No matter how much of a world citizen you think you are, living many years under an alien sky will leave a mark on your soul. Yours truly, for example, has spent almost a third of his life far from his homeland. One of the things I missed the most were the little treats of my childhood, those sugar-filled bits of heaven that your parents would buy you when you went to the fair. With time I realised that most of these junk foods were not very popular outside of Tuscany and are almost impossible to find. The thing that I dreamed the most was the anisette smell that fills your nostrils every time I went to the fairground when I was little. Every Tuscan will immediately recognise it as the smell of freshly baked "brigidini", the diminutive treat that has become a staple of every town and village fair in our region. Despite its popularity, not many people know that this treat was born out of an accident and is named after a holy woman born far away from this land. That's why this week What's Up Tuscany will bring you to the town that was changed forever by the success of the brigidino, Lamporecchio. If you listen to the full episode you will also know more about the remarkable life of the saint from Sweden that gave to this treat its very weird name. We haven't been talking a lot about the food and specialties of our homeland. If you're interested and want us to devote more episodes to this, drop us a line. We're all ears!
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LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigidino_di_Lamporecchio
http://www.vivipistoia.it/mangiare/brigidini-di-lamporecchio/
https://www.toscanainside.com/it/aneddoti-e-curiosita/post/la-storia-dei-brigidini-di-lamporecchio/
https://tuttatoscana.net/storia-e-microstoria-2/i-brigidini-i-dolci-delle-fiere/
http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/28400

BACKGROUND MUSIC
Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental)
Wayne John Bradley - Pick You Up (Instrumental)
Profound Beats - Lo-fi
Incompetech - Leopard Print Elevator
Pipe Choir - The Opening Closing
Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental
All released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-bom-bom-breakthrough-creative-commons-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/pick-you-up-slow-poprock-style-instrumental-creative-commons
https://soundcloud.com/profoundbeats/profound-beats-lo-fi-free-download
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500077
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/p-c-iii-the-opening-closinginstrumentalcreative-commons
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons
http://www.pipechoir.com/