Yes Italy is famous for its history. Yes Italy is a famous tourist destination and Italians are very famous for their lifestyle too. But is that all you know of Italy? No, of course you must have heard of the famous Italian cuisine and must have tasted the mouth watering Spaghetti Bolognese or Panini with rich tomatoes and basil. Italian cuisine is famous globally and is very easy to cook too. Every country you visit you will come across an Gary’s Italian Restaurant and Italian fashion.
The villas surrounding the mountains of Tuscany and the outskirts of Rome offer some great holidays where you can taste the famous wines and Italian food. One can learn to cook Italian dishes while you are here. Makes a great place for holiday. Today more and more people prefer to spend their holidays in Italy and neighboring regions and more often you see the young crowd who are interested in cooking making a beeline to these places. The air tickets getting cheaper by the day has helped increase the traffic to this region and made it affordable for people.
You will find that most of the cottages and villas where you are likely to stay are all situated close to the airport and doesn’t take long to reach. You can make a request and they often do send a car to meet you at the airport. Holidays are made to suit different budgets and can be short ones lasting a few days to longer ones lasting a few weeks. Cooking sessions are a part of such holidays too.
Depending upon your availability of time and budget you can choose between a short holiday of a week or longer holiday comprising of a few weeks. Cooking sessions are included in both.
Once you have done your booking, you can look forward to spending days under the guidance of Italian chefs at the villa and learning to cook Italian dishes the Italian way. End of the day you can enjoy your dinner with the dishes you have cooked and sample your own cooking with wine thrown in of course.
While you are learning to cook authentic Italian food and dishes, use the opportunity to have fun and exercise too. Explore the surrounding areas and indulge in water sports and other activities and enjoy your holiday. You can either spend a few days learning cooking and then explore other cities and town by extending your holiday and trying out different things or you can stay in the quiet villas learning and noting down recipes of more Italian dishes that can help you become a world class Italian chef or a restaurateur tomorrow. Continue reading