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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!
***GIFT CERTIFICATES ARE STILL AVAILABLE***
THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE! Everyone knows someone whose passion is cooking, food and wine, the outdoors or traveling. Why not SURPRISE THEM WITH A CULINARY TRIP? Active Gourmet Holidays' trips are the perfect Christmas, Hanukkah, honeymoon, anniversary or birthday gift for the special people in your lives. Active Gourmet Holidays is proud to offer more YOGA and ACTIVE HOLIDAYS - you spoke and we listened! Yoga Holidays are available in Tuscany, Rome and Le Marche. Please check website for more details.
2007 DATES AND PRICES are now posted. For questions on
specific tours, please contact 1.203.732.0771  NEW! 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 NEW! Cooking and Yoga in Le Marche - Le Marche, Italy - 7 nights  The
region of Le Marche awaits you. Join us for a week of self-discovery through
yoga practice and hands-on cooking lessons in this hidden part of Italy. You
will stay in a traditional country home surrounded by olive trees and wheat
fields, take yoga classes from your hostess, cooking classes from a local
Italian, visit food and wine producers and visit fortified medieval villages,
which are typical of this region.Available April, May, June, October, November - Saturday to Saturday NEW! Bella Yoga in Italy - Rome, Italy - 7 nights
NEW! Culinary Sicily - Sicily, Italy - 6 nights Treat yourself to an unforgettable six night experience in Sicily. You will stay in two beautiful agriturismos, immersing yourself in the tastes and flavours of this very special land. Visit local food producers and historical points of interest, taste fabulous wines and learn to cook "Sicilian" style. Available March to December 
Celebrate Christmas and New Year's in the Languedoc-Roussillon (Southeast France)  A visit to France at Christmas time and New Year's is both magical and
memorable. The Christmas market in Narbonne lines the banks of the canal du
Robine; the bridges and streets are skirted with thousands of white Christmas
trees turning this pretty Roman town into a winter wonderland. Christmas
evolves around midnight Mass whether in a tiny village church or the grand
gothic cathedral of Narbonne.
Join your hosts for a holiday celebration at their beautiful 17th century Chateau for fabulous wines,
gourmet food, cooking lessons if you wish, and a traditional English Christmas dinner.Please inquire for further details. NEW! Hiking and Feasting in Arles - Provence, France - 6 nights 
This program combines wandering about the glorious and varied countryside of Provence, and cooking together with friends (new and old!). Though what we teach you is
Provençal Cuisine, naturally rich in vegetables, olive oil, and with minimal fats, after a week of feasting, some of our clients worry about facing the scales when they get home.... So, if we walk and hike for a couple hours each day, over hills and through valleys, collecting a few herbs, or berries, or mushrooms as we find them, you can indulge with no guilt in the evening's delicacies! We'll walk through valleys of olive orchards, along paths with spectacular vistas, hike amidst vineyards, visit our cheese makers (and run into their goats grazing) and olive oil mills, include strolls through local markets to gather picnic supplies (as well as ingredients for the evening classes), through landscapes painted by Vincent Van Gogh, Roman ruins, and into the hidden valley of our favorite bee keeper. Available May 13-19, 2007 NEW! Painting in Provence - Provence, France - 6 nights  Enjoy a week of painting and gourmet food in one of the most beautiful
regions of the world, Provence. Your guide and instructor will take you to the
most breathtaking sites and teach you techniques that you can carry with you
anywhere in the world. Perhaps it will be a poppy, sunflower or lavender field,
but in any case you will have incredible scenery and will also enjoy the
flavours and scents of this beautiful region of France.Available year round - Monday to Sunday  NEW!
Cooking in Normandy with Susan Hermann
Loomis Join Susan Hermann Loomis, internationally-recognized food expert and author of six cookbooks, for a memorable culinary week at her cooking school in Normandy, France. On Rue Tatin is so much more than just a cooking school, rather it is a unique and hand-tailored opportunity for you to get inside the world of fine food and ingredients and warm, talented and generous people. You will spend five days getting an inside look at France with all of its quality and richness, its old-world quality and its youthful dynamism. Available May to June, August to October Celebrate Christmas and New Year's in the Umbrian Hills (Umbria, Italy) 
Spend the Christmas Holidays in the green heart of Italy, in an oasis of peace and nature. Treat yourself to a romantic Christmas and New Year's holiday in a 17th century Villa in the rolling Umbrian hills for a week of harmony and relaxation, but also a real treat for the palate with the delicacies of a talented Italian chef and the largest offer of selected Umbrian wines. Some highlights include a New Year’s Eve classical music concert for and a New Year’s Eve Gala dinner with wines and drinks included. December 25 to January 7 - Villa recommended by Karen Brown's Guides. Please inquire for more details.
IN THE NEWS
Join us at the renowned Villa San Michele Cooking
School in Florence,
Italy on September 23-28, 2007 for ACTIVE GOURMET GOES
TUSCAN", a special week of cooking classes, wine tasting and wine education
and excursions to points of interest. Click here for more details
Active Gourmet Holidays was recently mentioned in the
November 2006
Continental Inflight Magazine highlighting our
"Foods and Wines of the Penedes" tour in Spain.
RECIPE OF THE MONTH - La Bottega del Trenta Cooking School Puree of Chick Pea Soup with Croutons Ingredients - Serves 4
1 lb dried chick peas
Pass chick peas and vegetables through food mill, adding enough liquid to make creamy consistency. Place back on fire and stirring constantly, bring to boil. Chop rosemary and garlic very fine. In a pan, heat 5 tablespoons olive oil. Add rosemary/garlic mixture and cook for 1 minute, then add to soup. In another pan, deep fry croutons in olive oil. To serve, ladle soup into bowls, garnish with croutons and drizzle with "extra-virgin" olive oil. 
Cooking Tip of the Day: When working with garlic - to get rid of the smell on your fingers, rub your fingers against a spoon under running water. Click here to refer a friend to this site. |
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