We will be able to see live the activity of our small company that produces wine, oil, vegetables and collect together the products with which to prepare a snack, lunch or dinner, depending on the availability in the field (tomatoes, onions, zucchini, etc.). On the way to the farm we will have the opportunity to visit the beautiful village of Cosio D'Arroscia.

Visit and activities in the farm and visit of the village

I offer you the opportunity to enjoy a guided wine tour with a visit to a local winery of my region, out from the more touristic paths. You will hear directly from a winemaker the fascinating stories about the wine area, its terroir and wines and learn the secrets of the ancient art of wine making.The visit to the winery will be followed by a guided tasting of 3 representative wines from the winery paired with a small local nibbles or a traditional "tagliere" of cold cuts and cheese.A unique opportunity to have an authentic experience and learn about wine through the words of its protagonists.The meeting point for this experience can be at my home or directly at the winemakers' according to organizational needs and timing.

Authentic experience: visit to a local winery

A tour to the farm Cascina BressanellaHere you can try the experience of agriculture based on the short supply chain and the protection of the territoryIn my kitchen follow the execution of a risotto and taste the real Brianza flavors

Tour to Cascina Bressanella with dinner and show cooking

"Osmiza " means eight in Slovenian and indicates the days that Empress Maria Theresa of Austria had allowed farms in the province of Trieste to open their houses to sell the surplus of what they produced. Its institution dates back to the time of Charles the Great, the custom took root with the decree of Joseph II of Habsburg in 1784.Everything is home-grown, and they consume directly on the "farms " of the farmers, wine, eggs,ham, salami,cheese,in oil,sometimes sweets of their own production. You will be welcomed into rustic surroundings, set up with simple wooden benches and tables surrounded by green vineyards. Entering an osmiza is a unique experience, a plunge into the past, where you can taste in company and in a festive air the products of the territory.

Tour of "OSMIZE" typical locales in and around Trieste

Like many metropolises in the world, Milan also has its Chinatown. It is the face and soul of the neighborhood that gravitates around Via Paolo Sarpi and attracts Milanese and foreign tourists alike for its vibrancy and its (always open) authentic street food establishments.The guided visit to the Sarpi District and Milan's Chinatown is a cross-cultural and unique experience that, if on the one hand transports us to the old Milan of railing houses and markets, on the other hand moves us to the Far East, in a curious combination all to be discovered.We will delve into Chinese cuisine, which we will try together, tasting some of the street food best of Paolo Sarpi, from baozi to jaozi, not forgetting fortune cookies.Finally, we will return home for a final super appetizer with bruschetta and wine!

Super Street Food tour in ChinaTown (with final appetizer)

Trentino is nature, outdoor trips, genuine products and good wine.As we stroll through the vineyards, we will introduce you to the differences between the different varieties grown in Vallagarina. Arriving at your destination sitting in the grass in the shade of ancient Marzemino and Schiava vineyards or on the steps of an ancient stone building we will guide you in a tasting of 3 local wines and typical dishes of our territory.Your picnic basket will certainly not lack: potato tortel with speck and Vezzena cheese, barley salad with Val di Gresta vegetables, carne salada carpaccio with homemade bread, trout or char bites, buckwheat cakes with cherry jam.

Picnic and tasting in our family vineyard

Visit a large market that gathers the best raw materials, typical of the Veronese area and its surroundings, with a window on the excellence that distinguishes Italian cuisine.All this within a very special location: the Specialized Refrigeration Station, which the Veronese call La Rotonda, because of its circular shape .At the end of the visit we will go to my home to enjoy together a three-course lunch/dinner ( appetizer, first course and dessert) using also some products purchased at the market

The new market in Verona's former Icehouse

For this Special Experience, where we will go together to the fields and visit magical places in the area near Como, I wait for you at my house in the morning, around 09:00.After a breakfast with homemade cake and cappuccino or coffee, we set off in search of wild herbs to use in our preparations.Returning home, we will pass by a convent to buy fresh eggs and seasonal vegetables.The cooking class will start by preparing lunch based on what nature has given us.I will make you participate in all the preparations from appetizer to dessert, the menu will be decided together and we will use all the herbs that we have collected in the fields real protagonists of our experience.

Walking tour and cooking class with wild herbs

Harvest together with winemaker Gianni Sarteschi who will explain all the secrets of winemaking two wines, one white and one red. You will be able to actively participate in the grape harvest surrounded by nature and watch all the cellar operations for the preparation of the must that will give birth to the new 2022 vintage. This will be followed by a snack of savory pies, flatbreads with cold cuts and cheeses, and of course lots of wine!!! You will also be able to personally choose the most beautiful bunch of grapes to detach from the vineyard and take home with you as a souvenir of the day. You will have the chance to experience a bygone era in grandfather's vineyard!

Grape harvest with snack in grandfather's vineyard

The Calendimaggio of Assisi is a festival celebrated on the first days of May to greet the arrival of spring, in which the two Parties into which the city is divided compete for the Palio, for the conquest of the city.To live intensely the atmosphere of conviviality typical of Calendimaggio , I will accompany you to taste your choice of two typical dishes accompanied by an excellent local wine in the historic taverns , along the streets of Assisi, where you can eat served and surrounded by the Assisani, all dressed in traditional Medieval garb, for a total immersion in the life of the city in the 1300s.Abandon contemporary life and indulge even for one evening only in a dip into the past, as only at Assisi's Calendimaggio is possible.

Medieval food tour in the taverns of Calendimaggio in Assisi

After a visit to the Acetaia Comunale di Modena, in the center of the city, we will go to my home for a fantastic typical Modenese menu.As an appetizer, I will offer a "fried pgnocco," followed by shavings of Parmiggiano Reggiano with different years of aging bathed by Modena Balsamic Vinegar PDO 12 and 25 years.First course: Ricotta and spinach tortelloni Old Modena style, with flakes of Parmiggiano Reggiano, bacon and traditional balsamic vinegar of Modena DOP, or butter and sage.Second course: Cotechino in a crust accompanied by stewed beans and spring onions with traditional balsamic vinegar of Modena PDODessert: Barozzi cake with zabaglioneCoffee and Nocino (typical Modenese liqueur)Vegetarian or vegan menu upon request.

Tour with lunch or dinner: visit to Acetaia di Modena

Passionate about breakfast and breakfast artifacts we will prepare and enjoy cakes, cookies and pancakes typically used for Italian and other breakfasts. We will favor homemade products

Let's prepare and enjoy a special breakfast together

Bagheria is famous worldwide for its eighteenth-century villas, I will let you know their peculiarities and you will be fascinated by their beauty!

Bagheria the city of villas and taste!

What do we have for lunch? well a little trip to the garden via the chicken coop and let's unleash our imagination. all organic of course !

The garden tour starts right here! Harvested and eaten.

In this special experience we will take a boat tour with a stopover in Taormina or Isola Bella.Lunch or dinner will be served on board during the experience.

Boat tour with lunch or dinner on board

Fish: this stranger! In this experience you will learn all the secrets of a seafood lunch or dinner.A valuable ingredient but often not easy to manage and use:Which one to choose? How to assess its freshness and quality? How to clean it with minimal waste? How to fillet it? Which cooking to prefer for shellfish?We will begin the experience with a guided tour at a fish shop in my area, where we will select ingredients together for a lunch or dinner of fish, shellfish and seafood.At home, we will see how to prepare and cook an appetizer, a first course (also gluten-free) and a traditional second course, all accompanied by a good Vermentino di Gallura docg. A tasting of homemade myrtle will end the experience!

Market tour, filleting course and fish dinner

We will meet at my house and from there we will move to the gourmet butcher shop, which is not far from my house. At the delicatessen, we will see how sausages are made and make Palermo rolls together. During the experience, we will taste the cold cuts produced by the company and drink some good local wine. After the preparation we will move to my home to cook what we have prepared. We will set the table together and finally have lunch together, enjoying a breathtaking view of the coast. The dessert we will make together at my house. It will be a moment of healthy conviviality and cheerful friendship.

Visit to a delicatessen with tasting

Rice in Sicily was used when the Arabs conquered our land, giving us a unique architecture, along with artistic, literary and culinary traditions. So it was that rice was used more and more in cooking, from appetizers to desserts, through millennia-old recipes, sometimes revisited by island tastes and ingredients! Experience will show you how to use this versatile raw material, with its many formats and types, in recipes that will amaze you with flavor and high digestibility. 5- or 7-course menus. From rice croquettes, to small arancini, from rice with porcini mushrooms to baked rice timbales, and as main courses The famous sartu' of meat or fish or the classic ossobuco with saffron rice. To finish with the famous crispelle and zeppole di riso.

A thousand, one nights.From the Arabs, the conquest of rice in Sicily

A visit to Catania's central fish market will give you a chance to see the ancient city and buy directly from local merchants, anything you like. We will cook together if you like and I will show you the simplicity is authenticity of Sicilian dishes. It will be appreciated by me to point you to the best fish, meat , fruits and vegetables and homemade preserves!

Visit to the fishmarket libertybaroque style Catania

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