Join Southern Visions for a vacation like no other. Live the life of a culinary professional while exploring the diversity and exceptional quality of the local herbs and ingredients, vegetables, fruits, and proteins. Located on the southeastern coast of Italy along the Adriatic Sea, the region of Puglia makes up the “heel and spur” associated with lower Italy’s distinctive boot shape. Now a hearty farming region producing most of the olive oil consumed in Italy, Puglia’s food reflects a rustic ingenuity with flavors that invoke a comforting nostalgia, tastes rooting themselves deep in the cultural soils they mirror. Pugliese pastas and breads are crafted from locally grown durum wheat.  Sauces embrace eggplant and fava beans, as well as wild game and fowl. Mussels and octopus from the Adriatic are prepared to a state of elegance only simplicity can produce. Wheat, grapes, olives, figs, turnips, almonds… all are ingredients grown in the region and, in the hands of Puglia’s cooks, are transformed into dishes that warm the souls of food enthusiasts the world over.

An expert guest celebrity chef will lead the classes, with the guidance of Southern Visions staff, who together bring many years of culinary knowledge. We are certain that these trips will offer an unparalleled, intimate culinary experience and international exposure.

Trip Highlights

• Access to the freshest ingredients from surrounding vineyards, gardens, and markets
• Cooking classes with the celebrity chef
• Classes in bread, pasta, & mozzarella making
• Olive oil & wine/liquor tastings
• Professionally guided tours of some of the region’s most characteristic towns

Archives

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• March 2010
• February 2010
• December 2008
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• May 2007
• April 2007
• June 2004

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• Puglia in Bici Bike rentals and professional guidance for tourists. Discover Puglia on two wheels.
• A Pinch of Italy Laura Giordano’s passion for cooking has an Italian aftertaste.
• The Blissful Adventurer Follow adventurer Michael Housewright on his never ending quest for food.