
I realized many moons ago that my mom will always love me no matter what, that she is the most important person in my life, and that I...
Sara Cagle
Jul 25, 20194 min read
A tomato a day (at least)
You've probably been seeing a lot of red lately. Not because you've been blinded by rage or experiencing optical troubles (at least, I...
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