Tuscany
Inaugural Tuscany Dinner
Painting in Pienza
Working on pastels
Villa
A well deserved lunch after the cooking class
“Popping Color”
Villa
Winery tour
Learning to cook at the villa.
Dinner in Pienza
Enjoying the food from the cooking class
Getting it just right
Loving the cooking lesson!
Framing the shot
Some Brunello tasting
Cheese making
Checking out the vintage
Making bowtie pasta.
“Spring’s Escape”
I love this
Fitting in like a local
Cooking class
Truffle pasta
On the way to dinner for our last night.
Florence overlook
Rubbing the boar’s nose
Winery tour cellar
More wine tasting.
Photo op!
“Standing Tall”
Such great meals
Dinning alfresco
Another fabulous sunset at the villa
Heading into Florence
Touring the winery
Dinner in Monticchiello
Maning the stove
Brunello is Amazing!
Pienza overlook.
“A thing of beauty”
Dinner in Florence
Cooking lesson at the villa
Now those are wine barrels!
Cooking goes much better with wine
“Tuscan Glow”
Photo op
Dinner at the villa
Overlook in Montepulciano
Group photo after the cooking class.
Gelato tasting in Siena
Greetings from Montepulciano
Brunello wine tasting.
Working on their chopping skills
Photographers out standing in their field
Rolling out the pasta
Gelato break
Did someone say dessert
A Special moment
More wine tasting
“Villa”
Enjoying the sights
Tuscan dining
Painting poolside at the villa
About to make some pesto
Rubbing the boar’s nose
Another fantastic winery tour.
Checking out the wine cellar
“Farmhouse”
Cooking class pasta
Touring Montelpulicano.
Cooking guidance.
The new tasting room
This is great!
Cooking with Massimo
This is how you do pasta!
Wine tasting smiles.
Capturing Pienza from the villa
A little patio dinning
The last dinner before we go home
Now those are some huge wine barrels!
I can’t believe that I am taking cooking classes in Tuscany
Everybody hard at work
Chocolate & wine!!!
Way to go
Topping off another fabulous day
Chefs
Deciding what to paint
Cooking lesson with the chef
Down time at the villa
But that is how they told me to do it
Making new friends
Sampling the grape
Our new happy place
At the Duomo in Siena
Learning to cook from Massimo.
Taking a break
Sampling the Gelato
Tuscany Foodie 2024
All hands on deck for the cooking class
Lunch in Pienza.
Painting the church in Montepulciano
Wine tasting
Chef
Kicking back in the villa
Cooking lesson
Enjoying a Tuscan meal
Sharing a laugh
Spending the day in Siena
“Well”
Getting to try your tiramisu after cooking class.
Stuffing the pumpkin blossoms
Bromance
Clean aprons before the action starts
Dinning al fresco
Steak Tartare with truffles
The couple that cooks together
Painting in Montepulciano
Wine tasting at the castle
Turning the other cheek
Working on the tiramisu.
Checking out Montepulciano
Group shot at villa
Painting Belvedere
This is what you call dinning al fresco.
Capturing memories
I can’t wait to get home and try this
Wine tasting
So much wine, so little time
This is the life
Hands on cooking.
About to dive into some Brunello
“Belvedere”
The first nights dinner
Villa main dinning room
Another great cooking class.
The villa
Touring the gardens at La Foce
Showing my pastas technique
Eating in style
“Wishing Well”
You have to visit the well
Fabulous ingredients
Villa interior
Cooking lesson from the chef at the villa
The boss painting from the villa
Tiramisu
Catching the sights in Siena
Afternoon snack
I loved this trip so much, I went a second time
Villa tilework
Sampling some cheese
Overlooking the valley from Pienza.
Afternoon snack
Florence overlook
Wine tasting with lunch, it doesn’t get much better than that!
“Montepulciano”
Teaching in Pienza
Tuscan dinning
Poolside at the villa
Here’s to another great day
Visiting the Abbey
Now this is what you call a wine tasting
Learning how to make pasta
Another fantastic day in the books
Cooking class at the villa
Some many great sunsets at the villa
Taking a break to capture the scene at the villa
This is how you do it guys.
La Foce gardens
Making Pici pasta