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May 2009 |
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Greetings from Active Gourmet Holidays!
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In this month's issue we are featuring Italy: Sicily, Puglia and the Veneto and France: Burgundy. Life is short so why not take that trip you keep saying you are going to plan??
For more information on specific tours or pricing, please email us at [email protected].
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The Sicilian Gourmet (Options: Custom Tours) Sicily, Italy - 7 nights
Available March to December
Enliven your senses and enlighten your fancy with our gastronomic tour of the amazing island of Sicily! Explore extraordinary ruins and enchantingly beautiful scenery, while visiting some of Sicily's most precious towns and select attractions.
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Authentic Home Cooking in Puglia Puglia, Italy - 3 or 5 nights Available year round
Puglia, the heel of Italy's boot, is an ideal location for a gourmet holiday. Puglia is home to some of the brightest seas, most beautiful sandy beaches, brilliantly whitewashed towns, a landscape graced with over fifty million ancient olive trees and the kindest people in all of Italy.
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Antonella's Cuisine of the Veneto Veneto, Italy - 3 or 7 nightsAvailable March to May, July to October
Enjoy an Italian cooking holiday in the heart of the Prosecco wine area in the Veneto. Stay in a beautifully restored farmhouse, where Antonella will teach you how to prepare wonderful meals at home. Her philosophy is that food is central to life; it should be full of flavour, beautifully presented, and eaten in a pleasing, relaxing ambience. It shouldn't be necessary to spend hours in preparation either; all it needs are the right skills and attitude. It's a question of lifestyle. Read more... |
Cooking with Katherine in Burgundy Burgundy, France - 6 nights Available March to December - Sunday to Saturday
Experience the delights of Burgundy in a fabulous farmhouse. Join us for a 'hands on,' culinary vacation in the heart of the Cote D'Or, Kingdom of the Dukes of Burgundy where you will discover a patchwork of landscapes, valleys, rivers, canals and vineyards.
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Save 20% per person |
Save 20% off "Cooking with Katherine in Burgundy" in Burgundy, France for the week of August 30-September 5, 2009. For details on this tour see the description above. |
Offer Expires: July 10, 2009 | | |
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Client Testimonial
"THE SICILIAN GOURMET"
"Dear Jo-Ann - Comfortable, breathtaking, exciting and restful when it needed to be!! Everything was wonderful. The tour guide Sorvano I would highly recommend to anyone. The travel agent, Angela, was fantastic and took care of everything!! I loved Sicily and can't wait to get back. Thanks Jo-Ann. I will give your company name to all of my traveling friends." " - Bob R., Waltham, Massachusetts .
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Recipe of the Month |
RISOTTO WITH ORANGE OR LEMON
("The Sicilian Gourmet" Tour)
Ingredients 1 onion olive oil 200 gr of super fine rice (i.e. arborio) 1 big orange or 2 lemons 1 glass of white wine 50 gr butter 50 gr of grated parmesan cheese 1 cube of vegetable bouillon salt and pepper parsley
Method
Grate the orange or lemon peel Heat the olive oil in a pot and brown the onion. Add the grated peel of the fruit ("peal to alive" which means to completely remove the white part of the fruit) and blend in a mixer. Add the "sofrito" (onion mixture). In the mean time boil half litre of water with vegetable bouillon. When the sufrito is golden brown, add the rice. Add the white wine and stir constantly with a spoon until it is evaporated. Cook over a low flame. Add a part of the bouillon and continue to stir. Once the bouillon is absorbed by the rice, add more and continue until done. Add salt to taste. Add pepper, the butter and the grated parmesan cheese. Stir and remove from heat Decorate the rice with the chopped parsley and a slice of lemon or orange
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Contact Information |
Active Gourmet Holidays Jo-Ann Gaidosz
Phone: 1.203.732.0771 Fax: 1.203.734.6903 Skype: active.gourmet.holidays Email: [email protected]
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