The 35 Best Restaurants in Florence, Italy | Eater

"Cucina is the work of two architects turned cooks (Simonetta Fiamminghi and Giuseppe Bartolini) who teamed up with two bookshop owners (Maddalena Fossombroni and Pietro Torrigiani) to serve vibrant, seasonal takes on traditional dishes sprinkled with global flavors. The menu impresses with fresh seafood from Sardinia and the Tuscan coast, baked Tuscan cabbage spiced with cumin and glazed with chestnut honey, lasagna with duck and apricots, paprika-sprinkled butcher sausages with sweet and sour peppered figs piled on sourdough slices, almondy cheesecake with bitter Sicilian orange, and a concise list of natural wines. Vibe check: The cozy dining space, with a Scandinavian sense of design, is tucked away in a tree-lined residential enclave far from the chaos of the city center." - Coral Sisk