The only thing better than Under the Tuscan Sun is Under the Tuscan Umbrella
May 5th 2007 It's Saturday and has been pouring rain here in Siena most of the day -- complete with thunder and lightening. Our Guide, Carrrrrlito, picked us up at our hotel this morning and drove us to Fagliori B&B in the Tuscan countryside where we had a cooking lesson by chef Guilietta. We learned how to make homemade pasta, pesto sauce, a fresh vegetable dish, pork loin, and a yummy apple dessert in her k
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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more 
