Cooking class in Tuscany

Low Country Boil

Low country boil is the ultimate backyard feast. You throw shrimp, sausage, corn, and potatoes into a giant pot with Old Bay and lemon, then dump the whole thing onto a newspaper-covered table for everyone to dig in. It’s messy, communal, and exactly something that …

Tuscan Style Gluten Free Cantucci

No wheat. No butter. Rice flour and tapioca flour for the base, raw honey and Zibibbo wine to bind and sweeten the dough, dried figs and apricots in place of the traditional almonds. This is cantucci built from Tuscan pantry ingredients that happen to be …

Reduced Sugar Apple Butter

My grandmother made apple butter every fall with a full cup of sugar for every pound of apples. This version uses Splenda instead and four pounds of apples cooked slowly in apple cider until falling apart, then pressed through a food mill, mixed with cinnamon, …