Roberta Muir
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A hands-on cooking class at Casa Artusi – named for 19th century gastronome Pellegrino Artusi dubbed ‘the father of Italian home cookery’ – is a deep dive into the food culture of Romagna. At this living museum, library and cooking school in an old church, local ladies teach guests to make the local flatbread, piadina, and traditional egg pastas. This experience is the highlight of 11 days in Emilia-Romagna for many of the guests on my small-group food & wine tours, and they take home skills that they use repeatedly, keeping their Italian memories alive and sharing them with friends and family.