Up until I started checking facts for this blog, I thought ‘Florentine’ was anything with spinach in it. I guess if I had thought about it, I could’ve told you that a la Florentine was named after something in Florence, Italy! Well, the story goes that Catherine de Medici introduced the French court to spinach. It was usually eggs, fish or chicken paired with spinach and a mornay sauce. (I should note that every single article that mentioned this story also mentioned that there is no way to prove that it’s actually true.) In any case, she wanted to honor … Continue reading →