Today we had our first cooking class. It was held at a private villa here in Tuscany. The villa is over 500 years old! It was so beautiful. Our chef taught (hands on class) us to make a stuffed boneless chicken with Italian bologna, ground chestnuts, milk soaked bread and parmesan cheese. Gnuddi Gnocci with [...]
Wow! We were all still pretty full from our lunch, so we did our dinner family style. 3 different appetizers – Aged Parmesan-Reggiano with walnuts and area honey, Caprese (fresh sheeps mozarella, basil, tomatoes with 1 year old olive oil), fried polenta with carmelized porcini mushrooms. Salad – with aged parmesan, balsamic and olive oil. [...]
Here we are in Castellina Chianti. Our hotel is incredible! It is so old. The buildings here are steps up, down and all around! Check out the website: www.palazzosquarcialupi.com We are heading to dinner tonight at a wonderful restaurant. I will blog about it later tonight! Ciao!
Ohhhhhh!!! I was just writing my blog, almost done and the internet here kicked me off! Ok, Day 2 of Florence – Karen and I headed out to the Uffizi Museum. It was filled with the most incredible art! Michaelangelo, DaVinci, Botticelli! Right there in front of me! WOW! After the museum we went to [...]
Ok, we are here! I can’t believe it! We arrived yesterday, 2:30 a.m. US time. It was 9:30 a.m. Florence time when we got to our hotel. We quickly changed, and hit the streets running. (Absolutely no sleep for Jet and little nap for Karen.) First off, I have to tell you about the drivers. [...]
