After Seattle, on to Denver for two wonderful events with classmates, old friends, past Umbria tour guests, future Umbria tour guests and new friends! Che bello! Jim and Cindy Tanner warmly welcomed me to their home -and so good to reunite with them (Jim had studied in Rome with me jr/yr/abroad and I met Cindy when I lectured in Denver in 2001 - good to be back!)... read more...
My days in Seattle seem to me to have been filled with sunshine, though the weather has been the usual Seattle gray and rainy. Here, too, I've connected with many old frieds: Jim and Laura R., Doug L and Janie M from "junior-yr.-abroad-in-Rome" days (1968-'69) and Jane E, once a tour guest in Umbria and now a dear friend... read more...
Great to see Susan and David Murphy again (many years after I was their tour guide in Umbria) in Sacramento on February 19th for the cooking class in their home. Many University of Santa Clara alum (like me) in this enthusiastic and "participatory" group of Murphy friends and relatives, including their grandson, Cooper. Cooper made and served our first antipasto, the tomato/rucola bruschetta and enthusiastically chopped and diced away during our class... read more...
Cooking with friends just for pleasure happens quite often on these US tours, too. Last week, I made a pasta dish for three University of Santa Clara women friends here in San Francisco when we all gathered for dinner and reminiscing and laughter til 'round midnight... read more...
It's always good to return to the San Francisco Bay Area where so many friends now live: friends from my alma mater, the University of Santa Clara, friends from UCB (where I furthered my studies) and friends from my junior-year-abroad-in-Rome group. My first cooking class in the Bay area - on February 13th in Belmont - connected me with yet another very special "old friend": Katie... read more...
It's always good to return to the San Francisco Bay Area where so many friends now live: friends from my alma mater, the University of Santa Clara, friend from UCB (where I furthered my studies) and friends from my jr/yr abroad/in/Rome group... read more...
The rains bucketed down in the Los Angeles area during these first days of my February/March US cooking lessons/lectures tour. Rains poured in the patio door of my cousin Tom's house in Monarch Beach and mud slides invaded over forty houses in the La Canada area. Tom hosted two wonderful cooking classes for me at the reacreation center of his community center as the rains battered the windows and winds howled outside. read more...
Feb 4th, Thurs - arrive in Los Angeles, CA
Feb 5th Fri - cooking class in private home, Los Angeles area (sold out)
Feb 6th Sat - cooking class in private home, Los Angeles area (sold out)
Feb 7th Sun - cooking class in private home, Los Angeles area (sold out)
Feb 8th, 9th - open for cooking classes or lectures in Los Angeles area **
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My annual U.S. tour is set and kicks off on February 4th, 2010 in Los Angeles, concluding March 21st in Washington, D.C. I'll be cooking and lecturing my way coast-to-coast for 6 weeks as I bring Umbria to the U.S. From Los Angeles, on to San Francisco, then Seattle, Denver, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia, Charlotte, N.C...and finalmente, Washington, D.C. Some cooking classes have room for other participants - and I do have time for additional cooking classes and lectures in a few locations. more details...
During the 2009 U.S tour, I wasn’t writing tidbits for my blog….but I do remember a highlight of that tour:... View article
Agenzia Viaggi Stoppini in Assisi handles all technical support for my guided visits (bus transportation, organization of meals, etc)