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A local sommelier's guide to ordering drinks in Italy

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A local sommelier's guide to ordering drinks in Italy

Curious about what to drink Italy? When the best time for a cappuccino is? If ordering a spritz will insult the chef? This is your guide I’ve picked up over the years of living in Florence as a sommelier and food blogger, as well as favorite spots to caffeinate, wine and dine

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Rediscovering traditions through Florence's Wine Doors

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Rediscovering traditions through Florence's Wine Doors

Curious about the Wine Windows in Florence? Read up on these charming architectural peculiarities of Florence with our sommelier-approved guide to Florence’s wine windows, aka buchette del vino. Curious to experience the best? Check out our Wine Window Food Tour of Florence!

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Must-Eat Traditional Restaurants in Bologna

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Must-Eat Traditional Restaurants in Bologna

Bologna isn’t lacking when it comes to restaurants, so if you’re looking for a little guidance, these are Curious Appetite’s picks in Bologna if you’re looking for the best traditional dishes Italy’s bastion of fresh pasta has to offer. For more eats in the city, check out our La Grassa Bologna Food Tour.

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Less Pinterest boards, more Italian meat boards We’ve been leading food tours in/around Bologna for nearly a decade and the region’s treasure chest of “affettati” cold cuts are one of the show stoppers. Naturally! Bologna&r
Visiting Florence in August? Take a seat on one of our small group culinary tours and let us take the worry out of booking, deciding, menu selections, wine pairings and staying cool with like-minded food travelers. Our full schedule resumes in Sept
Florence this July was not for the faint of heat 😅 Despite the muggy humidity and unrelenting temps since May, I managed to make the most of it. Shout-out to our food tour guests who have braved these hot streets for delicious eats! 👏 Not gonna
Curious where to get scalding hot espresso in the summer? Not me! No thanks! 🤣 Definitely miss my macchiatone but who can do hot coffee when it’s 95*+ outside? (sorry still loyal to Fahrenheit…) Carissimi Italiani come fate a prende
Curious about where to get the best gelato in Florence? If there’s one food I could eat everyday for the rest of my life and never get tired of it the answer would have to be gelato. Like the Negroni, Florence is the birthplace of the stuff (c
Notes from Milano da bere Last week I bounced from one hot Italian oven (Florence) to another sauna (Milan) for the sake of @thebestpizzawards (recap soon) and on-going research for Curious Appetite culinary tours and the blog. Although a hankering