Return to Tuscany: Recipes from a Tuscan Cookery School

Return to Tuscany: Recipes from a Tuscan Cookery School by Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi is a warm, travel-rich Italian cookbook that captures the lessons, flavors, and traditions of a Tuscan cooking course. Published by BBC Books in 2006 as a companion to the BBC TV series, the book follows the Caldesis as they return to Tuscany to reconnect with Giancarlo’s culinary roots and share the region’s timeless kitchen wisdom. With 80 regional recipes and chapters shaped like cookery lessons, it guides home cooks through pasta-making, antipasti, open-fire cooking, focaccia, and classic Tuscan dishes such as Tomato Bruschetta, Ribollita, Plum Crostata, and Chicken with Cinnamon and Lemon. Rustic, instructive, and deeply rooted in place, Return to Tuscany is a strong pick for readers interested in Italian cooking, Tuscan foodways, and recipes that feel like a culinary trip through the Italian countryside.