Friday, March 7, Luca Calvani will be with us!

The actor, director, and creative mind—well-known from television—will present his latest book, Cavoli & merende (EDT), alongside journalist Eva Edili.

The Book

A farmhouse in Tuscany, rolling hills, a vegetable garden, beehives, and open fields—this is the setting where actor Luca Calvani settled years ago. Having made his debut in 2000 with Le Fate Ignoranti by Ferzan Ozpetek, he later became a familiar TV face, co-hosting Cortesie per gli ospiti alongside Csaba dalla Zorza. His farmhouse, Le Gusciane, is a place of hospitality and culinary passion, where he personally prepares meals for his guests.

From these experiences comes his first book: sixty dishes inspired by—and sourced from—the nature surrounding Le Gusciane. Each season is represented with fifteen recipes, featuring ingredients that follow the rhythms of nature and the landscape’s transformations. The book offers simple yet elegant preparations, accompanied by insights on ingredients (as Calvani is also a farmer and beekeeper), home styling, and tips for maintaining a garden and vegetable patch.

About the Author

Luca Calvani made his film debut in 2000 in Le Fate Ignoranti by Ferzan Ozpetek and later appeared in Sex and the City, alternating between roles in independent productions and soap operas such as As the World Turns. In 2006, he won L’Isola dei Famosi. In 2020 and 2021, he worked as a correspondent for Ogni mattina on Tv8, and in 2023, he became a judge on Cortesie per gli ospiti on Real Time. In recent years, he has turned his passion for cooking into a profession—he is the chef at Le Gusciane, his farmhouse and B&B in Tuscany.