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Where to get cow gut sushi in Florence for Vice Munchies

June 25, 2015 / Florence, Florence, Updates / 0 comment

Hello, readers! I’ve been really busy this summer well with tours, battling mosquitoes, traveling (I owe this blog a post on Venice) and other amazing things like living life!

I’ve also been getting things done while no one is looking such as starting to write for Vice’s food channel Munchies! In short, I’m pretty stoked to write for them. Mario Batali recently shared his favorite foodie blogs and instagram accounts and listed Munchies as a regular food account he follows.

As the name of my blog denotes, I have a curious appetite. I am not shy to try anything (I picked up and moved to Italy ferchrissake!) and am curious about everything authentic, including the bizarre. In Florence, there is a restaurant I really love for its strange offerings of Tuscan fare twisted with all things offal (ahem, animal innards). Read up on my article for Vice Munchies to learn about this offal eatery in the center of Florence and where you can get cow gut sushi in the former red light district: http://munchies.vice.com/articles/the-offal-osteria-is-putting-the-guts-back-into-florences-former-red-light-district

In your offal trust,

The Curious Appetite

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Where to eat in Florence during "la pausa"

May 19, 2015 / Florence, Italy, Oltrarno, Quick Food Guides, Travel Tips, Where to Eat in Florence / 1 Comment

Italy, I love you. But we gotta talk about this pausa thing.

After years of coming to terms with culture clashes and accepting that things are simply done differently in Italy, I still from time to time cannot get over how inconvenient the Italian pausa is. La pausa is the break. The break that is a total pain in the back for travelers and locals alike. Italy, I love you for everything- the good and the bad. You are what I consider the closest thing to a husband- I take you for what you are. I can only hope you can forgive the following post as seemingly insensitive criticism to your cultural quirks. Continue Reading →

Perseus: Time travel and Steak in Florence

March 23, 2015 / Florence, Florence, General Eating Out, Italy, Trattorias in Florence, Travel Tips, Tuscany / 0 comment

People ask a lot: Where can I get a good steak, stellar red meat and the famous “Bistecca Fiorentina” in Florence? Well, there are a few good places. But one that always comes to mind is…Perseus.

This place is a trip in itself. It feels like I went back to the 80’s even though I only knew what that was like in the womb or running around tormenting my older sister as a scary, awkward burger obsessed toddler. Did I just date myself? Yes, I did. A young foreign woman in Italy talking about food, at that. Continue Reading →

Where to eat in Florence in these 5 quarters

September 8, 2014 / Florence, Florence, Italy / 10 Comments

I’ve come to appreciate how teeny tiny Florence is whenever I leave, where I could walk from one end of the city (Santa Croce) to the other (Oltrarno, Santo Spirito) in about 20 minutes. However as tiny as Florence is, about 5 areas/neighborhoods come immediately to mind when looking for consistently good food in Florence. Continue Reading →

Trattoria Mario in San Lorenzo, Florence (Italy)

July 7, 2014 / Florence, General Eating Out, Hole-in-the-wall, Trattorias in Florence, Where to Eat in Florence / 0 comment

As much as I enjoy a fancy cave aged, herb crusted goats milk and a oily, aromatic glass of Sauvignon Blanc from the Dolomites, at the end of the day I simply adore a good rustic Tuscan greasy spoon hole-in-the-wall with house wine that could pass just as easily as oily gasoline…

This is what I ACTUALLY adore most about Florence. It’s the family run, health department renegades, the hole-in-the-wall where you sit elbow to elbow with strangers at your table, the Tuscan peasant food oasis that has absolutely ZERO pretension…Italian food is this to me.

Fancy name brand chef restaurant serving shot glasses of heirloom tomato coulis and vanilla pod risotto with some equally pretentious mystery “foam” that lacks not only soul but the ability to make you break a sweat when you’ve eaten a little too well. Put it away. I don’t want it. Unless a gorgeous albeit stereotypical Mediterranean man is insisting on taking me there (happens ALL the time! ugh- lay off, Fabios!), I will snub it just like it snubs me with the requirement to be anything less than a hot mess in my normal WFH pj attire for entry. Continue Reading →