Coniglio alla Toscana

On Tuscan hillsides where the rustic life and the vine coincide, rabbits prosper and multiply in wooden cages raised off the ground. They are fed on the succulent grasses and bitter herbs growing on the steep slopes between the vines. Such rabbits are delicacies in spring with very tender white flesh. They are despatched and skinned on the eve of a feast day. Sunday lunch starts with enormous p