My Idea for this Blog

My idea for this blog comes from The Tuscan Cooking King, Pellegrino Artusi.

All those who decide to make a blog, especially about cooking, were inspired by the movie “Julie and Julia”. To tell the truth, me too…and that movie has really kidnapped me. And so I thought to the wishes of the people I meet and their passion for Italian cuisine. Many told me that they bought some cookbooks too difficult, in which you take for granted the terms of the steps that are not obvious to those who are not Italians. Others talk me about the unreliability of quantities of ingredients. Well, I think they’re right.

Plus they often have the defect of listing ingredients difficult to find.

Of course, I am nobody compared to many famous names of Italian chefs who write books, but in one thing you’re lucky: I don’t speak only to the Italians, but also to foreigners, and so I have to use English. By the way, sorry for the multitude of mistakes!!

Well, anyway, is in this language that I’ll try to communicate the secrets of traditional Italian dishes, simple and delicious.

As I told you my idea for this blog comes from a book that is the Tuscan cuisine “Bible”, it is: La Scienza in Cucina e l’Arte di mangiar bene, (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Well Eating) by Pellegrino Artusi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellegrino_Artusi).

It ‘s an “ancient” book, written at the end of 1800. It’s in Tuscan “dialect” and it is impossible for a foreigner to be able to read it … it’s hard to understand even for many Italians.

This is a fascinating book, “historic”, in which the Artusi tells not only about food, but also of his adventures in Tuscany at the time.

And so, after having thought and thought … my idea for this blog was very clear!

I decided to try in my kitchen (… like in the movie I was talking about …) some recipes from Pellegrino Artusi, rewriting for you in English or advise you, if necessary, to “adjust them” according to my taste. Beside this I’ll bring all my experiences and recipes from my fantastic job: cooking classes coach and private dinner chef in Tuscany.

The idea for the blog is also to introduce you to my personal recipes with the same secrets that my grandmother passed to me.

Well … I hope to do a good job!

See you soon … with a Tuscan recipe!

Salva