Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

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Another great night at the country villa in Favignana, Sicily where we make cheese, pizza and harvest honey! Fun with sausages. Hot off the grill, Melissa shows off her new sausage "do" right before her wonderful lunch Taking it easy and relaxing on the boat on the Amalfi Coast. During the salt harvest season in Trapani, Sicily - The workers build these salt mounds completely by hand. Rosario, our Favignana,Sicily boat captain being his fun-loving self with his new best friend, Mr. Octopi! We love relaxing at the beach! Favignana-style on our cooking and adventure on the islands of Sicily vacation Cara loves fresh-from-scratch almond cookies so much that we had to trade some wine for her to share them with us! Two great friends, Scippio and Rosario love to have a great time and love our guests that come visit us in Favignana Our guests have an amazing experience learning to cook authentic Sicilian and other Italian recipes. Michele is one of our fisherman friends. He's the real deal, along with Rosario, these two show us some great times Great photo of our guest appearing to do a lot of heavy lifting. We do harvest salt - but not all of that! Our guests make fresh sausages at one of our Italian Cooking Classes - Then we have them freshly cooked - So Delicious&# Jokes are flying during our super-fun sausage-making class at Campo Butcher Shop near Erice, Sicily When available and in season, some guests are lucky enough to enjoy sea urchin caught fresh off the coast in Favignana. We make fresh ricotta cheese at a private country villa in Favignana Another exclusive Culture Discovery event. Our boats take us to the beautiful Cala Rossa bay in Isola di Favignana, Sicily during our cooking and wine vacations. Along with other delicious fruits, we enjoy our relaxing boat rides around the Isola di Favignana, Sicily Melissa and her mother Nancy, have been on many Culture Discovery Vacations. Throughout most of Italy. See you soon We have lots of fresh made pizza going in the wood-burning oven at the country villa with family and friends. Making fresh cannoli from scratch on our Sicily cooking vacation classes in Italy Paola harvesting salt in Trapani, Sicily on our cooking and wine adventure vacation in Italy. These boats in Marettimo, Sicily appear to be floating on air - when really it's just the water that is incredibly Glynn enjoying some fresh cannoli in Favignana, Sicily on our cooking and adventure on the islands of Sicily vacation Our guests get to harvest salt right from the seawater flats in Trapani, Sicily. Truly a unique experience. The Blue Grotto of Capri has nothing on the amazing grottoes of Marettimo, Sicily. Truly amazing and spectacular. Our fishing boat appears to be floating on air, but is really in the crystal clear waters of Favignana, Sicily A group the day after night fishing, taking in the breathtaking crystal water of Favignana, Sicily Historic tuna cannery in Favignana harbor where the Florio family ran one of the largest fishing operations in Italy. Maita thinks she made a great catch while out on our fishing boats in Favignana. Sadly, she had to return it to the sea Sometimes the fish are biting early, so we head out with the crew and set the lines for our fishing trip in Favignana. We have fresh sausages and tomatoes along with the amazing Sicilian bread during a lunch in Favignana. Our Italian Cooking Classes are always fun and informative. The recipes are fantastic and the meals are delicious! Actually, they really did the leg-work and harvested the fiore di sale that you see in the photo. We take the salt home. Micheal and Gibarosso in this great photo from Gibarosso's country home in Favignana, Sicily. He was an original. We have the use of a private cove near our hotel in Favignana, Sicily. Go for a swim, lay out by the water in Italy As we wait for the sunrise on our fishing boat, we relax on the calm seas in Favignana, Sicily on our cookery vacations An incredible Culture Discovery exclusive experience where guests get to squeeze honeycombs and harvest their own honey& 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 We take this boat out on excursions around the island of Favignana. We fish and visit coves and bays and eat great food& At Macelleria Campo in Valderice, we have an amazing time making fresh sausages and having a fantastic lunch there! Another Culture Discovery exclusive event where we harvest honey, fresh from the hives and then take home our own jars&a Fruit and other aperitivi with our salt-tasting at the saline in Trapani, Sicily. One of the highlights of the vacation&