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    A long overdue food-shop crawl in Florence, a last hurrah before the coronavirus lockdown
    Sara Cagle
    • Mar 13, 2020
    • 6 min

    A long overdue food-shop crawl in Florence, a last hurrah before the coronavirus lockdown

    Back in January, during the kind of sunset stroll in Florence that always makes me sigh with admiration and fantasize about making...
    February is a good time to be a dessert lover in Florence
    Sara Cagle
    • Feb 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    February is a good time to be a dessert lover in Florence

    In the fall, when Florence's supermarkets and pastry shops were full of schiacciata con l'uva — the city's famous flatbread studded with...
    My arms hurt! Pasta, squid, and yet another surge of respect for restaurant cooks
    Sara Cagle
    • Jan 15, 2020
    • 5 min

    My arms hurt! Pasta, squid, and yet another surge of respect for restaurant cooks

    It seems that all of my cooking tasks this week were designed to work my muscles — not just my culinary mind and physical posture, but my...
    My favorite bready thing in Florence doesn't involve cheese, cured meat or cow stomach...
    Sara Cagle
    • Sep 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    My favorite bready thing in Florence doesn't involve cheese, cured meat or cow stomach...

    It involves grapes. Tons and tons of sweet, squishy, in-season grapes. It's called schiacciata all'uva, and it's a fruity twist on...
    Mom's visit to Florence
    Sara Cagle
    • Sep 12, 2019
    • 5 min

    Mom's visit to Florence

    I realized many moons ago that my mom will always love me no matter what, that she is the most important person in my life, and that I...
    A tomato a day (at least)
    Sara Cagle
    • Jul 25, 2019
    • 4 min

    A tomato a day (at least)

    You've probably been seeing a lot of red lately. Not because you've been blinded by rage or experiencing optical troubles (at least, I...
    Finding little pockets of peace in crowded Florence
    Sara Cagle
    • Jul 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    Finding little pockets of peace in crowded Florence

    Florence has been smelly. And hot. And crowded. And covered in graffiti and full of loud people and aggressive pigeons. I noticed this my...
    Who I've met during my first week in Florence, from a dancing butcher to a singing chef
    Sara Cagle
    • Jul 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Who I've met during my first week in Florence, from a dancing butcher to a singing chef

    It's been a difficult week, full of many solo pasta dinners (not the worst thing), long walks alone (also not awful) and conversations...
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