To give you an idea of how your holiday will be, we give you this sample schedule taken from the 1999 summer cooking experience particularly designed for a group of vegetarians. We can always arrange special classes with meat based dishes upon request.
 

1st - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th

 


 

1st Day

  • Arrival after lunch
  • Relaxing afternoon at Podere il Poggiones
    Dinner:
  • Rigatoni with fresh cherry tomatoes and pesto
  • Frittata with zucchini and Parmesan cheese
  • Mixed salad
  • Salame di cioccolato with passito di Pantelleria

2nd Day

  • 8:00/9:00 breakfast
  • 9:30 - excursion to Certaldo
  • 13:30 - Lunch:Mixed local cheeses with honey and fruit, Mixed salad
  • 16:30 - Cooking class: antipasti dinner:
    -Potato pie with parmesan cheese
    - Stuffed and baked zucchini
    - Sweet and sour peppers salad
    - Eggplant rolls
    - Brutti e buoni with limoncello

3rd Day

  • 8:00/8:45 breakfast
  • 9:00 - Visit to Calci
  • 13,00: lunch:Tomato and mozzarella - Mixed salad.
  • 16:30 - Cooking class: a dinner from Piedmont:
    - Brasato al Chianti Potato spumini with saffron
    - Green beans with cinnamon and onions
    - Bunet (chocolate pudding)

4th Day

  • 8:00/9:00 breakfast
  • 9,30: art guided excursion Florence. Lunch in town.
  • Dinner:- Ziti sul sugo dell'orto
    - Sauté green peppers with pecorino cheese
    - Mixed salad
    - Fruits and chocolate tasting

5th Day

  • 8:00/9:30 - breakfast
  • 9:30 - visit to the open market in Pontedera.
  • 13:00 - Lunch :
    - Crostoni with scamorza and fennel seeds
    - Prosciutto with melon
    - Mixed salad
  • 16,30 - Cooking class: a southern dinner
    - Spaghetti 'allo scoglio'
    - Stuffed squids in white wine and rosemary
    - Caramelized peaches with vanilla icecream

6th Day

  • 8:00/9:00 breakfast
  • 9:30 - visit to Volterra. Lunch in town.
  • 20:00 - Dinner:
    - Minestrone freddo "alla genovese'
    - Zucchini boundles
    - Mixed salad
    - Salame di cioccolato

7th Day

  • 8,00 : 9,30 - breakfast
  • 13,30 - lunch:
    - Farro salad
    - Mixed salad.
  • 16,30: cooking class: a Tuscan dinner
    - Chicken with herbs and olives in Vernaccia sauce
    - Tuscan salad
    - Cantuccini &Vin Santo .

8th Day

  • 8,00 : 9,30 - breakfast
  • departure.