Cooking Trip to the Veneto & Giardiniera
I have just returned from a 2 week culinary adventure in Italy. We started w/ a luxe cooking trip to the Veneto with Stirred Travel , my 5th culinary adventure with them to Europe. This trip we had the privilege of cooking w/ chef Ixta Belfrage from London, whose food was 10/10. She has 2 cookbooks and is a co-author of Yotam Ottolenghi's book Flavors. What a privilege it was to learn from her and eat her delicious recipes everyday for an entire week. We stayed at Villa Casagrande, a gorgeous family owned estate in the UNESCO heritage town of Cison di Valmarino an hour North of Venice. Filled w/ gorgeous family history, antiques and lush accommodations. What could be bad? We took day trips to Treviso, the Prosecco Hills and savored all the local produce and wines. I am still on cloud 9 from the experience. Then onto Verona, Lake Garda, Bologna and Venice with some of the group. While in Bologna, giardiniera in jars (pickled ...
