Trip to the market...

As I said before I am taking a History and Culture of Food class. Yesterday we took a little field trip to the central market in Florence. This market has absolutely everything you could possibly need for your cooking pleasures. Spices, meats, various cheeses, freshly made pasta and plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. People reading from home (Florida) it was like a Red Barn flea market but all with food. I will definitely be making a trip back to do some shopping so I can cook with some fresh foods.

I have been doing quite a bit of cooking since eating out every night is not really ideal. A couple of nights ago I experimented with some chicken, zucchini and a tomato basil sauce. I salt and peppered the chicken then sauteed it in some butter to have a grilled chicken breast. Then I sauteed the zucchini and then added the tomato sauce with it to simmer it a little longer. The sauce was then put over a penne pasta. Along with that I cut some Italian bread and it was delicious. A big thing here to do with bread is to dip it in olive oil and red vinegar. Bellissimo.

A lot of you may know that I really enjoy cooking and I love trying to make new things and learning how to make new things.

A few of my goals while I am here:

-Learn to make fresh pasta

-Be able to make my own fresh sauces for pasta

-Learn how to make a pizza

-try something different every time I go out to eat

-Learn to make a delicious Italian dessert

Below are some pictures from the central market......Enjoy

Freshly made pasta
Fresh vegetables
Fresh breads

and yes, they sell this so you can cook it and eat it!

Ciao!

Chelsea Lynn