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This is one of my favorite recipes from our Italian- Mediterranean Cooking Course. Kelly and I were served this recipe our very first meal at Casa Ombuto and could not wait to prepare it ourselves. I love the licorice taste of the fennel. It is a wonderfully tasty side dish that is healthy and not…
Time could not pass quickly enough for the return of my cooking/traveling companion/friend Kelly and her lovely family to Seven Mile Drive. They had stayed on in Europe traveling to Naples, Sorrento and Florence for a week longer than I. But, I was excited for her to arrive home. My cookbook from Casa Ombuto was…
A page from my personal journal dated….June 12th, 2010 Today I figured out if I changed my international settings to Italy I would be on the correct calendar. It only took me a week to figure that out…. Kelly and I left Casa Ombuto at around 8:30 am after a tearful goodbye to our new…
A page from my personal journal dated Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 Here it is Wednesday already. We had two intense cooking classes today and spent the entire day here at lovely Casa Ombuto. We are also really getting to know and love our chef Laura Giusti. Laura is a wonderfully knowledgable and professional chef. She…
An entry from my journal dated June 8th, 2010 We spent a complete day away from our Casa Ombuto home today. After a healthy breakfast we loaded onto a small tour bus arranged by Casa Ombuto’s Manager,Barbara and headed toward the medieval town of Arezzo, about a half hour drive. It was cool enough for…
This is a page from my personal journal dated…..June 7th, 2010 This morning I set my alarm for 7:30 am and was stirring to the sound of beautiful birds singing loudly just as the sun was about to rise over the mountains. I am in Tuscany…..and I need to rise and get ready for the…
This is a page from my personal journal written on Sunday, June 6th, 2010 We awoke at around 10:30am to the sounds of birds chirping. The simple down comforters and pillow were easily fluffed and pulled over my twin bed as I made my way to my private bathroom longing for the first shower taken…
To most cooks just entering the world of food preparation, the thought of homemade pasta is threatening. It congers up glimpses of large dark haired women in ruffled, tomato stained aprons standing for hours in front of a marble topped table endlessly kneading flour, eggs, water and salt into a pliable dough. It would be…
Yesterday Kelly reminded me that we will be flying off to Florence in just 9 weeks! We will share an Italian cooking vacation for seven days at Casa Ombuto near Florence. Paolo, Laura and Franco, our chefs, have returned from Sicily where they sampled several new dishes they will add to our Mediterranean Cooking Class…