Vegan Lentil Burger from Our Tuscany Cooking Vacation
Filed Under Kitchen Tips, Recipes Italy, USA
While traveling is often seen as an excuse to indulge, it doesn't have to be if you don't want it too! In fact, our What Women Want trip (with our Cooking Under the Tuscan Sun cooking vacation partners) actually offers a healthier than usual spin, both in regards to the food and the activities. When you're not being pampered in their beautiful spa, shopping in Cortona, or taking a wine… Read
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Croccante di Mandorle from our Rome Cooking Classes
Filed Under Kitchen Tips, Recipes, Special Occasions Italy
Bring an Italian Christmas tradition to the dessert table this season with a recipe from Italy! Croccante di Mandorle is one of our favorite sweets. The almond brittle is most often made and served in southern Italy, where children enjoy it each holiday season. While the recipe is a simple one, be careful with the sugar melting, as it can easily burn. If that does happen, it will add a… Read
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6 Florence Favorites on a Tuscany Tour with TIK
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Italy
The wonderful thing about visiting Florence is that although one of the most popular travel destinations in the world, it has the feel of a small town. It is wonderfully walkable: going from the Galleria dell'Accademia (home of Michelangelo's "David") in the north, past the the Galleria degli Uffizi along the Arno, and then to the Giardino di Boboli in the Oltrarno district only takes about 20 to 30 minutes… Read
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Seeing Florence and Tuscany with Karen
Filed Under Destination Features, What's Up at TIK Italy
Once Karen Herbst, founder of The International Kitchen retired, she decided to travel not only for work but for pleasure as well. To that end, she planned an extended trip to Tuscany for summer, and invited our travelers to be part of it! They were able to spend a week with Karen exploring Florence, one of the most beloved cities in the world, and Tuscany - the Chianti region, Siena,… Read
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Orecchiette with Cauliflower from an Italy Cooking Vacation
Filed Under Destination Features, Food History, Recipes Italy
The cuisine of Puglia – the heel of Italy – is incredibly diverse, thanks to the sun, mild climate, and fertile terrain. While the produce here has an important place in many kitchens, so too does the pasta. And if there ever was a "pasta" of Puglia it would be the orecchiette. After all, visitors can even stroll down a "street of pasta" in the bustling city of Bari, where… Read
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Drinking Chocolate: History and Recipe
Filed Under Food History, Recipes Italy, Mexico
Long before chocolate was turned into solid form (and the origins of the solid bar of chocolate vary, depending on who you ask), it was enjoyed as a drink, from the Americas to Europe. But this is no mere 'hot cocoa' we're talking about. Drinking chocolate has all sorts of depth of flavor, as well as a reputation as a symbol of power that, throughout history, was most often enjoyed… Read
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