The reputation and quality of the “Fagiolo di Sorana” are historically confirmed by famous people who were seduced by it. Edmondo de Amicis who in his “Chronicles from the Orient” swears that he found them displayed at the market of Constantinopolis; Gioacchino Rossini who, canon Nucci wrote, crossing the waters in Montecatini - to correct some music scores for his colleague Naldi from Pescia, expected to be remunerated with Fagiolo di Sorana; Giuseppe Verdi, also regular attender of the close thermal town, extolled its praises repeated times; Giuseppe Giusti every year had the precious legumes sent to him, with the precise recommendation to make sure that they were “the legitimate ones”. In more recent times, princess Margaret enjoyed them ecstatically at the restaurant San Quintino in London, cooked by chef Guglielmo Parlanti from Pescia and Amalia Rogriguez wanted to visit the places of origin of the beans that were loved so much by King Leopold of Portugal. But how can we forget Indro Montanelli, who sang extravagant praises in the columns of the periodical Corriere della Sera and for all his life kept a privileged relation with this product and its territory.