Cooking Classes
Botanical Cuisine in Tuscany
5.0
Margherita
Spoken languages:
Italian, English, Spanish, French
Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina
Shared Experience
Your experience
- Bruschetta with wild herb pesto
- Salad of herbs, flowers and seasonal fruits
- Herb tart or seasonal herb pie
We will meet at a farm in the hills of Lucca, amongst the olive trees, to observe, identify and use wild herbs in traditional Tuscan cuisine.
We will gather our herbs from the herb garden and the olive grove, cultivated using agro-ecological farming methods, and then prepare a wild pesto to dress our bruschetta, a wild salad and a savoury pie or farrotto (a traditional ancient grain dish from the Lucca and Garfagnana regions) featuring the traditional herbs of Tuscan peasant cuisine. The dishes can also be made entirely vegan. At the end of the class, we will enjoy our meals surrounded by nature, accompanied by a good local wine or a freshly squeezed drink.
Vegan
Vegetarian
Remaining char: 500
Total: €153.00
€153.00
per guest€77.00 per child
Reviews
5.0
4 reviews
- My visit to Margherita's olive farm exceeded my expectations! I am so impressed with the work she has done to begin the long process of rehabilitating the olive farm that was abandoned and unmaintained for so many years! It is remarkable to see an agricultural restoration project that aims not for production only, but for restoring a harmonious balance in nature that leaves room for all to thrive - the plants and flowers, and birds and bees, and herbs and grasses and of course her beautiful olive trees. I hope all visitors will support her adopt-an-olive-tree project! We need more dedicated agricultural enthusiasts who believe in paying attention to nature holistically! Thank you for everything! And PS the lunch on your beautiful farm was delicious.
- What an incredible, delightful, and delicious experience! Margherita was a fantastic tour guide and hostess! I learned so much. Her passion for her farm project is contagious. Her commitment to organic farming is commendable and is in line with my values. The homemade food was wonderful and the presentation beautiful. I’m honored to have adopted an olive tree and I highly recommend this experience to anyone who visits Lucca!
- Margherita and Pierre went above and beyond to welcome our family into their home for tiramisu and pasta making. They were excellent hosts and made it a fun and interactive experience. We learned about local agriculture and all of the hard work that goes into making pasta and harvesting olives for making olive oil. We loved getting to visit their farm, learn about all of the herbs and local ingredients they cook with, and how they make use of everything that grows in their garden. At the end of the evening, sitting down for a pasta meal and wine, followed by the tiramisu (a family recipe of Margherita‘s) was the perfect end to an evening. We’d recommend to anyone wanting to experience an authentic taste of local Lucca cooking!
- Margherita made the cooking class an unforgettable experience on her olive farm in the mountains. She provided 3 great recipes which we had to prepare and gave us a lot of information about the ingredients used and the way how to prepare them. Furthermore, Margherita was very patient and showed us how to improve our handling in making pasta. All in all, it was a pleasure to meet Margherita, her husband and the other two guests in this class and share such a great evening together with a lot of new things learned and very good dinner at the end. We just can say thank you very much for this great evening.
Bruce Parkhurst -
Stacey Dickinson -
Sarah Maines -
Daniel G. -
Remaining char: 500
Total: €153.00
€153.00 per guest
Where
Margherita
Cesarina from 2023Location: Lucca (LU) Languages: Italian, English, Spanish, FrenchMy cuisine is healthy and sustainable, made with natural seasonal products that I harvest and process myself. These are either grown on our farm or sourced from a network of responsible local producers. My preference is to offer vegetarian dishes inspired by the traditional Lucchese Tuscan cuisine, with international influences. For two years now, I have been researching and experimenting with dishes based on herbs, vegetables, and flowers to showcase and familiarize people with the landscape of Lucca's olive groves through the senses.
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