Giulia Scarpaleggia

I am Giulia Scarpaleggia, a Tuscan-born and -bred food writer, cookbook author, recipe developer, and cooking class instructor.

I started from a deeply rooted passion for simple, traditional Tuscan food which turned into my blog, Juls’ Kitchen, in 2009. I teach Tuscan cooking classes and maintain a blog, a newsletter, and a podcast called Cooking with an Italian Accent.

I am a proud home cook: I learned to cook from my grandmother and my mother, and, as a cookbook lover, from cookbooks. I am passionate about seasonal, nourishing, uncomplicated food.

I work with my husband Tommaso Galli, who’s the head taster, photographer, video maker, and podcast producer. Juls’ Kitchen is our family project.

We live in our family house in the Tuscan countryside with our daughter Livia and our two rescue dogs, Noa and Teo.

Our work has been featured by The Simple Things, The Foodie Bugle, JamieOliver.com, The Huffington Post, Great British Chefs, Great Italian Chefs, Manfrotto Imagine and more, BBC Good Food, Corriere della Sera.

Our sixth cookbook, Cucina Povera, published by Artisan Books, will be out in April 2023.