Giulia Scarpaleggia, Author at Honest Cooking

Giulia Scarpaleggia

Giulia Scarpaleggia, Juls to friends and readers, is a Tuscany based and world oriented food blogger, writer and photographer. Her first passion was English and foreign countries: now she has deeply fallen in love with the vision that foreigners have of Tuscany. Simple and sunny, she has an insane passion for cooking.

Cenci – Italian Carnival Fried Dough

Giulia Scarpaleggia shares her family’s secret Carnival cenci recipe.

My Big Fat Italian Meat Sauce

Giulia Scarpaleggia reveals the secret to the perfect Italian meat sauce.

Schiacciata – Tuscan Easter Sweet Bread

Schiacciata is a typical Italian Easter sweet bread, popular in most of the Tuscan region.

Acquacotta, the Tuscan Stone Soup

The ancient Italian folk tale about a vagabond, a poor woman and a lovely Tuscan soup.

Cantaloupe and Cherry Popsicles

Giulia Scarpaleggia with her signature popsicle flavors of 2011, the honey flavoured cantaloupes from the farmer’s market and the ruby red cherries.

Dreamy Home Made Goat Ricotta Cheese and Roasted Fruit

Technically speaking, this is not a proper cheese, but a curd. But as you know, in dreams a little fantasy never hurts.

Orient Night Sweet Couscous Salad And Summer Rituals

Trying to find a way to realize a sweet salad, Giulia Scarpaleggia has a sudden flash of inspiration: a sweet and fruity couscous salad, with something crunchy inside and a subtle and tantalizing scent.

Florence: High Tea At The Four Seasons Hotel

Giulia Scarpaleggia stays in Royal wedding mood, and decides to find a place where she can be treated like a princess too.

Ravioli Filled With Tomato Bread Soup

A famous Tuscan dish, and the favorite of Giulia Scarpaleggia’s great-grandfather.

Apple Tart And Early Spring In Florence

Springtime in Tuscany is perhaps best enjoyed on a sidewalk café in Florence. But if you can’t make it there, you can get a bite of it with Giulia Scarpaleggia’s fantastic Apple Tart.