FLORENCE, A SIMPOSIO COOKBOOK

Sin. Genius. Appetite.

This is not a cookbook you simply follow.

Florence is a city of contradictions — discipline and excess, devotion and rebellion, beauty and obsession.

In its kitchens, nothing is neutral.
Flavors are bold, imperfect, and deliberate — shaped by a world where art, power, and desire were inseparable.

Each recipe belongs to a voice.
Each story reveals a fracture — the kind that creates brilliance.

Inside this volume:

• Narrative introductions inspired by Renaissance Florence
  
• Traditional Florentine recipes rooted in history
  
• Stories of artists, nobles, and controversial figures
  
• A journey through ambition, excess, and creativity
  
• Photography that captures shadow, texture, and depth

A taste of what you’ll discover

• Pappa al pomodoro and the poetry of simplicity
• Ossobuco alla Fiorentina, rich and unapologetic
  
• Schiacciata Fiorentina, both humble and celebratory
  
• Rustic dishes shaped by necessity and invention
  
• The relationship between appetite, power, and identity
  
• The tension between restraint and indulgence
  
• The humanity behind Florence’s greatest figures

A BANQUET OF SINNERS

Lust.
Gluttony.
Ambition.
Defiance.

Not as condemnation — but as force.

Here, the lives of artists and visionaries are not softened.
They are presented as they were: flawed, brilliant, unforgettable.

And each dish reflects that same tension — between control and excess.