Laziness is occasionally the mother of very tasty invention. In this case, it was a desire for something other than my usual weeknight pork chops combined with a distinct lack of desire to actually…well…cook. Ahem. The solution — stuffing the pork chops with a mix of toasted pine nuts, dried porcini mushrooms, and a handful of snowy pecorino — is both the ultimate in convenience and the ultimate in deliciousness. It’s a win-win supper situation.

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Open Kitchen Tour

Who cooks and eats here: Krista and Lorenzo Ricchi
Where: Florence, Italy
Rent or Own? Rent

Krista, an American lifestyle-travel-blogger-expat, lives with her Italian husband in a cozy yet elegant apartment in the Santa Croce neighborhood of Florence. Their kitchen is typical of European rentals; it sits flush against one wall of the living/dining room. However, there is a lot more style and functionality going on here than in most of the apartments I’ve rented in in the US!

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Actual Greeks would probably take umbrage at our title here. We’re throwing some olives and feta in our pasta and calling it Greek? Well, sort of, yes.

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