Tuscookany, Tuscookany – Tuscookany Early 2016 when I realized that I would be traveling to Europe for a meeting I thought I should plan a little vacation time either before or after. An interest in cooking (and eating) lead me to look for a culinary vacation. There seemed to be thousands to select from but only a few dovetailed nicely with the meeting times. I was drawn to the Tuscookany 7 Day Italian Cooking class at Casa Ombuto by the beautiful website and glowing reviews. I couldn’t have made a better choice. As a solo traveler it’s nice to visit a place where it is easy to meet people that share common interests. At Casa Ombuto, my fellow students and I shared a love of cooking and a desire to broaden our culinary experiences under the masterful guidance of Chef Paola Baccetti. Chef Paola is a force of nature. Each day she arrived as the group was finishing the lunch we’d helped prepare the day before, greeted everyone then disappeared into the kitchen to work with the staff to organize our cooking session later that day. Each cooking session began with a story from Chef Paola that might range from recounting a dream from the night before, cover a philosophy of cooking or describe the procurement of ingredients. Always entertaining. Then the work began, we removed the recipes from the course cookbook, discussed the plan for each and placed them...More
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