Hiking, cooking, and wine tasting
in Tuscany
Expand your culinary skills! The inspiration of Tuscany's
cuisine is obvious to even the casual visitor. The people,
landscape, abundant sun, and rich agriculture form a marriage of
harmony that inspires you to drop everything and spend the rest
of your life here.
A leisurely week of savoring the
flavors, combined with daily hikes through Tuscany's vineyards,
villages, and orchards, put living in Italy within reach of
everybody's fantasies. You'll learn to combine nature's bounty,
art, and Italian culture with the glories of the table - the
very essence of Tuscany!
An ancient restored Tuscan
farmhouse surrounded by olive trees, cypresses, swimming pool,
and herb gardens, is the setting for a cooking experience fit
for a Renaissance lord. During the trip, you'll be introduced to
a variety of traditional Tuscan dishes, including pastas,
sauces, vegetable dishes, breads, and desserts - all with an
emphasis on using fresh local ingredients (you will take home
all the recipes!). In addition to visiting a local market in
Greve, a local olive oil producer, and Chianti vintner, you'll
have plenty of time to relax, walk, and take it all in. The
itinerary includes the highlights of the quintessential Tuscan
towns of San Gimignano, Siena, Radda in Chianti, and Greve.
Trip leader Silvia Giacon
(whose knowledge of all things Italian is amazing) will guide
our daily rambles, while our cooking adventures will be inspired
under the contagious enthusiasm of Olivia Greco, a
gifted chef who has lived and worked in Rome, Florence, Mexico,
the US, and London. She has lived in Tuscany for the last 15
years. Since gaining a level of international notoriety with the
London-based "Books for Cooks in Tuscany," Olivia offers cooking
courses throughout Europe and the States. |
