Nicola Cooks Tuscan

Nicola Cooks Tuscan

by | Feb 4, 2014 | Italy, Main Dishes, Personalities, Recipe

My friend Nicola is a cook, gardener, artist, historian and proud  Lucchese – a person born in Lucca. Angela, of La Mimosa, introduced us while gathered around her rustic wooden kitchen table, a fire blazing in the open-hearth to warm us during a fall rainstorm. She...
Cucina Italia

Cucina Italia

by | Oct 25, 2013 | Italy, Main Dishes, Recipe

This morning Angela is cooking rabbit – coniglio- for lunch. I hear Bob Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’ s Door” before I even enter and find Angela and her friend Nicola at the large wooden kitchen table, each with a glass of homemade wine...