Answers to Comments
As I am still fairly useless at managing my blog and publishing comments etc I will reply as a post.
To Pat, yes you can buy dvd’s of our series “Return to Tuscany” by telephoning our office on 0044 (0) 207 487 0756 or emailing lacucina@caldesi.com. Glad you enjoyed the series.
To Silverbrow
Managing three restaurants and a school in London and the school in Tuscany is not so easy but a really good team behind us makes it possible. We seem to have built a core group of staff who have been with us for around seven years who we regard as family, they are Vito, John, Stefano, Gregorio and more recently Daniela, Jo, Francesco and Marco. Without this gang we would not be able to run one business let alone four.
Luckily the Tuscan school is only for a few weeks every Summer and as much as we worry about leaving our restaurants and school in London, we come back refreshed and re-inspired by the local cooking. This year we came back with yet more Tuscan recipes and some really unusual ones from our stay in Liguria. Four of our core group of staff came with us and are also now armed with further recipes and inspiration.
We also enjoy the differences between the restaurants, two urban - one country. Two formal - one informal. One modern Italian - one Tuscan and one using antique as well as new Italian recipes. This allows me to indulge my passion in discovering further recipes and of course eating them!