Every Italian vacation is different, whether it is a shopping spree at the fashion outlets in Milan, a farmhouse stay in the rolling countryside of Tuscany, or a tour of the ancient monuments of Rome. Why not make your Italian vacation even more rewarding by embarking on a class cooking vacation? A class cooking vacation in Italy allows you to return from an Italian vacation with new Italian cooking skills, as well as a more intimate knowledge of the Italian region where the class cooking vacation was held.
Blending Sightseeing and Cooking
A class cooking vacation in Italy can vary from one to three days, or stretch up to a week. Regardless of the length, an Italian cooking vacation is a hands-on cooking experience for participants. After the lesson, all participants of the session sit down together for a meal of their own creation. Those taking the longer cooking vacation in Italy will have time to explore the region where the class cooking vacation is held, on their own or through organized tours. Familiarity with the region’s food provides more insight to the attractions, while viewing the region’s highlights concurrently adds new dimensions to its cuisine, making an Italian cooking vacation a unique and immersive experience.
Insider Tips for Authentic Italian Cooking
It is said that the way to know a country intimately is through its cuisine. While Italy is famous for its contribution of pizza and pasta to the world, a cooking vacation here will present other typical Italian fare to participants. A class cooking vacation in Italy will also introduce the staple ingredients and food preparation methods of the Italian region where the class cooking vacation is held. After a cooking vacation, besides knowing how Italians prepare crisp salads, fresh seafood, and tender cuts of meat, you will also understand how pasta should be prepared and what consistency of dough makes a true Italian pizza.
Northern pleasures, Central bliss, and Southern delights
From the romantic northern region down to the scenic coasts of the south, you will be able to find a class cooking vacation in the Italian region you want to explore. The local women of Veneto will divulge family recipes and special ingredients through an Italian cooking vacation with Maria’s Cookery Course (http://www.mariascookerycourse.com), while participants of a class cooking vacation with Try Piedmont ((© 2007 Try Piedmont) (http://www.trypiedmont.com) get to work in a fully operational kitchen in the Try Piedmont Trattoria. The instructors at Good Tastes of Tuscany (http://www.tuscany-cooking-class.com) encourage participants of their class cooking vacation to drink wine and sing along while mastering techniques on preparing truffle and wild mushroom dishes. To Grandmother’s House We Go (http://www.tograndmothershousewego.com/
pages/sicily_current.html) brings their class cooking vacation participants to Ortigia. For more cooking in Italy vacation destinations, refer to Cooking Vacations (© 2006 Cooking Vacations International, http://www.cooking-vacations.com/index.html),
Delicious Italy (© Delicious Italy S.r.l., http://www.deliciousitaly.com/), or Beverly Gruber’s Gourmet Travel (http://gourmetravel.com/default.htm)
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