Divina Cucina

Your Best Friend in Italy

Sharing My Tuscany

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What I love about teaching is the surprise element. Since we shop together to plan the recipes for our one day classes- it is always a surprise to me what we will cook. Often it is a clients dream to make fresh pasta or gnocchi or perhaps learning to recreate something they ate  and loved.

the shopping

I give them a copy of my cookbook, Secrets of My Tuscan Kitchen, so we have a great base to start with to create our menu.

Then shopping at the local butchers helps dictate our main course and Erica my assistant brings us what is fresh from her mom, Francesa’s, garden.  We sort of do a Tuscan “Iron Chef “daily.

 The recipe- Eggplant ” Bruschette”

For my weeklong programs- it is more or less the same. Constantly changing is what keeps it all fresh to me too. When I meet my students, we talk and I learn if they have been here before and what to take them to go see. Mostly I love sharing my friends at the local markets, artists and artisans.

Here are some foto’s from this month’s sessions.

Just like being here!

Enjoy your summer-


Shop local markets- Eat seasonally

Comments

  1. Foodness Gracious says

    Sounds like a great time!! My next vacation will hopefully be in Italy at a nice rented villa in the hills, with just a small village for some supplies and great food. I’d also love to takein a cooking class, where better than Italy?
    Thanks for sharing…

  4. Abbey says

    Just to let you know how very much I enjoy receiving your posts in my email! I LOVE Tuscany and your presentation is lovely. I especially love the photographs. I like a cookbook with lots of photos which gives me an idea of how the dish should look ….

    Keep on sharing and God bless you and your wonderful niche!

    Abbey ♥