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I have to admit I am a late adapter to Instagram, for years rolling my eyes about the concept of snapping photos with a cell phone - and therefore not realizing how exciting a community I would "meet" until finally joining last year.
After a year of connecting virtually with a like minded group of people from around the globe, this dinner was an exciting first ~ organized by the amazing Katja Meier, who I had met last year via Instagram when we realized we both had a connection to a tiny agriturismo in Maremma: Il Baciarino, the host of this memorable dinner ...
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the menu.
~ "tartare di frank" { tartare di palamita tonno }
~ carpaccio di triglie e rugarelli
~ polpo condito
~ ombrina spadellata con tomatine
~ fritelle di mare
~ torta rustica di mele
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Our gracious host Andrea { Cucina di Andrea } is not only a very talented chef, he also offers cooking classes and private dinners, all prepared in his fantastic open air kitchen and served under the olive tree on the endless view terrace.
{ Update: see part two of the Toscana gemellaggio here }