Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

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Taking it easy and relaxing on the boat on the Amalfi Coast. Not all Italian cooking happens indoors. In Sicily, a lot of great cooking happens outside on the grill. Guests learning about how Limoncello is made during our Limoncello class in Amalfi, Italy. Before we get our boots to harvest the salt, we tour the museum and learn the history of the amazing "saline" Historic tuna cannery in Favignana harbor where the Florio family ran one of the largest fishing operations in Italy. Our Italian Cooking Classes are always fun and informative. The recipes are fantastic and the meals are delicious! While out on our island cruise in Favignana, Sicily, we drop anchor and enjoy the cool seas to take a nice plunge! There's a technic and an art to everything. Mostly just have fun! Getting the fiore di sale from the flats in We never know what we're going to reel-in from the sea. This time it was lobster! So, lets make pasta! Having some fun exploring and wine tasting at a winery in Marsala, Sicily. We make authentic Sicilian arancini from scratch on our Favignana, Sicily Vacation weeks. These rice balls are delicious Fisherman will be fisherman and they respect their catch. So much so that they are careful in handling them. When available and in season, some guests are lucky enough to enjoy sea urchin caught fresh off the coast in Favignana. Glynn enjoying some fresh cannoli in Favignana, Sicily on our cooking and adventure on the islands of Sicily vacation We pay homage to our dear friend Pino who was a diamond in the rough. So many great memories and stories. We miss you&am Ivan shows the group how to make proper bruschetta on our cooking and adventure on the islands of Sicily Our guests often take the trail up to the Castle of Santa Caterina when they have some time off. Guests love the fresh bruschetta we make in Favignana, Sicily on our cooking and wine adventure vacations We have fresh sausages and tomatoes along with the amazing Sicilian bread during a lunch in Favignana. The Blue Grotto of Capri has nothing on the amazing grottoes of Marettimo, Sicily. Truly amazing and spectacular. We have lots of fresh made pizza going in the wood-burning oven at the country villa with family and friends. Guests having fun waiting for our private boats to take us around Favignana, Sicily on our cooking vacations. Enjoy some down time and soak in the sun at one of the many fantastic beaches of Favignana, Sicily. Our guests at the marina in Favignana, Sicily getting ready for their next adventure out on the high seas! Busiate pasta, a spring-like pasta is a Sicilian version of the more commonly known fusilli pasta. Rosario, our Favignana,Sicily boat captain being his fun-loving self with his new best friend, Mr. Octopi! Another Culture Discovery exclusive event where we harvest honey, fresh from the hives and then take home our own jars&a Our boat captains, Michele and Rosario are such gracious hosts - even to the fresh catch! Just part of Favignana f Michael and Ivan - longtime friends enjoying some fun and pasta on the boat in Favignana, Sicily Maita thinks she made a great catch while out on our fishing boats in Favignana. Sadly, she had to return it to the sea Great photo of our guest appearing to do a lot of heavy lifting. We do harvest salt - but not all of that! One of our alumni guests, Maita knows how to relax and have a great time while in the sun on the boat around Favignana. Our guests get to harvest salt right from the seawater flats in Trapani, Sicily. Truly a unique experience. Cara loves fresh-from-scratch almond cookies so much that we had to trade some wine for her to share them with us! Our guests have the vacation of a lifetime getting to the beach or out for a hike in Favignana, Sicily. It's beauti Arancini - Rice balls are a staple of Sicilian cuisine. We learn how to make them fresh on our cooking and wine tours Michele is one of our fisherman friends. He's the real deal, along with Rosario, these two show us some great times Gina made fast friends with this little guy - but then we fried him up and ate him with our amazing lunch on the boat&#x Fruit and other aperitivi with our salt-tasting at the saline in Trapani, Sicily. One of the highlights of the vacation& Dinner is served as we are treated like royalty on a private boat in the Favignana Harbor. A delicious Sicilian meal An incredible Culture Discovery exclusive experience where guests get to squeeze honeycombs and harvest their own honey& We make pizza from scratch at a private country home in Favignana. It's also where we make fresh ricotta and honey&