Typical Senese dishes: Reboiled soup
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 25. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
We have said many times, gastronomy holds history, culture, the lifestyle of people, so is important to know different traditions and discover how were born the delicious dishes that now is difficult to find, except if you go to a typical restaurant, prepared by expert chefs or meet someone that knows how to cook these [...]
Poetry for peace, meetings and tastings in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Events, Food & Wine on 15. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
The International Festival of Poetry Poeti in libertà comes for the second time, with the aim to spread a message of peace getting together literature, music and enogastronomical traditions in prestigious locations in Siena. The event, totally free, is organized by the cultural association Macondo and will take place on 17th,18th and 19th November with [...]
Music at Horti in Val d’Orcia
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Events, Food & Wine on 26. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
The province of Siena continues to offer relevant events for Italian and foreigner tourists, and Senese people that want do discover the surrounding territory. The next meeting will be from 27th August to 3rd September in the wonderful set of San Quirico d’Orcia with the International Festival of Music, Food and Wine Musica negli Horti. [...]
Feed the art at Orto de’ Pecci
Posted by admin in Archive, Events, Food & Wine on 06. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
A green valley in the heart of Siena hosts the Orto de’ Pecci, managed by the social cooperative La Proposta, that cares for the garden and plans events in this wonderful oasis of peace and relax. During the past this was the garden of the mental hospital, today became a place where to walk among [...]
June in Siena between wines and miracles
Posted by admin in Archive, Events, Food & Wine on 31. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
If you’re curious about things to do in Siena during June, here we have suggestions and previews. The city is always bustling and one of the places where to meet people and where culture and gourmet are combined together is the Enoteca Italiana. Here is already started the 45th Wines Week (that will continue until the [...]
Passion, quality and transparency: the Salcheto Winery
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 18. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
How to combine the excellence of products as wine with the respect for environment? This is an indissoluble tie: projects like the eco sustainable winery Salcheto, in Montepulciano. Thanks to the most modern technologies and to the alternative energies (geothermal science, biomasses, photovoltaic, green building), the Salcheto reduces to zero the carbon footprint (the CO2 [...]
The Senese excellences: the Nannini Group
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 28. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
Siena has many stories to tell, this time we have a look at one of the most famous excellences in the world, within gastronomy, the Nannini family, that since one hundred years is involved in coffee roasting and pastry making. To celebrate the centennial we prepared an exclusive interview to know better the work of [...]
Olive oil showcooking in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Events, Food & Wine on 21. Feb, 2011 | 1 Comment
One of the most precious treasures of Tuscany is extra virgin olive oil, everyone knows. In fact there are fairies, festivals and workshops about it, not only for his flavor, but also for his history, the gastronomic culture and the folk wisdom. The event of next Sunday, 27 of February, is a must: at the [...]
Blues and wine tasting at Santa Maria della Scala next weekend
Posted by admin in Archive, Events, Food & Wine on 15. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
The museum complex Santa Maria della Scala in Siena oftne guests events, meetings, workshops and live performances. Next Saturday, the 19th of February, there is a special date not only for music lovers: at Sala S.Pio will takes place the concert of Shana Morrison, beautiful blues singer that followed her’s father footsteps. Her father, in [...]
The most famous jockey in Siena now prepares cuisine menus
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 01. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
Two prestigious Senese traditions are meeting, and find a perfect synthesis in a very known person: Andrea Degortes nicknamed Aceto, the jockey who won the Palio 14 times, now manages the Millevini restaurant, inside the Enoteca Italiana. These are the origins of Aceto: Degortes, born in Sardinia and then moved to Tuscany, is called “King [...]
Wandering around Siena with first-rate chefs
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine, Itineraries on 19. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
Gastronomy is an art, as the wonderful monuments and the romantic locations of Tuscany. In Siena, among the itineraries that we suggest you, there is the tenth edition of Girogustando festival, dedicated to the Italian flavors. Confesercenti Siena is the promoter of the event, that consists of special menus, every time in a different Senese [...]
Cooking lessons in Siena, a meeting with the chef
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 07. Dec, 2010 | 2 Comments
If you want to really know Siena you have to taste the local specialties, but how to find the right suggests and even learn to cook some local dishes? We asked to a very expert chef, Stefano Azzi, who is subscribed to FNPC (Federazione Nazionale Personal Chef), received a lot of awards and he went [...]
Discover vineyards in Siena and province: the wine cellar of Pietrafitta
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine, Itineraries on 03. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Senese area, you know, is rich of small companies, not only about handicraft, that often are an excellence in Italy. In addition to monuments and historical beauties of Tuscan cities, is useful to know who creates prestigious products: among these the wine shines. There is a place that we suggest for an unusual travel, [...]
