Food & Wine Tours
Atelier visit & culinary treasures: an Italian journey
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Follow your Cesarina in a local market tour, challenge yourself with a hands-on cooking class followed by a tasting of the recipes prepared during the lesson
Private Experience
Your experience
- Aperitif with local products and prosecco at the atelier
- Fresh pasta made with durum wheat flour and spelled flour with homemade seasonal sauces
- Fried buccellato, a sweet from our tradition or tiramisu on request
The atelier visit showcases a collection of exclusive and artisanal objects made with paper and reclaimed materials, combining illustrations, unpublished poems, and unique, special messages related to food culture. The experience includes a carefully designed table setting (placemats, coasters, table decorations, and bottles). Each participant will receive a special card, hand-illustrated and calligraphed with the guest's name.
Upon returning home, we'll continue with another surprise seasonal appetizer (bruschetta, fried dough, marinated olives). We'll then prepare homemade pasta with two different organic flours, topped with homemade seasonal sauces. Following that, we'll taste the fried buccellato, a typical dessert from Lucca or, upon request, tiramisu, accompanied by prosecco.
Vegan
Vegetarian
€189.00 per guest
(€94.50 per child)
€189.00
per guest€94.50 per child
Reviews
5.0
22 reviews
- This experience was wonderful! We were paired with Monica who warmly welcomed us into her home and gave us a night to remember! We started by analyzing the unlimited number of available Italian flour before selecting the base of our pasta. She was patient and strict at the same time - exactly what you'd expect from an Italian teacher. We greatly enjoyed rolling the dough, making the sauces, cutting the pasta, and drinking the wine! Monica and her husband were super entertaining with their local stories and jubilant attitude. I was full for days afterwards. 10/10 would cook again!
- Our afternoon with Monica was wonderful! It was not only authentic and educational but Monica made us feel like family! She took the time to make sure we understood the techniques and we rested with good food, good company and good wine in between! Paolo, Monica’s husband was wonderful as well. He worked hard behind the scene to make this a memorable experience!
- It was truly a pleasure spending the day with Monica and her husband. Our group thoroughly enjoyed our pasta making and enjoyed the foods Monica prepared. She was such a delight! I would highly recommend this activity! The only negative I have was that there was no Market tour, which is how it was advertised with "Get Your Guide", but that was no fault of Monica's. She was simply the best!
- Monica was fabulous! She has such a love of her country and its food. Lunch was delicious and we learned so much. This was the highlight of my trip!
- Monica's class was great! She is so sincere, knowledgeable and passionate about the local, fresh ingredients we used. It was really fun to learn how to make homemade pasta. She is a delight!
Demian - February 2025
Lori - October 2024
Diane - October 2023
Marilynn - October 2023
Julianne (friend of Alicia Schell) - October 2023
€189.00 per guest
(€94.50 per child)
€189.00 per guest
Where
Monica
Cesarina from 2018Location: Lucca Languages: Italian, English, French"I have always cooked, even for many people. In summer I like to make tomato sauce, jams, oil and flavored salt. For my recipes I use products at km 0 and bio."
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