Updated 2018. Even *I* learn something from the pages of Dream of Italy! Though many of the story ideas and articles are conceived and written by me, I also hire the best travel experts to help uncover more Italian gems. I first read about master pizzaiolo Enzo Coccia and his Naples pizza school when guest editor Barrie Kerper handed in …
Let’s Get Cooking in Italy
Looking to take a half-day cooking lesson or even attend a longer cooking program? We’ve got you covered with our list of Italy’s Best Cooking Schools – more than 80 schools that were featured in our August and September issues! Learning to cooking in Italy isn’t just a fun activity, it is a cultural experience – a way to truly …
Go to Coffee School at Illy in Trieste
Our August and September issues are devoted to Italy’s Best Cooking Schools. Here’s another kind of gourmet school – coffee university! Trieste is home to a handful of legendary caffès, notably Cremcaffè (Piazza Goldoni 10), Caffè San Marco (via Gesare Battisti 18) and Caffè Tommaseo (Piazza Tommaseo). So it seems natural that the city is also home to both L’Università del …
Cooking in Venice: Making the Sardine Dish Sarde in Saor
In the March 2013 issue, frequent Dream of Italy contributor Susan Van Allen recounted two incredible cooking classes in Venice. She asked both chefs to teach her to make a Venetian seafood delicacy. If you’re not planning on cooking in Venice, she tells us which Venice restaurants serve this classic dish. Updated 2018. When I booked this cooking class, I asked if …
A Reading List for Sicilian Cuisine
Barrie Kerper, the author of The Collected Traveler series of travel books, introduced to two incredible Sicily cooking schools in our October issue. Here she shares her reading list to immerse yourself in Sicilian cuisine: Two excellent books that generally cover Sicilian cuisine are Pomp and Sustenance: Twenty-Five Centuries of Sicilian Food, Mary Taylor Simeti and Sicily: Culinary Crossroads, Giuseppe …