{"id":3380,"date":"2010-11-01T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T13:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2014-04-19T17:57:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T15:57:37","slug":"tuscan-grilled-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuscan grilled cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to publish for prosperity this on-the-fly post about one of my husband and I&#8217;s favourite &#8220;<strong>fast foods<\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; mainly to irk my foodie friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscanycious.com\" target=\"_blank\">Oriana<\/a> who rightly hates any abuse of the adjective &#8220;Tuscan&#8221; applied to something that clearly <strong>isn&#8217;t<\/strong>. This &#8220;<strong>Tuscan grilled cheese<\/strong>&#8221; is a perfect marriage of Tuscan delicacies and Canadian comfort foods.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg?resize=576%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cipolle di certaldo (sweet red onions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/day-trips\/certaldo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Certaldo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>4 slices Tuscan bread<\/li>\n<li>4 slices cacio or pecorino di Pienza<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp oil, dash\u00a0 balsamic vinegar, salt, sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1) In a saucepan, heat oil, add chopped onions, saut\u00e9e on medium heat. Add sugar and balsamic vinegar to caramelize.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032623.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3376\" title=\"certaldo-onions-cooking.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032623.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032623.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032623.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) Prepare 2 thin slices of Tuscan bread, salt lightly. Lay slices of cheese on one side. Add cooked onions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032702.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3377\" title=\"grilledcheese2.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032702.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032702.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032702.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) In a pre-heated &#8220;panino squisher device&#8221; as pictured, toast until brown. If you don&#8217;t have said cheap Italian appliance, you can grill it or fry it in a pan, but you&#8217;ll need butter on the outside of the bread, while this recipe is also dietetic ;-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032718.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3378\" title=\"grilled-cheese3.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032718.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032718.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032718.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4) serve with abundant Heinz ketchup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voil\u00e0, it&#8217;s Sunday or holiday food when you are all out of fresh bread and other ingredients!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(<em>photo disclaimer<\/em>: taken with iphone &#8211; written on wordpress mobile)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to publish for prosperity this on-the-fly post about one of my husband and I&#8217;s favourite &#8220;fast foods&#8221; &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[818],"tags":[53],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tuscan grilled cheese - ArtTrav<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tuscan grilled cheese - ArtTrav\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I decided to publish for prosperity this on-the-fly post about one of my husband and I&#8217;s favourite &#8220;fast foods&#8221; &#8211; [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ArtTrav\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https\/\/facebook.com\/arttravcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https\/\/facebook.com\/arttravcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-11-01T13:29:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-04-19T15:57:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexandra Korey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@arttrav\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@arttrav\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alexandra Korey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alexandra Korey\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c018af7844e33e94807101ca6432b808\"},\"headline\":\"Tuscan grilled cheese\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-01T13:29:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-04-19T15:57:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c018af7844e33e94807101ca6432b808\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"food\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Expat Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/\",\"name\":\"Tuscan grilled cheese - ArtTrav\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-01T13:29:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-04-19T15:57:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1\",\"width\":\"640\",\"height\":\"480\",\"caption\":\"\\\"Tuscany\\\" grilled cheese with onions\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tuscan grilled cheese\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/\",\"name\":\"ArtTrav\",\"description\":\"Art, Travel &amp; Life in Italy &amp; Europe\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c018af7844e33e94807101ca6432b808\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c018af7844e33e94807101ca6432b808\",\"name\":\"Alexandra Korey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31d64fac4166920dcb58e294124f1d8f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31d64fac4166920dcb58e294124f1d8f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alexandra Korey\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Alexandra Korey aka @arttrav on social media, is a Florence-based writer and digital consultant. Her blog, ArtTrav has been online since 2004.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https\/\/facebook.com\/arttravcom\",\"https\/\/instagram.com\/arttrav\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/arttrav\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/author\/arttrav123\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tuscan grilled cheese - ArtTrav","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tuscan grilled cheese - ArtTrav","og_description":"I decided to publish for prosperity this on-the-fly post about one of my husband and I&#8217;s favourite &#8220;fast foods&#8221; &#8211; [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/","og_site_name":"ArtTrav","article_publisher":"https\/\/facebook.com\/arttravcom","article_author":"https\/\/facebook.com\/arttravcom","article_published_time":"2010-11-01T13:29:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-04-19T15:57:37+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg"}],"author":"Alexandra Korey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@arttrav","twitter_site":"@arttrav","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alexandra Korey","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/"},"author":{"name":"Alexandra Korey","@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c018af7844e33e94807101ca6432b808"},"headline":"Tuscan grilled cheese","datePublished":"2010-11-01T13:29:09+00:00","dateModified":"2014-04-19T15:57:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/"},"wordCount":201,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c018af7844e33e94807101ca6432b808"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg","keywords":["food"],"articleSection":["Expat Life"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/","url":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/","name":"Tuscan grilled cheese - ArtTrav","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg","datePublished":"2010-11-01T13:29:09+00:00","dateModified":"2014-04-19T15:57:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101101-032853.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","width":"640","height":"480","caption":"\"Tuscany\" grilled cheese with onions"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/expat-life\/tuscan-grilled-cheese\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tuscan grilled cheese"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/","name":"ArtTrav","description":"Art, Travel &amp; Life in Italy &amp; Europe","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c018af7844e33e94807101ca6432b808"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c018af7844e33e94807101ca6432b808","name":"Alexandra Korey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31d64fac4166920dcb58e294124f1d8f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31d64fac4166920dcb58e294124f1d8f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alexandra Korey"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Alexandra Korey aka @arttrav on social media, is a Florence-based writer and digital consultant. Her blog, ArtTrav has been online since 2004.","sameAs":["https\/\/facebook.com\/arttravcom","https\/\/instagram.com\/arttrav","https:\/\/x.com\/arttrav"],"url":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/author\/arttrav123\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piKzL-Sw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}