Gragnano Mezzi Paccheri with Snapper and Pepper Sauce
Filed Under Kitchen Tips, Recipes Italy
We have no shortage of luxury destinations among our many cooking vacations in Italy, and certainly one of the loveliest is Blue Sky and Sea of Amalfi. The gorgeous Relais Blu is an idyllic setting for any vacation, and its restaurant puts out amazing Mediterranean fare, such as today's featured recipe for pacchero pasta with snapper and pepper sauce. Try our Culinary Experience on the Amalfi Coast. Gragnano Mezzi Paccheri… Read
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Zucchini Flowers Recipe from Tuscany Culinary Vacation
Filed Under Destination Features, Kitchen Tips, Recipes Italy
Next time you're at the market and buy zucchini, make sure to pick up some zucchini flowers too. (Or, if you have a garden of your own -- don't throw those flowers out when you harvest the zucchini!) Because, while they may be pretty, they're not only for show. Just ask the Italians. It seems that nearly every Italian family has their own way of cooking up the bright yellow… Read
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The Wine Toasting Traditions of Italy
Filed Under Special Occasions, Travel Tips, Wines & Spirits Italy
Toasting is practically a universal custom. You raise your glasses to honor someone, clink your cups (sometimes), and say some variety of "cheers!" But although all toasts have their roots in the ancient Greeks – when they toasted and drank at the same time to make sure one of the guests didn't put poison in the wine – all countries have their own long-standing toasting customs. Italy's wine toasting traditions… Read
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All About our Women Only Week Cooking Vacations
Filed Under Travel Tips, What's Up at TIK Italy
We frequently select some of our most popular cooking vacations to run a women only week, or WOW weeks, as we call them. After many years of speaking with people about their hopes, desires, and expectations when inquiring about our cooking programs, it became quite clear that a Women’s Only Week would have great appeal. Sure enough, they've been some of our most popular weeks – and not just because… Read
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Italy Culinary Trips: Sturgeon in the Sand Recipe
Filed Under Destination Features, Food History, Recipes Italy
Nearly wherever you go in Italy, the food is delicious -- there's no questioning that fact. But there's one region in particular that's known for its good eats: Emilia Romagna, otherwise known as the food, or bread, basket of Italy. From slices of culatelli and prosciutto to fresh pasta and rounds of Parmigiano-Reggiano, there's an enormous array of dishes and ingredients that call this region home. But they're not the… Read
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Wine Lover's Italy: All About Colli Di Parma Wine
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips, Wines & Spirits Italy
Head south of Parma, and among the the foothills of the Apennine mountain range, you'll discover the valleys and lands that play a large role in the winemaking of the region, particularly of Colli di Parma wines. These wines have been made here for centuries, ever since Napoleon's time. That's when Maria Luisa of Austria moved to the region, along with some French officials, and took up residence in the… Read
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