TIDBITS & TIPS: FOOD & ART IN THE HEART OF TUSCANY 

6 nights - 7 days stay for a deep unique all inclusive Tuscan experience. A different excursion every day to meet the beauty of our art:  medieval walled towns, art cities, and small-undiscovered villages. Places where each brick tells you a story from the past. A full week to experience local culture visiting open markets, food and art workshops and wine producers.

On the 4 hands-on cooking classes, following seasonal products, we prepare our food, and if it's fall time we cannot miss the truffle hunting experience: a good excuse to lean how to make handmade tagliatelle for the truffle sauce.

Summer celebrates the apotheosis of Mediterranean cooking: a feast of colours, a dance of tastes!

Generations of women with their peasant recipes: a great patrimony to be connected with.
Beginners or expert cooks can all find inspiration. Immerse yourself: restore your senses, nourish you soul!

Sample Schedule for Tidbits & Tips *** Note: Recipes change along the year following the seasonal products of our organic garden and local farm markets
Sunday	Monday
Lunch: Tomato and  mozzarella di bufala Prosciutto with figs Bruschetta mixed salad Fruit 20:00 - Dinner: Minestrone Frittata in crosta Mixed salad Salame di cioccolato	8:30/9:30 breakfast 9:30 - Half day visit to San Gimignano. Visit to the winery of San Donato and enjoy lunch 16:30 - Cooking class: a Mediterranean dinner Tagliatelle with sweet tomato sauce Sweet and sour peppers Stuffed and baked zucchine Brutti e Buoni
Tuesday	Wednesday
8:30/9:30 breakfast 9:30 - Visit to Certaldo 13:30 - Lunch: Assorted local cheeses with honey and fruit Mixed salad 16:30 - Cooking class: a fall dinner Risotto with pumpkin & mushrooms Chicken alla toscana Tuscan salad Crostata with figs and rosemary	8:30/9:30 breakfast 9:30 - Visit to the  Baroque monastery in Calci 13:00 - Lunch Salad with Savoy cabbage and beans Bruschetta with scamorza and fennel seeds Fruit 16:30 - Cooking class: A dinner from Piedmont Brasato al Chianti Potato ring Bunet (chocolate pudding)
Thursday	Friday
8:30/9:30 - breakfast 9:30 - Art guided excursion to Florence with Grazia Badino: Lunch in town. Dinner: Vegetables bundles Mixed salad Warm peaches in vanilla ice cream	8:30/9:30 breakfast 9:30 - visit to the open market  and the supermarket in Pontedera 13:00 - Friday lunch 16:30 - cooking class: Pizza & Focaccia Bread Torta di Rose
Saturday
8:30/9:30 - breakfast departure

 

• 1615 €  pp per week, double occupancy
• 1765 € per week   for single occupancy
• 1545 € pp per week for a group min. of 4 people

6 nights & 7 Days in single/double Bedrooms with private washrooms
All Meals ­ Personalized Menus
Tuscan Table Wine ­ Chianti (Red) & Vernaccia (White)
4 Cooking Classes
4 Half Days Excursions , including transportation & restaurant meals, (art towns, medieval villages, traditional art workshops, wineries, open markets)
1 Full Day Guided Excursion to Florence
Transportation & Transfers from/to Pontedera Train Station or Pisa/Florence Airport (service available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for early and late transfers we'll provide a taxi service at your charge)
Daily Room Cleaning
Outdoor Swimming Pool
Hiking Trails
Laundry Facilities

Calendar Cooking and Activities 2010
FEBRUARY	MARCH	APRIL	MAY
February  28 – March 6	March 7-13	April 4 – 10	May 2 – 8
	March 14 – 20	April 11 – 17	May 9 – 15
	March 21 – 27	April 18 – 24	May 16 – 22
	March 28 – April 3	April 25 – May 1	May 23 – 29
			May 30 – June 5
JUNE	JULY	AUGUST	SEPTEMBER
June 6 – 12	July 4 – 10	August 1 – 7	September 5 – 11
June 13 – 19	July 11 – 17	August 8 – 14	September 12 – 18
June 20 – 26	July 18 – 24	August 15 – 21	September 19 – 25
June 27 – July 3	July 25 – 31	August22 – 28	September 26 – October 2
		August 29 – September 4
OCTOBER	NOVEMBER
October 3 – 9	November 7 – 13
October 10 – 16	November 14 – 20
October 17 – 23
October 24 – 30
October 31 –November 6