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If you have not been to this part of Italy yet, you are in for a real treat!
Imagine staying in a centuries old gorgeous villa perched on a hill in the middle of the Tuscan countryside, surrounded by vineyards! We'll stay together at Villa il Leccio which has been in my friend Maria Luisa’s family for 9 generations. This palazzo, in it’s true Tuscan splendor, has a lovely pool and sculptured garden where we can have al fresco lunches together. This will be your home for a week! Renowned for some of my favorite Italian red wines, Chianti, Montalcino and Montepulciano, and the land of the most delicious extra virgin olive oil, the Tuscan region is definitely a food and wine lover's paradise!
During our hands-on cooking classes we'll prepare dishes with the region’s extraordinarily peppery olive oil. You’ll learn to make one of my favorites, handmade ravioli filled with ricotta and mint and topped with tomatoes. We’ll also make Fall Vegetable Minestrone with Pesto, Panzanella, the famous Tuscan bread salad, Fettuccine with Wild Mushrooms and a spectacular dessert you’ll never forget,- Caramelized Chocolate Almond Budino.
Not only will we cook some fabulous meals together in our kitchen at the villa, we will also take fantastic excursions. We’ll visit artisans who make cheese, pasta and olive oil and discover other delicacies in this gorgeous region of Italy. The week we spend together is not the kind of trip you find in guidebooks or on tourist maps. Get ready for a week you will never forget! |
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- Hands-on cooking classes in the well-equipped, professional kitchen of our villa
- Cook with the amazing local ingredients like extra virgin olive oil, wild mushrooms and fantastic pecorino cheese
- Visit an amazing artisanal pasta maker
- Taste at top Chianti wine producers and eat al fresco lunches in the vineyard
- Dinner at some of my all-time favorite trattorias
- A special visit to a hand-painted pottery studio to see artists at work painting beautiful dinnerware
- A chance to meet the famous butcher, Dario, and have dinner at his sought-after butcher's table in Chianti
- All of your accommodations, food, wine, planned excursions, tastings and classes are included
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US $5000.00 per person, double occupancy*
(Single room supplement charge US $1,500.00,
Airfare not included)
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