by Natalina Campagnolo | Jan 24, 2018 | Postcards From Italy, Tours
I love Italy and try to get there as much as I can. I believe that in order to deliver quality food and wine travel experiences I need to “hand pick” hotels, vendors, and experiences for you, my guests! A few weeks ago that’s exactly what I did!...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Oct 31, 2017 | Tours, Videos
One of my favourite parts of travelling in Italy is making time to visit local markets, neighbourhood food shops, and bakeries! I met up with my travel partner-in-crime Damon Allan of Exclusively Malta Travel & Mediterranean Food Experiences to go...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Oct 25, 2017 | Tours, Videos
Our tours are always full of food, wine and culinary experiences, but we also make time for historic sites and natural wonders. Check out this video from our Blue Grotto boat excursion with our Sicily and Malta tour...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Oct 23, 2017 | Tours
I’m thrilled to share this first look at our Taste of Puglia tour, happening May 20 – 31, 2018. I’ve visited Puglia many times, and I’m more excited than ever to return next May and share my Southern Italian food culture with new travel...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Oct 17, 2017 | Tours
My small group tours always include hands-on culinary experiences! On my small group tour in Sicily and Malta, we spent the morning at a local cooking school where we made fresh pasta, among other things! Just as I do in my cooking school in Canada, my foodie...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jul 24, 2017 | Postcards From Italy, Tours, Uncategorized
16 of us recently experienced the first of 3 of our International Food & Wine Tours for the year 2017…all of which are SOLD OUT! The Region of Puglia played Host to me and my foodie friends for 12 days. It was a perfect mix of food, wine, history, culture,...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jun 12, 2017 | Cookbook, Cooking 101, Cooking Tips, Ingredients, Postcards From Italy, Uncategorized
To be a good cook means to be able to identify and choose good quality ingredients. I spend a lot of time in my classes helping students identify good quality ingredients. When it comes to fresh protein and produce; seasonal, local and fresh are best. But what about...
by Natalina Campagnolo | May 29, 2017 | Tours, Uncategorized
Buon Giorno from Puglia, Italy! As you read this we are on Day #10 of our Taste of Puglia, Food & Wine Tour with Natalina…Today, we are headed to a local winery for a tour and a delicious, homemade, annotated lunch prepared by the staff of the winery. This...
by Natalina Campagnolo | May 22, 2017 | Cooking Tips, Ingredients, Postcards From Italy, Soups, Uncategorized
Southern Italian cooking wastes nothing! Many dishes, in fact, use ingredients at one time that were discarded or deemed useless. The zucchini blossoms that fall off mature zucchini; why not use them to flavor fritters? Many greens, considered weeds in some cultures,...
by Natalina Campagnolo | May 8, 2017 | Postcards From Italy, Tours, Uncategorized
11 days until 16 of us are off to the beautiful Italian region of Puglia! I love Italy and consider it my second home. Last year however, after researching Sicily for our newest tour, I joined my Tour partners at Maxima Tours/Exclusively Malta on their “Jewels...
