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L’Eccellenza
BY WORLD COOKING EXPERIENCETOSCANA · ISSUE 01

THE FIRST ISSUE

Truffle,craft andlandscape.

Tuscany, through those who shape it.

Woodland, workbenches, kitchens and tables. A reading of the places and gestures that give Tuscany its depth.

Enter the issue ↘SEVEN STORIES · THREE MOVEMENTS
Cypresses in San Quirico d’Orcia, Val d’Orcia. Territorial archive photograph.
Cypresses in San Quirico d’Orcia, Val d’Orcia. Territorial archive photograph.Carlo cattaneo fotografie · CC BY-SA 4.0
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EDITORIAL

Learning through what is made

A region can begin to reveal itself through the things that demand work. Before a truffle, there is woodland and someone who knows how to search. Before an object, there is material that offers resistance. Before wine, there is a vineyard, decisions and time. Coming closer to these gestures is one way for travel to gain depth.

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THE ISSUE, IN THREE MOVEMENTS

A place.
Ways of learning.

Palaia’s rooftops and wooded hills, seen from the rocca.
Palaia’s rooftops and wooded hills, seen from the rocca.Sailko / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 · CC BY 3.0
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MOVEMENT I

Matter and origin

Woodland and landscape: reading the work that comes before the table.

  1. 01
    Essay · 4 MIN

    Before the aroma, the woodland ↗

    Around Palaia, truffles bring together land, knowledge and patience. The reading begins with the work that precedes the plate.

  2. 02
    Visual essay · 2 MIN

    Landscape is also made ↗

    Stone, cultivation and terrain carry traces of work. Six images for reading a Tuscany shaped by difference.

Workbenches in Scuola del Cuoio’s historic corridor.
Workbenches in Scuola del Cuoio’s historic corridor.Scuola del Cuoio
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MOVEMENT II

Craft and transformation

A city and a kitchen: approaching a place through the gestures of those who shape it.

  1. 03
    Essay · 4 MIN

    A city made by hand ↗

    Between workbenches, vessels and botteghe, Florence can be read through the work that gives material its form.

  2. 04
    Essay · 4 MIN

    What the hands can teach ↗

    In Castello di Oliveto’s published repertoire, preparing and sharing a meal belong to the same encounter. Cooking offers a way to connect produce, place and learning.

The ageing cellar at Castiglion del Bosco winery.
The ageing cellar at Castiglion del Bosco winery.Castiglion del Bosco Winery
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MOVEMENT III

Table and continuity

Lucca, Montalcino and Siena: city, wine and hospitality as ways of continuing.

  1. 05
    Essay · 4 MIN

    Lucca, between memory and invention ↗

    A historic city can welcome cooking in motion. Between the walls and Giglio, the reading follows ways of remaining and receiving.

  2. 06
    Essay · 4 MIN

    Time within the landscape ↗

    In Montalcino, wine connects cultivation, ageing and hospitality. Castiglion del Bosco offers a viewpoint on the differences held within a territory.

  3. 07
    Essay · 3 MIN

    The city continues at the table ↗

    In Siena, stone, belonging and hospitality bring different forms of memory together. A final table can awaken a wish to return.

THE RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES

Some questions
deserve another table.

Cartas da Mesa brings selected stories, people and places into a correspondence followed by choice.

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Editorial essays developed from WCE’s 2026 Tuscan material and identified documentary sources. Photographs retain their archive origins and credits in the captions.

The issue and its sources ↗