A Tuscan Table

Name: A Tuscan Table
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781846017285
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Italian vegetarian recipes for every season

By Luca Calvani

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This is not just a collection of recipes; it is a window into a life full of authentic flavours and extraordinary adventures. Luca Calvani A love letter to cooking and eating together, A Tuscan Table is a celebration of seasonality and the beauty of simple pleasures.... Read More

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A gorgeous, seasonal, vegetable-forward guide to Tuscan cooking - all photographed in the splendid Le Guisciane villa in Tuscany

Description

This is not just a collection of recipes; it is a window into a life full of authentic flavours and extraordinary adventures.

Luca Calvani

A love letter to cooking and eating together, A Tuscan Table is a celebration of seasonality and the beauty of simple pleasures. Discover a year of seasonal recipes from author Luca Calvani's boutique Tuscan villa, Le Gusciane, set in the heart of the Tuscan countryside. From pappa al pomodoro to tiramisu, the maltagliati of Nonna Dina to Nonna Ottavia's ragu reimagined; A Tuscan Table is more than just a cookbook, it is a celebration of how to live and eat together.

Chapters and recipes include:

Fundamentals: cecina, three-flavour focaccia, pesto three ways

Autumn: pumpkin gnocchi with Gorgonzola, pappa con pomodoro, baked eggs

Winter: pasta e fagioli, minestrone bread, pumpkin pie

Spring: filo pastry sticks with feta, asparagus and spinach, lasagne, Florentine risotto

Summer: summer panzanella, tiramisu, scarpaccia

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781846017285

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Mitchell Beazley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 192.0mm

Height: 252.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 240

Collections

Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Luca Calvani Non-Fiction Vegetarian Cook Books

About the Author

After graduating from high school in Prato - the city where he was born in 1974 - Luca Calvani left for New York where he worked for a textile company. In the United States, he began studying acting, attending the Actor's Studio. From there, his journey through film and television began. He made his big-screen debut in Ferzan Ozpetek's His Secret Life, before taking part in major international productions such as Tom Tykwer's The International, Woody Allen's To Rome with Love, and Guy Ritchie's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. His television credits include Sex and the City, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Inspector Manara.

Along with his passion for theater, cinema, and television, he also cultivates a passion for hospitality and gastronomy. He co-hosted Italy's Come Dine with Me and made ravioli with Alan Carr in BBC's Amanda and Alan's Italian Job. In the Tuscan hills, together with his husband Alessandro Franchini, he runs the farmhouse "Le Gusciane,", which has been featured in Conde Nast Traveller, Vogue Italia and Style Corriere. Luca personally oversees the kitchen at Le Gusciane and the recipes born around those fires are collected in A Tuscan Table, his first book.

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