A unique observatory on tastes

tastefrancesco_guazzelliTaste no. 5 is coming to Florence. Taste is an amusing and absorbing experience for members of the gastronomic and catering trade as well as the general public.
Taste is held in the huge venue of Stazione Leopolda, a walking distance from the city centre.
Taste describes and presents the roots of Italian food and wine culture, its extraordinary diversity and ability to become an international heritage.
 
Beato Angelico at Pontassieve

La Città degli Uffizi (The City of the Uffizi) is an exhibition project with the aim to return to the provincial territory works of art, currently on display at the Uffizi Gallery, that have strong ties with places and cities outside the city of Florence. Such is the case of Beato Angelico at Pontassieve, an exhibition inaugurated on 28th February in the Sala delle Colonne exhibition space at the Pontassieve town hall.
De Chirico returns to Florence
de_chiricoThe new exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence is dedicated to an Italian artistic movement of the 20th century that had a major and decisive impact, perhaps the last to do so, on the international art scene.
De Chirico, Max Ernst, Magritte, Balthus – uno sguardo nell’invisibile (A Look Into the Invisible) is the title of the exhibition,
 
Foreste Casentinesi National Park

FalteronaFrom the naturalistic point of view, the Foreste Casentinesi National Park stands out as one of the most important forested areas of Europe. The heart of the park is the State Casentino Forest, which includes the Sasso Fratino Nature Reserve.
 
A dialogue with Richter’s work
liz_kertelgeThe new exhibition at the Contemporary Art Exhibition Center Strozzina is an ideal follow up of the previous Manipulating Reality which explored the relationship between reality and representation in the medium of photography.  Gerhard Richter and the disappearance of the image in contemporary art
 
Farinata di cavolo nero (black cabbage and maize soup)
cavolo neroThis dish comes from the uplands and uses yellow or maize flour that was seldom used down in the valley unless for making 'gnocchi', prepared with a meat sauce. This recipe can only be prepared in winter, when fresh Tuscan kale (black cabbage) appears.
 

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colazione.jpgNot just coffee

Caffè macchiato, caffè lungo, caffè ristretto, caffè corretto… all the possible variations on coffee and where to find them