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Cooking week Tuscany

Cooking in Tuscany

A unique journey through the history of Italian cuisine. You will experience an interesting mix of educational cooking classes, tastings, field trips and shopping at local markets to buy ingredients. Of course, there will be time to relax in and around the magnificent country house or to take a dive in the heated swimming pool.

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Historical Cooking Week Provence

Cooking in Provence

Discover the history of French cuisine during a relaxed stay in Provence. The delicious cooking classes, tastings at centuries-old family businesses, shopping at local markets and meals at lovely locations will inspire you, for sure. Take a stroll in the large garden or rural surroundings and sit back and relax in the beautiful old French country house.

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Roman bread from Germania Inferior
Roman bread from Germania Inferior

Last July The Lower German Limes was added to the Unesco World Heritage List. What [...]

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Feb
Roman wine, conditum paradoxum
Roman wine – Conditum paradoxum

It’s overwhelmingly clear from ancient art, archeology, and primary sources that the Romans loved their [...]

09
Aug
Babylonian Lamb stew
Cooking from clay tablets: Babylonian lamb stew

There is not much written information about ancient cuisine from Near Eastern civilizations. Art and [...]

15
Jul
Rome sweet Rome, Roman sweet dish
Rome sweet Rome

Romans were sweet tooth. But how sweet was sweet in ancient Rome? The answer to [...]

08
Jun
Roman flower bulb recipe
Eating flower bulbs during Second World War

Every year on the 4th of May, Dutch Second World War Remembrance Day, I give [...]

10
May
Beandip World War II
Bean Dip from the Second World War

Legumes have been at the base of our eating habits for centuries. They are very [...]

03
May
Hot cross buns
Hot cross buns: an Easter treat

It’s Easter time! In the Christian tradition, Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus three days [...]

02
Apr
Roman dice bread Kyboi
Roman dice bread – kyboi

Ancient sources mention a lot of ingredients that were used in bread. Some of them [...]

09
Mar

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