Tuscan Cooking

Tuscan cooking is famous the world over - simple tasty, home cooked dishes. The key to great Tuscan food is fresh local produce, juicy tomatoes ripened under the Mediterranean sun, freshly picked basil, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, black truffles and pecorino cheese, the list of mouthwatering ingredients is endless, not to mention the delicious ice cream (there is even Chianti flavour!).

Italian cuisine uses top quality, fresh, local produce combined with passion to produce flavoursome dishes, which excite the tastebuds and nourish the soul.

On our Tuscan Food page we'd like to provide you with useful information on Tuscan food. Tuscan receipies, suppliers of Tuscan ingredients, cookery lessons and courses.

If you live in the UK, a great place to find the best quality, genuine, Italian ingredients is an independent, specialist, family run, food and wine shop based in Edinburgh, Scotland called VALVONA & CROLLA , It was started over 100 years ago by Benedetto Valvona and has grown from its humble market stall roots to being one of Europe's top food & wine shops. They bake their own bread, cakes and biscuits and stock an extensive range of cheeses, cookery books, coffee, dessert wines, kitchenware, pasta, rice, salami, sausages, oils, vinegars and wine - lots of wine! Their vegetables even arrive fresh every day from Milan market.

For those of you lucky enough to live in Scotland, VALVONA & CROLLA has a tasting/demonstration room, where they host various Events and Master Classes featuring top name chefs such as Nick Nairn and The River cafè team and wine experts including Roberto Antinori.

For those of you not able to visit the shop in Edinburgh, the VALVONA & CROLLA web site offers a wide range of top quality wine and food products and food related products.

Have a look, you're sure to find something to whet your appetite and quench your thrist.