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Cooking Classes with Mamma Agata
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Either cooking for a large
gathering or an impromptu poolside lunch, the approach was always the
same. Traditional dishes with regional ingredients replaced formal ones
and Mamma Agata always remembered her guest’s favorites. When Fred
Astaire came to call, after a lunch of spaghetti alla puttanesca, he would
waltz the hostess’s elderly mother around the courtyard. She worked until her middle
twenties, when she married and had children. When her children became
adults, she was sought after to prepare private dinners for politicians A cooking course with "Mamma Agata" is truly an unique experience. The cooking course is held in a state-of-the-art outdoor kitchen on a terrace in Ravello. The town of Ravello is located high above the Amalfi Coast, with views that stretch to Capri and beyond. It is a town famous for its music and culture as well as gastronomic events. Her extraordinary gift for home style
cooking with regional ingredients comes across in everything
The experience of the course will enable you to cook for your family, organize and dinners at home with a rustic Italian flavor. Above all, it will furnish the knowledge of natural Mediterranean diet which is one of the healthiest in the world.
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8 nights tour--7 nights
accommodation on the Amalfi Coast
All listed meals and excursions
included
Only 10 guests are accepted for the
course, minimum of 6 required
Participants make their own flight arrangements
A list of different category hotels will be sent on request
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| March 26 | October 15 | |
| April 2 | October 22 | |
| April 9 | November 5 | |
| April 23 | November 12 | |
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| 2006 | |
| € 3,950 per person | |
| € 350 per day supplement for single use | |
| Individual transfer from Naples: € 110 each way | |
| Individual transfer from Rome: € 380 each way |
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Also Available
| Exclusive dinner or lunch for 2 people |
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| Buffet Lunch |
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| Wine Tasting |
What you will eat:
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A day with Mamma
Agata is a unique opportunity. Pick your vegetables from her kitchen
garden, learn how to make your own Limon cello, savor a delicious meal,
and listen to Mamma’s stories about cooking for celebrities.
Humphrey Bogart
was more reserved, and quietly ate his alici fritti while taking in the
view. The pasta e fagioli was a dish exclusively reserved for Anita
Eckberg, a gloriously tall woman with skin like milk. But, the favorite
memory that Mamma Agata shares is that of Jacqueline Kennedy, who
impressed her with “un eleganza molto simplice” an elegant simplicity
that was unique only to her, enjoying mozzarella and tomato salad by the
pool.
and writers such as Agnelli and Gore Vidal. In 1997, the idea of the
cooking school was born, in order to share her many talents.
she prepares.
This is a "demonstration" cooking course where you will learn
about the natural ingredients used, which are fresh picked the very same
morning of each class. The Italian garden is located below the terrace, so
each participant can also learn about growing the organic vegetables. On
the same level is a small farm with free-range chickens, turkeys and
rabbits.
Traditional dishes will
include antipasti, pastas, breads, seasonal vegetable dishes as well as
meat dishes. Last but not least are the cakes and marmalades! All the
recipes will be clearly demonstrated in a warm and relaxed atmosphere.
After the class, participants share in the beautiful meal, and enjoy the
local wines of the Amalfi region. In a land where limoncello
is famous,
Mamma Agata also prepares liquors made from tangerine, apricot and fennel.