Tuscany by Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi
July 17, 2018 by JennyIn 1997 restaurateur, Giancarlo Caldesi met artist, Katie. He fell in love with her painting and she with his pasta. They now sit at the helm of two restaurants, Caffé Caldesi and Caldesi in Campagna, run a busy cookery school, have authored a library of cookery books and have two sons.
The cooking couple’s latest title, Tuscany:
Simple Meals and Fabulous Feasts from Italy is a welcomed
addition to my library which contains all of their cookbooks. Each
month, I would buy an older title until I had them all. I tend to
do that when I find an author(s) I love. Just a heads up, their
next title, The Long and the Short of Pasta will be
published this Fall and is a compilation of their favorite pasta
dishes from earlier titles. See our 
for a look inside this upcoming
release.
Tuscany takes readers on a culinary journey
through a Tuscan day. Breakfasts are thoughtful and planned out,
lunch often eaten at home with family, and weekend dinners a feast.
The Caldesis’ share their knowledge as if we are their students but
deliver the instructions and recipes as if we were their family.
The ultimate teachers, they leave nothing to chance – sharing with
us tips and tricks from how to make a cartoccio, a parcel
constructed of cooking paper that traps the flavors and juices of
those ingredients carefully placed within, to how to store
low-sugar preserves. Their culinary experience is generously shared
on each page of this beautifully photographed book that captures
the people, their stories and, of course, the food of
Tuscany.
There is nothing pretentious or overly complicated in the way the
couple cooks or teach. At its heart, this book is a celebration of
food whether it be toasted bread with a tasty and well executed
topping assortment to Fabrizio’s hand-rolled pasta strands. Tuscany is a glorious snapshot into the calm
and relaxed Tuscan lifestyle.
Our
presents a beautiful picture of
the content of this title and features the following 
:
- Fig & mascarpone or ricotta crostini with honey (Crostini con fichi e mascarpone o ricotta)
- Fricassee of chicken with sage & onions (Pollo in fricassea)
- Apricot & frangipane cake (Torta di albicocche e frangipane)
Special thanks to Hardie Grant for supplying the materials for our preview as well as for providing three copies of this book in our giveaway below.
The publisher is offering three copies of this book to EYB Members in the US, UK, AU and NZ. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.
Which recipe in the index would you try first?
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