Posts Tagged ‘NYC’

Tutto Toscana 2023: Gala Dinner Menu

The Tutto Toscana Gala Dinner stands out as a celebration of Tuscan cuisine that captures the essence of this remarkable region. This year’s theme, “Aroma of Tuscany,” has students taking center stage in the development and execution of this extraordinary culinary extravaganza. Creating the Menu The menus for the Tutto Toscana Gala Dinner are meticulously […]


TuttoToscana 2023: The student team

Here’s the team of students involved in the program for the 2023 edition of TuttoToscana: Lauren Tippen Emily Decking Sofia Gigliotti Bryan Berkowitz Megan Sullivan Fabiana Chavez Samantha Farr  Breanna Williams Asherdee Diamond 


TuttoToscana 2023

The TuttoToscana team is getting ready to host a week full of events between the 25th and the 29th of September. We’ve asked Simone DeCastro, the Apicius faculty member who is leading the program, to share some insights into this year’s organization. How does it feel to be back organizing TuttoToscana? Organizing Tutto Toscana is […]


Art and Places: From Renaissance Florence to the Contemporary Metropolis

Professor Lucia Giardino By Quinn Bauld, Alana Betancourt, and Bianca Carangelo Photo by Lisa Proteau Students of the Art and Places: from Renaissance Florence to Contemporary Metropolis class had their first encounter with Florentine artist Andrea Mancini to preview his artwork for the upcoming TuttoToscana event in NYC. Art and places are connected in countless ways. Art can […]


4th Annual Alumni Dinner at the James Beard Foundation

By Kerry Callender FUA Alumni Dinner Closes Off TuttoToscana 2017. Traveling from as far away as California, to as close by as downtown Manhattan, FUA alumni reunited with old classmates to share memories, network and celebrate all things Tuscan! The rainy weather did little to dampen the high spirits of former students from various academic […]


TuttoToscana 2017 – James Beard Foundation Gala Dinner

By Kerry Callender The capstone event of the TuttoToscana event week was a success! The big day had finally arrived and the event was sold out! Months of painstaking planning, weeks of trials and tastings, and long days of intense preparation had culminated in the most anticipated event of the TuttoToscana cycle – the gala […]


The TuttoToscana Team Dines at JBF

By Kerry Callender The TuttoToscana brigade shed their chef coats to dine as JBF guests. In a delicious twist on our experiential learning activities, the TuttoToscana team dined as guests at the James Beard House over the course of two evenings. In preparation for our upcoming events at the House, we observed the dining room […]


FRAGMENTS OF TUSCANY: TUTTOTOSCANA’S INAUGURAL ART EXHIBITION

By Kerry Callender New York City guests journey through Tuscany via art, food and wine. The 2017 TuttoToscana event week got off to a great start with an art aperitivo featuring the work of artist Lorenzo Brini. It is the first time in the program’s 13-year history that an art event has been included in […]


Visit with TuttoToscana’s Wine Sponsors Vias Imports Ltd.

By Yedi Scargall The TuttoToscana wine service team meets Vias Imports Ltd, the wine importer and distributor that will be providing the wine for the week of events in NYC. As the TuttoToscana wine service team, we had the remarkable opportunity to visit the New York City headquarters of Vias Imports Ltd. We were thrilled to meet […]


From the Markets to the Kitchen: TuttoToscana Brigade Begins Production

                  By Yedi Scargall & Kerry Callender As the production begins to create gastronomic masterpieces reflecting Fragments of Tuscany, we continue to introduce the members of the 2017 TuttoToscana brigade. After scouring Greenmarkets and specialty food halls on Sunday and Monday, the TuttoToscana kitchen brigade traveled to […]


From Farm to Table: Discovering New York City’s Green Markets

                By Kerry Callender and Yedi Scargall Our 2017 TuttoToscana brigade members explore New York City’s Farmers Markets for the freshest produce the city has to offer. The first task for the 2017 TuttoToscana brigade after orientation at the James Beard Foundation was to begin sourcing ingredients for […]


Tutto Toscana: Fragments of Tuscany

By Marie Glaser and Veronica Faria Students of the Art and Places: from Renaissance Florence to Contemporary Metropolis class had a final pre-NYC encounter with artist Lorenzo Brini to preview his artwork for the upcoming TuttoToscana aperitivo in NYC. Everything is set for TuttoToscana’s Fragments of Tuscany including Lorenzo Brini’s artwork. Brini is the solo artist being […]


James Beard Foundation Trial Dinners at Ganzo

By Kerry Callender (coordinator), Samantha Lindmeier, Keya Mesthos, Ethan Zuk, and Allyson Frame The TuttoToscana team offered a sneak peek of the food that will be served at the two JBF events in New York City. Last week, the entire TuttoToscana team in Florence collaborated to execute two trial dinners for the upcoming events at the […]


The Wines of TuttoToscana 2017 – Part II

By Yedi Scargall Following up on our last blog post here is part II of the wines that will be showcased in the week-long TuttoToscana event in NYC. The final moments in Florence are being concluded before jetting off to NYC for a week of TuttoToscana events and presenting a magnificent selection of wine pairings featuring […]


The Wines of TuttoToscana 2017 – Part I

By Kerry Callender The week-long TuttoToscana event in NYC will showcase wines from five different producers that were all introduced in our last blog post. In this post we look at each individual wine and what it will be paired with. Building on this year’s theme – Fragments of Tuscany – dishes on the various event […]


Tuscan Wines for TuttoToscana Event in NYC

By the TuttoToscana Team Introducing the selection of Tuscan wine producers which will be served at the TuttoToscana week-long event in NYC. Vias Imports Ltd. will be providing Tuscan wines for the event. For the first time, TuttoToscana has collaborated with the New York wine distributor Vias Imports Ltd. for the 2017 Fragments of Tuscany […]


Interview with Artist Lorenzo Brini

By Hannah Atkinson, Edoardo Curi, Marie Glaser, Haylee Hickey, Katherine McCarthy, Veronica Pimentel Faria Photos by Hailey Hickey In preparation for the TuttoToscana week in NYC, which includes for the first time an art event, FUA students of the course of Art and Places: from Renaissance Florence to Contemporary Metropolis, met with artist Lorenzo Brini. He will […]