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Touring Italy: Tuscany and Beyond from Rustico Cooking

Touring Italy: Tuscany and Beyond from Rustico Cooking

Few things are guaranteed in life, but Suzi and I know of one: visit Tuscany and the experience will last for the rest of your life. It is simply the most beautiful place on earth. Intense green trees, rolling yellow fields and that Tuscan blue sky that is perfect. If...
And coming this week …

And coming this week …

It’s almost midnight and I just have time to give you a preview of a perfect meal. It’s there for you in the picture. Chicken with a creamy chipotle sauce. Those peas are lemony with onions. And in the top left you’ll see the twice-baked sweet...
Yes, We Have No Bananas

Yes, We Have No Bananas

Actually, this is not a funny post today. This is serious. Like, no more banana splits or banana bread serious. I posting a link here to a National Geographic article alerting us to a truly dire threat. Bananas in East Asia have been decimated by a fungus that, though...
Oh, My God, Where Are the Posts?

Oh, My God, Where Are the Posts?

Hi, This is Brian and I want to reassure you that I’ll be back and blogging. I’ve taken the start of July off to focus on being calm and thinking about our peonies. Suzi and I are peony freaks. We travel to peony festivals and visit formal gardens...