THE FACTS ABOUT DA DELFINA

Italy

Gray says: 'Da Delfina is a 20-minute drive from Florence in a little village next to a huge Medici hunting lodge. It's a modern, red-brick building with vast windows and a large terrace looking out onto the surrounding olive groves - a perfect place for children to play. From the restaurant tables inside you can see ladies in white hats working away in the stainless-steel kitchen. The first time we went we had pasta with a really stunning stinging-nettle sauce; they also make salads from the wild flowers that grow around the restaurant in June and July, and artichokes marinated in olive oil, wine and herbs.' CONTACT Via della Chiesa 1, Artimino (00 39 055 871 8074). About 110 euros for two including wine