July 23, 2020
There is very little I love more than eating Italian food, and I’m sure you feel much the same! Italian cuisine is definitely one of the best-loved in the world, but how often do you cook an Italian feast for yourself? Many Italian meals are deceptively simple and worth the effort for the delicious rewards…
July 6, 2020
Transport yourself to Italy from the comfort of your own home by learning how to mix our favourite Italian cocktails!
July 3, 2020
Bread is a wonderful food, a great base for many meals and it plays a big part in virtually every food culture. Whilst Italians may not eat quite as much as many other Europeans do, they do eat it virtually every day, and Italian cuisine has a wealth of regional bread variations. At Flavours Experiences…
June 23, 2020
We all know that feeling – standing in the wine aisle of the supermarket trying to choose a great bottle of wine, with no idea what differentiates an average wine from a great wine. With so much choice, and so many types of wine to choose from, it can definitely be a bit of a…
May 22, 2020
Nikki Welch is the founder of the WineTubeMap and author of the Pocket Guide to Wine. She is well-known for her love of wine, saying that she “only ever stops thinking about wine to decide what she’s eating with it”. Nikki’s website and app – The WineTubeMap – is an amazing wine recommender, designed to…
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January 17, 2020
Livia de Giovanni is a chef and host for Flavours Holidays, and is also the “granny finder” for the Pasta Grannies phenomenon on YouTube and the new cookbook of the same name. We received so much lovely feedback from guests last year about Livia, so we got together with Livia to chat about her love…
November 20, 2019
We are delighted to introduce Vicky Bennison, creator of the YouTube phenomenon Pasta Grannies and author of the newly released cookbook by the same name. Flavours Holidays recently had the chance to sit down with Vicky and discover the story behind Pasta Grannies. What inspired you to come up with the Pasta Grannies concept? I…
November 5, 2019
I am lucky enough to be able to say that I have travelled to Italy multiple times, and visited many of their beautiful cities. I absolutely love everything about Italy – the history, the scenery, the food! It’s definitely safe to say I can see my Italian travels continuing for a long time yet. Most…
August 21, 2019
We spoke to bestselling novelist Alice Peterson, who joined a Flavours Pilates holiday in Puglia, which also includes two cooking lessons. Alice’s new book, If You Were Here, is published on 22 August. What made you pick a Flavours holiday in Puglia? I did a fair bit of research online, and there were lots of…
August 15, 2019
Looking for a dry white wine? It’s easy to get overwhelmed by everything that is on offer. Which is why we have put together a list of our favourite wines. It contains wines from each of our Flavours Destinations and each wine displays characteristics typical of its region. Fiano Fiano is a wonderful grape variety…
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July 24, 2019
We are so excited to see the wonderful chef, Mario, featured on Rick Stein’s Long Weekends in a recent episode set in beautiful Bologna. Before opening his own restaurant, Scacco Matto, Mario used to teach on our cooking holidays in Bologna and is a long time friend of Flavours Holidays. In his BBC programme, Rick…
February 15, 2019
According to Lonely Planet, this year Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian) is the top region to visit in the world. Amongst the beautiful rolling hills and grape vines of the Langhe region, Piedmont has three products from the region that we think you should know about. The Flavours team decided to make our own list of…
February 8, 2019
Once you have your pasta, either freshly-made or bought-dry, there are some tips that we need to discuss about cooking your pasta. There are some myths out there that won’t help your pasta at all to develop that beautiful and glossy shine when mixed with pasta sauces. But don’t worry! Flavours Holidays are here to…
May 3, 2018
Flavours guest Gabrielle enjoyed cooking from ‘Veneto’ by Valeria Necchio. The recipes reminded her of time spent in Tuscany on one of our Cooking Holidays! Recipes from an Italian Country Kitchen I have really enjoyed reviewing this lovely cook book! With its chapters divided into sections of ‘Then’, ‘Now’ and ‘Pantry’. I can see myself…
April 23, 2018
Flavours guest Linda joined us in Sicily last year, and is about to learn the ins and outs of Puglian cooking later this year – what better time to review Luca Lorusso’s ‘Sharing Puglia’! In the last decade or so, Puglia, that lies in the heel of Italy and which has long provided cheap holidays…
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