Before leaving for Italy, our family watched an episode of “Chef’s Table” on Netflix devoted to Dario Cecchini, a butcher in the small town of Panzano in the Chianti region south of Florence. So we looked up him up on the internet and, luckily, were able to book a reservation at his restaurant, attached to […]

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On our trip to Italy over Easter, I took the family to a small village outside Greve in Chianti (south of Florence) for a family cooking class. It took place in the home of Stefania Balducci. Our first sight when we walked in her door was the table set for the meal we would create with her help.

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