A Florentine Dessert

In “The Rose of Florence”, one of the most dependable characters is Eleonora, the household cook. She has skills that I can only dream of, and her reputation as a domestic cook in Florence is second to none. Of all my characters, she is probably the one that I would

A Renaissance Palazzo

My characters, Gianetta and Matteo, live with and work for the wealthy Rosini family in Palazzo Rosini on the Via Porta Rossa, near the centre of Florence. Via Porta Rossa is a real street. It still has the same name as it did in the time of the Medici. It