{"id":3672,"date":"2022-07-05T20:01:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T20:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2022-07-13T14:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:10:01","slug":"food-club-july-5-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"Food Club: July 5-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0355\/0108\/0714\/files\/Under_the_Tuscan_Sun_square_2_540x.jpg?v=1657046842\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"657\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Under the Tuscan Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year will mark 51 years (yikes!) since I saw the Tuscan sun for the first time.&nbsp; I can clearly remember that first morning in the little pensione on Via 27 Aprile when I flung open the shutters to discover the most vivid colors, sparkling clean air and brightest sun I had ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuscany is a region located in central Italy but ask any Tuscan and they will tell you it is the center of the universe.&nbsp; They are exceedingly proud of their heritage and are profoundly connected to their culture, not the least of which is their culinary patrimony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our menu this week will travel through the region, highlighting specialties from its different provinces.&nbsp; We are also introducing a little known light Tuscan red wine, Sabazio, that is best enjoyed lightly chilled, to \u201ctemperature di cantina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Mayes\u2019 award-winning work, Under the Tuscan Sun, adds to the experience.&nbsp; Open it up, read any passage and you will be transported.&nbsp; Or, for a fun and lighthearted accompaniment, try watching the movie for enticing food scenes and spectacular landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iricchifoodclub.com\/blogs\/news\/week-119-menu-june-28-july-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE MENU<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Tuscan Sun This year will mark 51 years (yikes!) since I saw the Tuscan sun for the first time.&nbsp; I can clearly remember &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specials","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3673,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/3673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}