What: Boccaccesca, food&wine festival. Where: Certaldo Alto. When: October. The festival, held in the streets of the medieval town of Giovanni Boccaccio, offers a tempting array of local food!
What: Chianti Classico Expo. Where: Piazza Matteotti When: September (usually 4 days in September). A great opportunity to learn more about Chianti Classico Wine, in the region that bears its name.
What: Taste. Where: Florence. When: March. Taste is the Italian fair dedicated to good eating and good living attended by the top figures in the international gastronomic and catering trade.
What: Chesnuts Festival Where: Marradi When: October (weekends). The Festival of chestnut is a great opportunity to taste local delicacies such as ravioli, jams, marrons glacés and much more.
What: Pici Festival. Where: Celle sul Rigo, Siena. When: Last Sunday of May. A great opportunity to taste a famous specialty of Siena: Pici pasta with tomato or meat sauce.
What: Crastatone festival. Where: Piancastagnaio, Siena. When: November 1st(and the nearest weekend). Food stands serve foods made from chestnuts,like “Castagnaccio”,“Crastate”,“Brodolose”,“Monne” etc
What: Polenta fair. Where: Vernio, Prato. When: every year on the 1st Sunday following Ash Wednesday (since the 16th century!). During the "Pulendina" you can taste polenta accompanied with cod.
What: Extra virgin olive oil feast. Where: Montemurlo, Prato. When: last Sunday of November or first Sunday of December. A big feast to celebrate the new olive oil harvest.
What: Chestnut festival "La castagna racconta". Where: Licciana Nardi, Massa Carrara. When: October (two weekends). Dance, music and several dishes made with chestnuts.
What: KM 0 menu competition. Where: Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park. When: from October to November. A huge competition between restaurants that offers dishes made with the best local products.
What: There are 3 food festivals in October to celebrate the best local food: zuppa (soup), tordi (thrush), castagne (chestnuts) and polenta. Where: Sassetta, Livorno. When: October.
What: Suvereto Festival. Where: Suvereto, Livorno. When: usually the first ten days of December. You'll enjoy artistic and folkloristic events together with legendary dishes made with wild boar.
What: Palio dello Stufato. Where: San Giovanni Valdarno, Arezzo. When: on February 21. San Giovanni Valdarno celebrates his special stew: “Stufato alla Sangiovannese”.
What: Cherry Festival. Where: Lari, Pisa. When: 1st week of June. This festival is one of Tuscany's oldest. You'll taste all of the traditional culinary specialities made with cherries.
What: White Truffle Festival. Where: San Miniato, Pisa. When: 3 weekends in November. Chefs animate an open-air taste laboratory in which traditional products meet visitors from all over Italy.
What: Biscotto salato festival. Where: Roccalbegna, Grosseto. When: August 15. The local people celebrate Ferragosto with this tasty bagle made with water, oil, flour, salt, yeast, and anise seeds.
What: Tortello Festival Where: Poggioferro, Grosseto. When: the second weekend of May. Every year in Poggioferro concurrently with the feast of the Holy Cross is held the Tortello maremmano festival.
What: Desco. Where: Lucca. When: November-December. A rich programme of events, tastings, recipes, culinary traditions, art and meetings to explore the foods and traditions of Lucca.
What: Neccio Festival. Where: San Quirico, Pescia (Pistoia). When: one w.e in March. “Necci” are made with chestnut flour, usually eaten with fresh cheeses and cooked on stoves fueled by wood fire.
Truffle lover's paradise! Try the "tagliolini alle briciole e tartufo" and visit the truffle museum. In March (one weekend) don't miss the Marzuolo truffle market-fair: http://bit.ly/1iuuTWP
