Tuscan
has a very strong culinary tradition and its dishes and
products (for example the "fiorentina" -thick
broiled steak- the "pappa col pomodoro" - bread and
tomato soup - "panzanella" - bread, tomato and
cucumber salad - "canellini beans", panforte and
cantuccini - typical Senese spiced cakes- the special oil and
the Chianti wine) are famous all over the world. It is amazing
that these ancient recipes had been handed down exactly as
they were years ago and are still up to date, due to the use
of the region products.
In
the hart of all these marvels, we do not intend to compete
with the distinguished
restaurants in the region or to propose a local characteristic
inn, but we offer every day home cooking, just as we serve to
our family and to our friends; this is the why we limit our
booking to five tables per day, and require advance notice in
the morning for the dinner in the evening.
We
often read in recipes "...cook for at least two hours at
low heat..." but who has the time to do it nowadays ? We
do, and we want to take you back in time, when there was
somebody at home who prepared meals lovingly for the family,
using seasonal and genuine ingredients. As much as possible we
use vegetables from our biological kitchen garden and recipes
from Tuscan and Italian tradition, handed down by our
grandmothers. In summer we use the wood heated oven, and in
winter the wood stove, discovering once again the "poor"
flavours too often forgotten.