Eat in Campo di Marte (campo-di-marte), Florence

Trattoria da Burde ★ 4.4

Trattoria da Burde in Florence's western edge has been the Gori family's working-quarter osteria since 1901, with the Friday-night dinner the only evening service and a daily lunch carte for locals.

Signature: Ribollita, Bistecca alla fiorentina, Trippa alla fiorentina

Order: The Friday-night bistecca tasting if you can book; otherwise ribollita and trippa alla fiorentina at lunch.

Tip: Lunch Mon-Sat; dinner Friday only. Book three weeks ahead for Friday; bus 35 from Santa Maria Novella.

Trattoria da Burde ★ 4.4

Trattoria da Burde in Florence's western edge has been the Gori family's working-quarter osteria since 1901, with the Friday-night dinner the only evening service and a daily lunch carte.

Signature: Ribollita, Bistecca alla fiorentina, Trippa alla fiorentina

Order: The Friday-night bistecca tasting; otherwise ribollita and trippa alla fiorentina at lunch.

Tip: Lunch Mon-Sat; dinner Friday only. Book three weeks ahead for Friday; bus 35 from Santa Maria Novella.

Mercato delle Cascine ★ 4.2

Mercato delle Cascine in Florence's Parco delle Cascine is the city's largest weekly outdoor market, every Tuesday morning, with 250 stalls of produce, clothing, cheese and the contadini olive-oil sellers.

Order: New olive oil in November, Pecorino Toscano DOP from the contadini, schiacciata from the Forno Cascine stall.

Tip: Tuesday only, 07:00 to 14:00. Bring cash and a tote; the produce stalls are at the eastern end.

Pitti Taste ★ 4.4

Pitti Taste in Florence is the Pitti Immagine fine-food trade fair held at Stazione Leopolda every March, with 380 small producers, tastings, and a public-open weekend by ticket.

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino food programme ★ 4.1

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence is the city's main opera festival, every April to June since 1933, with a Tuscan-small-producer aperitivo programme on the Teatro del Maggio terrace before performances.

Apicius International School of Hospitality ★ 4.3

Apicius in Florence is the city's professional culinary-arts school (FUA), with one-day visitor classes alongside the BA programme, focused on Tuscan technique, butchery and Italian fine dining.

Trattoria da Burde ★ 4.4

Why locals love it: Bus 35 to a 1901 trattoria the working quarter still treats as its own; Friday-night bistecca dinner is the seating locals book three weeks ahead.

Tip: Lunch Mon-Sat; dinner Friday only. Book three weeks ahead for Friday.