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APRIL 2009 - This month's issue used our new format (we know you'll love it!). Look for our new tours ...one is sure to fit your travel plans. We've got tasty treats from Spain, France and Peru. Recipe of the month - WARM SALAD OF BABY BROAD BEANS, MNT AND CURED HAM ("Cooking with Piers and Miguel in Aragon" Tour).

MAY 2009 - In this month's issue we are featuring Italy: Sicily, Puglia and the Veneto and France: Burgundy. Life is short so why not take that trip you keep saying you are going to plan?? Try this recipe: RISOTTO WITH ORANGE OR LEMON ("The Sicilian Gourmet" Tour)<

JUNE 2009 - Summer is upon us and in this month's issue we are featuring big savings for an unforgettable culinary or active vacation in Spain, Portugal and France! Roast Turkey With Port Wine ("Cooking with Port Wine" Tour)

JULY 2009 - Summer is here and in this month's issue we continue to feature big savings for culinary vacations in Spain, Portugal, France along with a huge savings in Mexico! Recipe of the month: CHEF ANA'S SIMPLE CEVICHE ("Mexican Cooking with Chef Ana" Program)

AUGUST 2009 - In this month's issue we have featured a recipe from one of our chefs in Dordogne, France as well as offering savings in Spain, Portugal, France and Mexico! Try MINESTRONE OF SUMMER FRUIT IN LEMON-VERBENA SYRUP ("Cooking in the Dordogne" Program)

SEPTEMBER 2009 - In this month's newsletter we are featuring a recipe from Sorrento, Italy. Plan an autumn getaway to Italy for wine or olive harvest. You can choose from a day cooking class in Sorrento, to a short break in Tuscany in an Italian home, or a week long holiday in a gorgeous villa in Puglia where two sisters will teach you to cook and take you on "foodie" excursions. Our recipe this month: VEAL LEMON SCALLOPINI WITH NEAPOLITAN STYLE POTATOES ("Villa Cooking in Sorrento" Program)

OCTOBER 2009 - In this month's newsletter we highlighted Umbria, Italy. Autumn is a beautiful time in Europe. Why not consider a fall trip to Italy during OLIVE HARVEST SEASON where you can join the locals in picking olives? Recipe of the month features LASAGNA WITH MUSHROOMS AND SAUSAGES ("Umbrian Cooking with Tiziana and Zoila" Program)

NOVEMBER 2009 - In this month's newsletter we are featuring a recipe from the lovely, funny and talented New Zealand chef, author and TV personality and broadcaster, Peta Mathias. Peta offers culinary escapes to France, Morocco and Rajashthan in India. Try our recipe of the month, ROASTED LEG OF LAMB WITH PRESERVED LEMONS ("Culinary Escapes to the South of France" Program)

DECEMBER 2009 - In this month's newsletter we featured tours in Lazio and Tuscany as well as a recipe for CREAMY PORCINI AND FARRO SOUP ("Tuscan Wine Roads" Program). It's the perfect hearty dish for this time of year.

JANUARY 2010 -  We have had so many requests for Greek culinary vacations and as a result, we are now offering exciting new culinary adventures to Greece. We also featured a delicious recipe from one of the most popular chefs in Greece, STUFFED ROLLED LEG OF SPRING LAMB WITH ANTHOTIRO AND WILD CRETAN GREENS ("Cretan Cuisine" Program).  

FEBRUARY 2010  -  Valentine's Day is the perfect time to surprise your foodie loved one with a culinary vacation. How about Tuscany or Provence? What is more romantic than a getaway to the European countryside? The feature recipe this month is a savory seafood stew called CACCIUCCO ("Tuscan Gourmand" Program).

MARCH 2010 - We have added some wonderful new tours to Greece, Rome and the Basque area of Spain - but Provence is still a favorite so we are highlighting one of our best programs below, "Provence Cooking Classes". Try our recipe CASSEROLES GREENS PIE from Crete ("The Bounty of Greece" Program).

APRIL 2010 - This month's newsletter features our new "Cooking with Madeira Wine" tour, exclusively created for Active Gourmet Holidays' clients. We have had such success with our "Cooking with  Port Wine" tour that it only made sense to continue the theme in Portugal's lovely Island of Madeira. Our featured recipe this month is CAPRESE STYLE RAVIOLI   ("Sorrento's Kitchen" Program).

MAY 2010 - In May we featured a wonderful new tour that enables our clients to take cooking classes in a beautiful oceanfront home as well as exploring the beautiful "pueblos blancos" in southern Spain, "Los Pueblos Blancos in Andalusia". The recipe StTUFFED COURGETTES WITH FISH IN A TOMATO SAFFRON SAUCE was highlighted as a typical dish one might learn on this holiday.

JUNE 2010 -  Our "Wine & Chocolate Lover's Tour" was presented in our June newsletter and has received some marvelous feedback. The Chocolate Truffle recipe was also a big hit with our clients. Also featured was our "Culinary Escapes in the South of France" tour hosted by the marvelous New Zealander, Peta Mathias.

JULY 2010 - In July we highlighted a few new exciting tour including a "combination holiday" called "Cooking and Yoga in Mazatlan". Combination holidays are what Active Gourmet Holidays is known for and this great tour is no exception. The salsa recipes featured, SALSA ROJA and SALSA VERDE are just a taste of what you will learn on this tour.

AUGUST 2010 - August featured a wonderful seven night escape called "Cooking and Spanish Lessons in Secret Murcia", developed exclusively for our clients. A perfect recipe for this time of year, TOMATOES A LA PROVENCALE, was given to me by my partner in Provence who runs the "Active Foodie in Provence" tour.

SEPTEMBER 2010 -   In September we featured an incredible tour called "A Taste of Peru for Foodie's" as well as some tours on the Amalfi Coast.  The recipe of the month was PENNE CON ZUCCHINE TRADIZIONALE, and was taken from the long awaited cookbook from Mamma Agata on the Amalfi Coast, "Simple and Genuine" ("The Flavours of the Amalfi Coast" Program).

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