Cooking Class Reveals Soul of Italian Food (Third of three parts)
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| Vineyards in the Chianti countryside of Tuscany | |
Perhaps best of all, it demystified and democratized the Tuscan kitchen. The essential message was how to get good food to emerge from simple concepts and very fresh ingredients.
That's a strategy I feel comfortable trying to replicate at home - even though home, sadly, is far from the nurturing green landscape of Tuscany.
If You Go...
Getting there: The usual starting point for Tuscan adventures is Florence, the region's urban and cultural center. The city is accessible by air, train or bus, as is Pisa, another popular Tuscan destination. Trains and buses also run into several Tuscan towns from Rome, which is about 241 kilometers south of Florence. Another widely available option is renting a car and driving into Tuscany. The region is not very far from anywhere; after all, Italy is roughly the size of Arizona.
- Fagiolari
- Phone: (39-055) 852-351
- Rooms begin at $100 US, but will rise to $120 in 2005.
- Cooking classes are $100.
- Podere San Lorenzo
- Phone: (39-058) 839-080.
- Rooms begin at $90, with a 10 per cent discount during most of the winter.
- Cooking classes are $100.
- Information on other cooking classes in Italy.
| Originally Published on Canada.com © The Canadian Press 2004 |
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