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Food Lover’s French Road Trip

Travel to the most delicious and beautiful food and wine regions of France on this ultimate 11-day all-inclusive vacation, the ideal food lover’s French road trip. Experience with all...

Taste Sicily Culinary Vacation

Experience a moveable feast around Sicily. Taste, drink, and cook as you travel around the island on this all-inclusive 10-day gourmet Sicilian vacation. Stay in 4-star hotels, 3 nights in...

Amalfi Coast Culinary Vacation

Enjoy pizza, pasta & pastries in one of Italy's most beautiful and best food regions. Experience some of the most magical views in the world. This week-long vacation, with...

Tuscany Culinary Vacation

Experience the food, wine and tranquility of Tuscany, Italy on this all-inclusive, small-group vacation in Chianti, the heart of Tuscany. Open your appetite to the bold flavors of the...

Taste of Classic Italy Vacation

Take a moveable feast through Rome, Tuscany and Venice. For the traveler that wants to experience the "Classic Tour" of Italy and enjoy the best food and wine in...

Food Lover’s Rome and the Amalfi Coast Vacation

Enjoy the classic sights of Rome and the magical views of the Amalfi Coast and Capri. This 9-day food lovers vacation is a feast of pizza, pasta and pastries...

Provence Culinary Vacation

This culinary vacation celebrates the best of Provence: the food, the wine, the vibrant markets, picturesque villages and the seaside towns that look out onto the deep azure of...

France Christmas Markets Vacation

Experience the magic of Christmas in France on this 7-day/6-night Alsatian Christmas markets vacation. Stay in a 4-star hotel in the very center of Strasbourg. Visit Christmas markets in...

French Pastry Making Week

Spend the week in an 18th-Century Villa focused on learning the art of classic French pastries. During this week-long all-inclusive pastry-making week, you will learn techniques, tips and skills...

Venice Cooking Vacation

Spend a glorious week of food and wine in Venice, Italy on this Venice cooking vacation. This is an all-inclusive package with a 6-nights' stay in a private luxury...

Puglia Culinary Vacation

Cook, eat, drink and discover this amazing "off-the-tourist-track" region at the heel of the boot in Southern Italy. Stay in a gorgeous masseria restored into a luxury boutique hotel...

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From the Blog

French Strawberry Tart to Celebrate Ten Years

Classic French pasrtry, the Strawberry Tart, tarte aux fraises. This dessert recipe with shortcrust pastry dough, vanilla pastry cream, and springtime strawberries, is part of French classic pastries workshop.

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Chocolate and Salted Caramel Tart

Are you in charge of making desserts for the upcoming holidays? Maybe, like me, you are always the person in charge of making desserts. I […]

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Galani ~ Venetian Pastry to Celebrate Carnival

Buon Carnevale a tutti! Today is Fat Tuesday, known as Martedi Grasso in Italy. The old theory is that today is the last day to […]

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Figs Baked in Almond Cream

September, is it really September already?! It’s the month of transition; from Summer to Fall, from long hot days to crisp cool Autumn ones, from […]

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Cooking Classes in Aix-en-Provence Giveaway

After a short Winter break working on the new site and new culinary vacations, I’m back in France where I’ll again be offering cooking classes […]

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New Site and Look – More Vacations

Welcome to the NEW Food Lover’s Odyssey! More than an extreme makeover, we’re brand new! I had more than a blog redesign, I have a […]

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Postcards from the Amalfi Coast

When someone asks me what my favorite city/region in Italy is or what’s my favorite regional cuisine – and I’m asked that ALL the time […]

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Classic Italy Dream Vacation

On the heels of the huge success and glowing testimonials for the Food Lover’s Vacation in Puglia, for 2015 I’m offering more food-focused vacations to […]

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Merry Christmas and a Happy 2015

I’m hoping you have a very Merry Christmas, the happiest of New Years and of course, that your holidays are filled with the best food, […]

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The Gondola Maker

Italy Book Tours invited me to read and review The Gondola Maker by Laura Morelli. And I finished the book just in time for my […]

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Eating Italy: Food in Todi

Today our Eating Italy series goes to picturesque Medieval hill town of Todi, located in the center of Umbria. We’re talking about the food and […]

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Eating Italy: Food in Puglia

Today Eating Italy goes to the heel and we’re talking food in Puglia! I am so happy to share this interview with you and introduce […]

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Market-to-Table Cooking in Provence

Cooking Week in Provence

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What Our Guests Are Saying

Places we would never find on our own

“We had such a wonderful experience. I loved every minute of Lecce and Puglia. You took us to places we would never find on our own.”

Jeanette, Sussex, NJ

Had the best time!

“I had the best time. It was wonderful. We did so many different things, and I loved how you mixed all the fabulous food with visits to the area. The food was unbelievable. Going to the market with you was probably the most fun thing out of so many of the fabulous things that we did.”

Teri, Sparta, NJ

No better way to experience Provence than with Chef Kathy

“No better way to experience Provence than to cook with Chef Kathy. Every recipe we made will be easy to reproduce at home which is not always the case when you take a cooking class in France. I just can’t recommend her enough.”

Joyce, New York, NY

You took all the work out of traveling

“I had a great time on the trip and would do it again. You made it very easy by taking out all of the work and leaving us with just the enjoyment of travel.”

Cookie, McLean, VA

Such a pleasure to travel with you

“I am still coasting on my wonderful time in Italy. It was such a pleasure to travel with you and the group. You handled us and the unexpected so well. I loved our hotel and visits to the beautiful towns along the coast. So many great meals and good laughs. The vistas everywhere still stagger my mind as I look at the photos.”

Susan, Washington, DC

Kathy and the trip were both so great!

“Kathy, You were a wonderful, caring, considerate, organized, and calm leader of our group. I enjoyed every minute – even the scary rides–Ha! I can’t say enough of how great you and the trip were. I’m sure we’ll get together again.”

Susan, McLean, VA

Trip of a Lifetime

“I cant thank you enough for the week full of amazing experiences in Pulgia. It really was a trip of a lifetime and I appreciate your hard work so much.

Jennifer, Chicago, IL

Awesome Trip!

“Awesome trip!!! Thank you Kathy for giving us so many amazing experiences, great food and wonderful company to share it with. Best trip ever!”

Michelle, Flower Mound, TX

Best Trip on So Many Levels

“It was the best trip on so many levels….cooking, food, art, painting and friends. It doesn’t get any better than that!”

Melanie, Dallas, TX

Amazingly Fun Trip

“What an amazingly fun trip! One of the best adventures I have experienced. Looking forward to traveling with Kathy again next year.”

Judy, Huntsville, AL

BEST TRIP EVER!!!

“The best trip ever!!! I need Kathy to plan all my trips from now on. Great people, great food, beautiful scenery.”

Aimee, Flower Mound, TX

Can’t go to Italy without Kathy

“I’ve never been a group tour person, but now I don’t think I can travel to Italy again without Kathy. It was one of the best vacations ever.”

Teri, McLean, VA

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Featured Culinary Vacations

From the Blog

Market-to-Table Cooking in Provence

Cooking Week in Provence

What Our Guests Are Saying

Places we would never find on our own

Had the best time!

No better way to experience Provence than with Chef Kathy

You took all the work out of traveling

Such a pleasure to travel with you

Kathy and the trip were both so great!

Trip of a Lifetime

Awesome Trip!

Best Trip on So Many Levels

Amazingly Fun Trip

BEST TRIP EVER!!!

Can’t go to Italy without Kathy

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