I have eaten in great restaurants before dining at I Due Cippi including permanently memorable ones in Maxim in Paris, Gualtiere Marchesi in Milan, Bern's in Tampa, Florida, Lutece in NYC, in virtually all of the premier steakhouses of NYC and now there is a newcomer into the pantheon of remarkable meals had in a small, hilltop village in Tuscany just the other night. There is not enough to say about I Due Cippi. So let me use bullet points. The staff made us feel as we were dining as guests in their homes. The physical environment was as comfortable as dining in a familiar place though it was a first. Only 9 tables but each occupied with diners in thrall of the delicacies before them. From first recommended appetizer to last spoonful of our dolci we were lifted higher and higher in gastronomic wonderment. As an experienced trained cook, if not chef (albeit not my profession) and as father to a well respected NY chef, Let me finish with a word. Euphoria. In recent years I have visited Regions of Italy twice a year. After dinner in I Due Cippi I will repack my bags and head back. First stop, Saturnia and I Due Cippi, read more