Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Food Experiences
Meals of a Lifetime
Enoteca Pinchiorri, Florence
(
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)
Tuscany's only Michelin three-star address, stratospheric and
smug in a 16th-century Florentine
palazzo
(palace).
Peperino, San Miniato
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) Dinner for two at the world's smallest, and possibly most romantic, res-
taurant.
Barbialla Nuova, Montaione
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) Hunt white truffles in musky woods, then head to a village trattor-
ia to eat it shaved over steak
.
Il Pellicano, Monte Argentario
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) Sensational seafood dishes and glorious sea views.
Il Leccio, Sant'Angelo in Colle
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) Simple but spectacular cuisine sourced from the garden, washed
down with extraordinary Brunellos.
Cheap Treats
Pecorino
Ewe's-milk cheese perfect in fresh, crunchy
pane
(bread).
Porchetta rolls
Warm sliced pork (roasted whole with fennel, garlic and pepper) in a crispy roll.
Torta di ceci
Savoury chickpea pancake.
Castagnaccio
Hybrid cake-crêpe, sweet and made from chestnut flour.
Gelato
The best Tuscan ice cream uses seasonal, natural ingredients: figs, chestnuts, pine nuts, honey, saf-
fron, wild strawberries…
Dare to Try
Bistecca alla fiorentina
Blue and bloody is the only way to eat Florence's iconic T-bone steak; Trattoria
Mario (
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) is the address.
Lampredotto
Cow's fourth stomach, chopped, simmered and cooked up at every Florentine
trippaio
(cart or
mobile stand;
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).
Trippa alla fiorentina
Tripe in tomato sauce, once eaten, never forgotten at Da Nerbone (
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) in
Florence's Mercato Centrale.
Lardo di colonnata
Carrara's luscious pig lard, aged in marble vats, keeps cardiologists in the black (
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here
).
Biroldo
Local version of haggis, included in tastings at Osteria Vecchia Mulino (
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) in Castelnuovo
di Garfagnana.
