The best “aftermath” to my February/March U.S. cooking lessons/lectures tour are notes like this one from Mary (who joined in and cooked with me in Pennsylvannia in mid-March- and then cooked our…
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What a gran finale to this 7-week tour! Host Kathy’s words to me are a gran finale in their own right: “i look forward to our classes every year. And every year,…
Co-host Neil summed up our Silver Spring, Maryland class with a reminiscence: “I can close my eyes and am transported to your farmhouse, 1975 circa.” Yes, the flavors are those, Neil -…
Hostess Bobbie had asked to view various Umbrian rural cuisine recipe sets for her luncheon group and worked out the menu by pulling together a few dishes from each of three Umbrian…
Six years ago, I met Kathy, Steve and daughter Carolyn, over flowers (literally): they all joined my Umbrian Infiorate. FESTAtour centered on Spello’s astounding floral petal carpets festival. Now we meet over…
Last night’s gathering in Bethesda started off with nibbles of the fresh bread made by delightful hosts, Lisa and Gary. Whilte breaking bread before we cooked, some at the class re-united, others…
Michelle and George, Joe and Kay, Skip, well, I made it this year: I stayed on my feet for this year’s memorable cooking class in Joe and Kay’s lovely kitchen. My Greensburg…
It was a rainy day in Leola, Pennsylvannia but we still saw a buggy or two along the highways – and across the fields, an indomitable Amish farmer plowing his fields behind…
Like arriving home in Italy as soon as I walked into Frank and Sharon’s welcoming Malvern home: chatter filled the kitchen as Frank’s sisters washed a colorful array of fruits and vegetables…
The students at St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn are now ready for their Italy trip this summer: whether or not they can speak Italian, they’re now ready to communicate with the people.…