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You Ate 1098 Meals in 2012

January 2, 2013 by Nat & Tim 13 Comments

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If you eat 3 meals a day, that means you ate 1098 meals in 2012. How many of those meals were memorable? Certainly not 1098, how about 500? 100? Could you name a dozen? Looking through photos helped us remember some of our most memorable meals (and snacks) of 2012. You won’t find anything resembling […]

Filed Under: Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands Tagged With: Brusasco, Budapest, cologne, food, germany, hungary, italy, lucca, meals, rimini

The Best Bakery in Italy – Forno F. Casali

August 20, 2012 by Nat & Tim 13 Comments

Lucca Lucca is a lovely little-walled city about an hour and a half drive from Florence. We were lucky to have visited frequently last year when we were based only ten minutes away in Massarosa. This trip we were based in Barga for the week, with Lucca just over a half hour away, and even […]

Filed Under: #foodtourism, #worldfoodtourism, Europe, food, Italy, travel Tagged With: bakery, europe, focaccia, Forno F. Casali, italy, lucca

Lucca In Pictures

August 3, 2011 by Nat & Tim 3 Comments

Walled city of Lucca One of our favourite places to visit in Tuscany is the walled city of Lucca. Founded by the Etruscans, it became a Roman colony in 180 BC. Lucca is called the city of 100 churches. Not because there are 100 churches within its walls although there does seem to be a […]

Filed Under: #foodtourism, #VaBene, Europe, food, Italy, photography, Tuscany Tagged With: caffe di simo, europe, italy, lucca, photography, puccini

Truffle Hunting!

July 30, 2011 by Nat & Tim 3 Comments

He’s here It was 5:30 in the morning when there was a gentle knock on our door. “He’s here…” I said “and he is half an hour early!” We quickly gathered the cameras (and our wits) and slipped downstairs to where our host for the morning was waiting beside his truck. Giorgio Cortopassi He was […]

Filed Under: #foodtourism, #theextraordinaryitaliantaste, #VaBene, food, Italy, Pasta, recipe, Tourism, travel, Tuscany Tagged With: europe, italy, lucca, massarosa, truffle dog, truffle hunting, truffled pasta, truffles, tuscany

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