farm to table lifestyle + culinary group travel
Welcome to 2026
This year the cuisine themes will be Greece & Italy. My September Culinary Group trip this year is taking us to Athens & Crete. While only 14 guests can travel with me, we’ll celebrate Greece’s delicious cuisine throughout the year so we can all travel there in the cooking studio. I am continuing to feature the cuisine of Italy because I fell so head over heels in love with this breathtaking and delicious country on my 2025 Culinary Group Trip that I just can’t let the love affair end. Italy has a lot of influence on the cuisine of Western Greece and I’m excited to explore this intermixture with you. We also need to keep Italy in play because of this year’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics!
Winter Menu of Classes
Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Celebration!
I am a big Olympics nerd and I could not be more excited that my two loves - Italy and all things Olympics (especially Winter, since I am a skier) - are combined this year! Since the Italian athletes will come from all over Italy, I have created a menu from all over Italy - South, Central and North. We’ll begin by making a Calabrian Onion Soup called Licurdia. Our main course will be hand rolled Pici shaped pasta from Tuscany in a meat sauce. And our dessert will be Smorn (or Kaiserschmarrn) from the Alps. This is a fully hands-on class. You will be cutting all the vegetables and literally making every part of this menu that is hearty enough to fuel an Olympic athlete! Come hungry!!
Hands-on class. $95 per person. Meat, dairy, and wheat used. BYO Italian wine.
Thursday February 12th at 5pm
Thursday February 19th at 5pm
French Truffle Dinner
During my 2024 Culinary Group Trip to France we visited Les Pastras farm in Provence for a truffle hunt! It was one of the highlights of the trip for me and for many. I’ll tell you all about it in class! While on the farm I had the chance to support them (and benefit me) by purchasing a French Truffle Oak tree. My name is on the tree! Every year I receive a harvest of truffles from the farm. Celebrate this truffle season with me by cooking a delicious 3 course menu together in this semi hands-on class. We’ll enjoy the appetizer and dessert I ate that day on the farm (walk down memory lane with me) and we’ll cook the main course of Roasted Chicken with Truffles and Potatoes Dauphinoise avec Truffle. This is a very special once-a-year dinner. I’ve waited my whole professional life to say - “I have a truffle guy in France.” Dreams do come true!
Semi hands-on class. $95 per person. Meat, mushrooms, wheat and dairy used. BYO French wine.
Friday February 27th at 3pm
An Intro to the Food & Wine of Greece - Special Class with Sommelier Steve Decina
I’m welcoming back my wonderful friend Sommelier Steve Decina (that’s right, a wine tasting is included) for two dates to officially kick off an introduction to Greece. Like France and Italy, Greece’s cuisine is also regional. In this hands-on class we’ll make a meal out Mezze with four dishes and their accompanying wine. Feel free to shout “Opa!” throughout the class. Spontaneous dancing is welcomed! One of our dishes will contain meat and of course we will be using feta and filo!
Hands-on class. Wine tasting included. $150 per person. Meat, dairy, and wheat used.
Thursday March 12th at 5pm
Thursday March 19th at 5pm
Special Event with Maria Teresa & Nonna Franca of Altomonte’s for The Butcher’s Daughter cookbook
I am thrilled to welcome Maria Teresa & Nonna Franca, owners of our community’s beloved Altomonte’s Italian Market for a very special class featuring recipes from their brand new cookbook The Butcher’s Daughter. This is a semi hands-on class with four courses. Franca will teach you how to make a special pasta shape from the book and you will practice hand rolling it. You’ll also have the opportunity to put the finishing touches on their special dessert. Maria & Franca will also demonstrate many of their cooking skills and share so much of their knowledge with you. The ticket price also includes a signed and personalized copy of the cookbook and Maria & Franca are bringing wine for you to enjoy from their wine shop. This is such a special opportunity to learn directly from the creators of this very special cookbook and enjoy a big slice of Italy.
Semi Hands-on class. $200 per person. Meat, wheat, and dairy used.
Thursday March 26th at 5pm
Classes listed above are 2 hours in length except where noted.
Please note there are several different class start times this season.
