Category: Cooking School Vacations
Recipe For A Perfect Summer Weekend – The Newport Wine and Food Festival
Sip, nibble and be entertained in grand style at Newport’s annual Winefest in August. Here’s my trip report of this sparkling event. The day was beautiful, the setting magnificent and before us stretched all the beer, wine and spirits you can consume in a day. We attended the 2nd annual Newport, RI Winefest, held August 19-21st, and [...]
Savor The Gifts of Autumn With An Olive Harvest Tour
How I wish I was writing to you from a verdant Tuscan hillside surrounded by laughing friends, plucking sun-ripened olives from low hanging branches, tasting freshly pressed olive oil and sipping a bold Brunello… sigh. But alas, like you, I’ll just have to plan a future Mediterranean adventure to celebrate the season of abondanza. So with the glories of fresh pressed olive oils in mind, I’ve gathered together a sampling of wonderful Olive Harvest Tours to stir your inner artisanal spirit.
Our Holiday Gift For You!
The good folks at Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Resorts have shared some very special recipes with us, and we’re thrilled to offer you.. Our Free Ebook – just click the cover to read! Or you can access a large print version, bookmark the book, or purchase a full color copy here. Be sure to bookmark this [...]
Nibble Your Way Through Hidden Paris With A Famed Food Writer
I have to thank my foodie friend Linda M. for finding this wonderful Paris site and passing the link on to us. The Paris Kitchen.com is a treasure of French culinary information, edited by Paris Food Writer, Wendy Lyn. Wendy (an expat from the deep south) shares her most loved food-centric Paris sites including [...]
2 Hours Of Laughs and Learning At Stonewall Kitchen's Cooking School
Who would imagine attending the Stonewall Kitchen cooking school would be such fun! Gather your foodie friends and head to York Maine where you’ll find the home base for Stonewall Kitchen and it’s remarkable cooking school that offers bite-size cooking classes at lunch and dinnertime most every day. You’ll laugh, you’ll nibble, you’ll sip a [...]
Pies On Parade – Take A Bite Out Of Winter
Few things in life are as deliciously indulgent as settling down with a warm slice of fresh baked pie on a snowy winter’s day. Forget the resolutions to deny yourself in the New Year and commit instead to tasting some of the best pies in New England for the benefit of charity. The Historic Inns [...]
World's Most Luscious Food Markets
Local food markets give a glimpse into the soul of a destination. The crops that local farmers grow and the culinary creations that food artisans produce speak to the history of the location and the traditions of its citizens. Nothing is more pleasing and engrossing than roaming among the stalls of a neighborhood farmer’s market [...]
Meet Petit Hotels – Small Hotels With Great Kitchens!
One of the great pleasures of traveling is meeting wonderful people along the way. Recently while traveling in the Azores, Clint struck up a conversation with an engaging couple. Turns out they are heads of a hotel association in Europe called Petit Hotels which consists of wonderful independently owned countryside Inns in Sweden, Finland, Great [...]
Calling All Campers, Hikers and Sportsman – Learn to Cook In The Wild
Do you love the smell of a crackling camp fire, and the camaraderie of folks gathered around to watch the flames dance as food slowly roasts on a spit? Do you love to barbecue, add your special sauces, and feed the whole neighborhood? Do the fragrant aromas of freshly baked sourdough bread send you into [...]
World's Best Chocolate Vacations!
For everyone who loves chocolate as much as I do, it’s time to plan a vacation swirling with chocolate tours and adventures. Nothing matches the euphoric lift after munching on a creamy chocolate delight. Here are eight destinations for immersing yourself in chocolate ecstasy on your next vacation. Belgium reigns supreme as masters of the [...]
