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Curious Appetite is a Gourmet Blog by Coral Sisk, Italian-American writer, certified Italian sommelier & culinary tourism specialist from Seattle living in Florence, Italy

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There are plenty of ways to get exercise while in #Florence for example jogging/stairclimbing up to Piazzale is one of my preferred avenues- best from steep/quiet path Via di San Miniato al Monte, at the top of the stairs off Piazza Ferrucci. What’s your favorite jog/stroll circuit in Florence? ❤️💚🇮🇹 #theflorentine

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When in #Bologna, tortellini in brodo...the taste test for locals is something like 7 buttons fitting in a spoon but for me the real proof is in the brodo...what do you think is more important to a good bowl- the quality of the broth or the pasta itself? Love you, Bologna...💛🇮🇹#curiousappetite #lagrassa

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In #Bologna there are countless traditional pasta dishes (and only one stomach) so the hack to outsmart our lack of 4 stomachs is to request a “bis” a tasting of 2 pastas. But a “tris” 3 way carb load sounds way more fun don’t you think? Paying homage to Bologna’s #lagrassa nickname...(more in stories!)🍝🇮🇹💋#curiousappetite #lagrassatour

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The other side of street food in Florence is not all offal 😂 Love how you can walk from Sant’Ambrogio to Palazzo Vecchio and run into a handful of fresh produce stands! What’s street food like in your corner of the world? 🍐🍊🥬🥕#CuriousAppetite #eatflorence

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If you’re curious about authentic Italian food, while a troubled term- for me, a truly genuine Italian meal is on Sunday at someone’s home where fresh pasta and familiar faces are traditional protagonists. The fascinating part is realizing not all times are sunshine, pasta and wine. Rather, during darker years in Italy this one day a week (or once per month for some) was the one meal where a smidgen of decadence could be afforded. This Sunday was spent with dearest friends near Spoleto in Umbria (Italy’s 💚) over bowls of gnocchi con spezzatino, a sugo made with less costly chuck/muscolo cuts of beef (or wild boar, pork, etc) and long stewed with veg and tomato called “spezzatino”, meaning to break into pieces, as the meat does as it breaks down with slow cooking. What does genuine Italian cuisine mean to you?🍝🇮🇹 #curiousappetite #eattheworld

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Getting cheesy on Valentine’s Day with the things we love the most: gourmet food and wine at our favored spots, chatting about Tuscan cuisine with curious travelers, devouring specialty fresh pasta and in Italy- loved spending such a complicated date on a dinner crawl in Florence ❤️🇮🇹 Hope you all spent the day (and all the rest of them) with something you love, too! 🌹 #curiousappetite #foodtours

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Chianina salada (like a thicker tender salted carpaccio, a Trentino specialty but made from Tuscan heritage beef Chianina), burratina, fresh truffle and grassy Tuscan ev olive oil- eating all the things in Florence for as much as my appetite can handle it. Another solid Trattoria in Sant’Ambrogio, Cesarino. Have you been? 🥩🇮🇹🍽#CuriousAppetite #florenceeats

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Getting proper doses of vegetables, umami, finocchiona salami and catch-ups w/ @girlinflorence @eminchilli at off-track Trattoria Baldini in Via il Prato- it’s safe to say my Florence/Italy jaunt is kicking off to an epic start! If you find yourself in this part of town like these days for tourism fair @bto_buytourism (near Leopoldo station/Porta al Prato) or tire of trattorias in the center, this classic Florentine trattoria is mega worthy a bookmark (I’m coming back for the steak 🥩 and pici cacio pepe) and if you like torturing yourself watching food when hungry like me make sure you sit across from the kitchen to fawn over plates of pasta twirling out like magic 😍 #curiousappetite #florenceeats

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Visiting Florence soonish and curious about things to do (besides calorie collecting on one of our food tours)? Our latest guide cherry picks favorite eats, drinks, sights plus links to more in-depth guides (think espresso, aperitivo cocktails, best bites around museums, budget eats, etc) Guides galore via curiousappetitetravel.com/travel-tips
p.s. Watch this space over the next few weeks for more Italian travel insights- I’ll be happily back hanging in Italia and uploading lots of favorite things- mostly in Florence plus Bologna, Turin and other spots. Super stoked! Absence indeed makes the heart grow fonder...Non vedo l’ora di vederti, Italia! 😘🇮🇹#CuriousAppetite #FlorenceItaly

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Mandarin, blackberry orange and dragonfruit- sorbetti tutti frutti full of vitamins and antioxidants, I mean why wouldn’t you eat one a day?! Get your dose of wellness in Florence at classic spots like Gelateria de’ Medici (either Piazza Beccaria or Via dello Statuto). For more tips on favorite scoops around town, head to thecuriousappetite.com 🍨🍊what are your go-to fruity combos? #curiousappetite #foodblog

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