way things taste. it may seem a long way from michelangelo to the greatest t-bone steak you've ever eaten, but the medici had a hand in that too. secret. fabio picchi may look like he's fallen out of a renaissance painting, but he's actually a renowned chef, a born and bred florentine, and a master of meat. back in the 1500s most people wouldn't even get close to cuts of meat this good. tuscany's famous chianina cattle needed lots of land, that was hugely expensive to run. of course, the medici didn't need to worry about that.