About Antonietta
I middelalderbyen San Casciano dei Bagni på den italienske landsbygda bor det en kokk som heter Antonietta.
In the medieval town of San Casciano dei Bagni in the Italian countryside, there lives a cook named Antonietta.
She learned to cook from her mother, who in turn learned it from her mother.
All her life, she has carried firewood to the hearth, gone to the local butcher to select the best cut of meat, made fresh pasta from eggs and flour, picked vegetables from the garden, ground tomatoes for sauce, and tenderized the wild boar that her husband, Giovanni, shoots every autumn.
Day after day, week after week, she has quietly preserved the Tuscan culinary tradition in her own way.
By cooking for her family and for the guests visiting the scattered villas on the hillsides.
Year after year, she has delighted young and old with her genuine, simple, and honest food.
No articles have been written about her.
No awards have been given and no stars awarded.
Those who stand by the hearth and work quietly do not always receive the greatest attention.
Everything we serve here comes from her (and her ancestors') kitchen.
