Tuscany's Best Kept Secret

mountains, a bad ass female poet, & a chestnut food coma

a bountiful plate of tagliatelle con funghi porcini at the beautiful Villa Patrizia hotel

It’s not every day you get lost in the mountains. Professedly, I am more of a mare than a montagne gal. But, a special trip last October made me re-think that for a sec.

While tourists scurry south of Firenze to the hills of Chiantishire, locals opt to head north to …