Cooking class in Tuscanyemail from my friend Dee:

My friends and I had a fab time in Tuscany. The weather was a bit rainy though so we decided to splash out and take a cooking class with a local lady at her farm house. Giulietta was so nice and welcoming and let us get stuck in. We made 4 courses: Zucchini risotto, ricotta and asparagas ravioli, chicken with sweet peppers for main and then apple cake. yuuummmyyyy...
Look at Dee getting right in there with the pasta machine, she better make dinner for us soon before she forgets her Tuscan techniques!

http://www.fagiolari.it/

Tuscan return

Back from Florence where the food, art and culture mix to give you an intoxicating experience. If they could remove half of the loud and annoying tourists, it would be even better.

Pics and tales of food adventures to follow, there was a lot of wine and olive oil consumed with various delicious dishes. Back into London Town today, a day later than expected as flights were cancelled due to a light dusting of snow at Gatwick airport – the Canadians can laugh at this as I recall landing in TO one year during a massive blizzard thinking the plane would skate down the runway into the 401.

Unfortunately the cancellation wasn’t all that bad; it meant a night at luxurious Hotel Lungarno with a room overlooking the Arno and another gourmet meal. Isn’t life tough?