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As you may recall, last November we went for a short visit in Prato, in the northern part of Tuscany. We wanted to meet the lovely people at Antonio Mattei, to see how the real cantucci are still made today....

There are many traditional recipes on a "must eat in Tuscany" list, and the famous Ribollita is one of them. Quite simply, the word "ribollita" means boiled twice. It was a peasant recipe, to use the vegetables one had in...