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To ensure delivery of your Active Gourmet Holidays emails, be sure to add
info@activegourmetholidays.com to your Address Book or "Known Senders" list! Active Gourmet Holidays has added
some exciting new art and painting tours in Italy. Please check our website for more details.
Remember, the gift of travel is invaluable. We offer gift certificates that
can be applied to any trip of the recipient's choice.
 SPECIAL! Secret Le Marche - Le Marche, Italy - 7 nights
Discover the unspoilt region of Le Marche, a well kept secret of Italy. You will
take cooking classes from an English-born chef who has made this special place
her home. Your classes will take place in a grand 17th century ‘casa padronale’
lovingly restored by the owners and you will stay in a beautiful renovated
agriturismo, which are typical rustic farmhouses that dot the Italian landscape.
SPECIAL!
Yoga in Tuscany - Tuscany, Italy - 7
nights  NEW! Cooking and Walking in Florence - (Options: Additional Cooking Classes, Shorter or Longer Stay) - Florence, Italy - 4 nights  Stay
in a small and quaint bed and breakfast in the heart of historical Florence and
learn to cook by your hostess, Mariangela who will teach you authentic recipes
taught to her by her "nonna". Learn a bit about wine, take a leisurely walking
tour of Florence and immerse yourself in this unique and artistic city.Available year round  NEW!
Authentic France
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(Option: Truffle Weekends, Day Cooking Classes) -
Provence, France - 3 or 6 nightsFor those wanting an authentic French experience, this is the holiday for you. Stay in a beautifully restored farmhouse in the countryside of Provence, take cooking lessons from your hostess, a French-born woman anxious to show you the secrets of traditional Provençal cuisine using the freshest and most delicate ingredients that Provence has to offer. From December to early March, inquire about our truffle experience! Available year round
NEW! Mural Painting in Piedmont and Lombardy – Torino, Milano, Como – 9 nights
NEW! Illumination in Piedmont and Aosta Valley – Torino, Italian Alps, Italian Riviera – 9 nights
NEW! Painting in Tuscany and Piedmont - Tuscany and Piedmont, Italy - 10 nights
A SPECIAL WEEK IN TUSCANY! Active Gourmet Goes Tuscan - Tuscany, Italy - 5 nights  Active Gourmet Holidays
is offering an unforgettable getaway to
the luxurious and renowned Villa San Michele Cookery School in Florence.
Nourish your senses, refuel your body and replenish your
spirit with a savory array of food and wine tours, paired
with culinary education, visits to Chianti wine cellars, shopping in Florence with a personal
shopper and visits to the artistic treasures of Monteriggioni,
San Gimignano and Siena.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY!
ONLY AVAILABLE September 23-28, 2007 - Sunday to Friday Le Marche
is the "NEXT" Tuscany
Le Marche is Italy's secret region. Some of the cleanest coastline of the Adriatic sea offers up an enormous range of crustacea, moluscs and fish. Further in land, the coastal plain, supporting olive groves and verdicchio vineyards, climbs up into the rugged Sibiline mountains where a wider selection of hardier grapes are grown, where shepherds are glimpsed in the distance, tending their sheep, creating the creamy-sharp pecorino cheese characteristic of this region. Contadini construct wooden fences to keep out the wild boar, another local specialty, as are other types of game such as venison, hare and wildfowl. Prosciutto, salame and ciauscolo mature in cellars next to last year's wine.
Le Marche is so unspoilt by tourists and other visitors that it has remained almost in a time warp. Every inhabitant has a piece of land where he grows his own vegetables, keeps chickens for their eggs, and, if there is room, grows grapes for wine and olives for oil. (Inquire for more information on upcoming tours to Le Marche). RECIPE OF THE MONTH -
COOKING IN FLORENCE WITH MARIANGELA
SALTIMOBOCCA ALLA ROMANA
A quick meat recipe, savoury and appetizing!! For 4 people 8 thinly sliced veal cutlets Each meat slice should be approx. 4x4 inches. Put a slice of ham and a sage leaf on top of each veal slice and secure everything with a wooden toothpick, lightly dip in flour Melt the butter in a large frying pan and cook all veal slices very quickly on a high flame and both sides (the side with ham just for a few seconds)! Put the saltimbocca in a serving plate; Add 1/2 glass of wine and butter, and pour the sauce from the pan on your saltimbocca Salta in bocca means: it jumps in mouth  Cooking
Tip of the Month:Cheese: In Italy it is a big no-no to put cheese on
seafood, even if it's a seafood pasta dish! And speaking of cheese, when cooking with
cheese, add any cheeses (or olive oil) at the very end of cooking after you have taken the pan off the heat
- if you don't, the cheese will break down into its components and get stringy. |
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