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Tuscany Vegan Vegetarian

Tuscan Legume Cooking: Cicerchie, Ceci and Bean Recipes from the Cucina Povera Tradition

Tuscany, Vegan, Vegetarian

Tuscan cooking is built on legumes in a way that few other regional cuisines in Italy are. Before refrigeration and affordable meat, ceci (chickpeas), cicerchie (grass peas), cannellini, and borlotti beans provided the bulk of protein across the region, particularly in the inland areas away from the coast. This is cucina povera at its most […]

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Fresh purple artichokes with green leaves piled up, ready for cooking or display at a market.
Bologna Gluten free Vegetarian

Vegetarian in Bologna and Italy: What to Expect and Where to Eat

Bologna, Gluten free, Vegetarian

The BBC once published an article entitled “Where vegetarianism is an exotic illness” about eating without meat in Bologna. Written by a long-term vegetarian living in the city, it painted the Bolognese as short-sighted meat lovers with no interest in accommodating anyone who doesn’t eat prosciutto. The picture was exaggerated then and it’s more so

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