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...In 1545, Grand Duke Cosimo de Medici bought ground for a garden of medicinal herbs from Dominicans whose San Marco convent still stands nearby....
...All of the vegetables and salads and herbs used were either grown by Kristin, a formally trained chef, or sourced locally....
...nicholas.lander@ft.com ——————————————- Spring Somerset House Lancaster Place, London, WC2R 1LA, 020 3011 0115; springrestaurant.co.uk Photograph: Amber Rowlands...
...Canned soup and tinned tomatoes vanished from the larder, to be replaced by a burgeoning array of herbs and spices, oils, coconut sugars and baking goods....
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