Food in Tuscany

Italian food with a focus on the Tuscan table. A taste from our travels though cafes, restaurants, vineyards, and weekly fresh markets in Italy's Tuscany region. Photos taken in: Montepulciano, Pienza, Montefollonico, Torrita di Siena, Manciano (Maremma),Pitigliano, Cortona, and Orvieto. Read more about best eating experiences in Tuscany.

Audrey Learns About Porcini Mushrooms - Montepulciano, Tuscany
Audrey gets up close and personal with some porcini mushrooms at the Montepulciano weekly market in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Colorful Fall Veggies - Cortona, Italy
Taken at the weekly market (Saturday) in Cortona, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Pici with Wild Boar Bolognese Sauce - Pienza, Italy
Imagine your standard bolognese sauce replaced with ground wild boar (cinghale). Delicious. Eaten at Del Falco's restaurant just outside Pienza's old town. Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Ricotta Filled Ciaffagnone - Manciano
Ciaffagnone is a Manciano specialty that is like a crepe, but without butter. At La Filanda restaurant in Manciano, it is served filled with fresh ricotta. Looks delicious! Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Tuscan Picnic - Montepulciano, Italy
Picking up pecorino (sheep cheese), proscuitto, rucola, salami and tomatoes at the weekly market in Montepulciano in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Rounds of Aged Pecorino Cheese - Montepulciano, Tuscany
The weekly market in Montepulciano featured rounds of aged Pecorino, a sheep cheese specialty of this area of Tuscany in Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Montepulciano Wine Grapes - Tuscany, Italy
A bunch of grapes waiting to get picked in Montepulciano, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Preparing Proscuitto - Montepulciano, Tuscany
A vendor cuts off a bit of the fat to prepare the Tuscan proscuitto for slicing at the weekly market in Montepulciano in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Delicately Slicing Proscuitto by Hand - Cortona, Italy
A vendor carefully cuts super-thin slices of proscuitto ham at the weekly market (Saturday) in Cortona, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Tossing Pasta in a Pecorino Wheel - Montefollonico, Tuscany
A great dinner of tagliattelle tossed in a round of pecorino cheese. Very decadent. Taken in Montefellonico in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Cuore di Bue Tomatoes - Torrita di Siena, Tuscany
Some unusual Italian tomatoes at the weekly market (Friday) in Torrita di Siena. Despite the assurances of the vendor, they were actually not as sweet as they looked. Taken in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Simple Lunch in Cortona, Italy
An inexpensive, but delicious, lunch of pici with a tomato pancetta sauce and ravioli with truffle sauce at Trattoria Dardano in Cortona, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Ravioli in Truffle Sauce - Cortona, Italy
A lovely lunch of ricotta-filled ravioli topped with a truffle and olive oil sauce. Eaten at Trattoria Dardano in Cortona, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Young Olives - Torrita di Siena, Tuscany
A bunch of ripening olives on a tree below the Tuscan hill town of Torrita di Siena in Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Pici all'aglione - Pitigliano, Italy
A lovely meal of pici all'aglione at La Pappal Pomodoro in Pitigliano in Maremma, Tuscany. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Mushroom Season in Tuscany
Taken at the weekly market (Thursday) in Montepulciano, Tuscany (Italy). Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Enjoying Some Montepulciano Wine - Montefollonico, Tuscany
Audrey enjoys a Montepulciano di Rosso wine at a restaurant in Montefollonico in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Tagliatelle with Pecorino Cheese - Montefollonico, Italy
A plate full of home made tagliattelle in a creamy sauce and topped off with pecorino cheese and white pepper. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Pici Panna Salsiccia - Near Montefellonico, Tuscany
A great lunch at a roadside restaurant of pici (homemade local pasta) with a creamy sausage sauce. Rich and tasty...Taken on the way from Montefellonico to Pienza in Tuscany. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Mixing Up the Tomato Soup - La Filanda Restaurant in Manciano, Italy
Barbara Paolo, one of the owners of La Filanda Restaurant, mixes up a tomato soup with cut strips of ciaffagnone, a local crepe-like dish. Delicious. Taken in Manciano, a hill town in the Maremma region of Tuscany. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Aubergine as Art - Montepulciano, Tuscany
A beautiful shade of purple in an aubergine (eggplant) at the weekly market in Montepulciano, Tuscany. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Lining Up at the Market - Montepulciano, Tuscany
Smoked meats, cheeses and much more on offer at a stall at the weekly market in Montepulciano in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Tortelli di Zucca - Pitigliano, Italy
A delicious meal of huge, homemade ravioli-like pasta stuffed with pumpkin in a cream sauce with porcini cheese on top. Eaten at La Pappal Pomodoro in Pitigliano, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
Porcini Season in Tuscany
Taken at the weekly market in Montepulciano in Tuscany, Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com
A Selection of Hams - La Filanda Restaurant in Manciano, Italy
A plate of proscuitto and regular ham (crudo) served at English apertivo night (Monday) at La Filanda restaurant in Manciano - Maremma area of Tuscany in Italy. Read more about our 10th Anniversary trip to Tuscany © UncorneredMarket.com