Join The Chopping Block, Chicago’s premier recreational cooking school, for a gourmet enthusiast’s tour of Puglia! This region of Southern Italy is an ancient place with some of the most enduring regional food & wine traditions and dishes in all of Italy. Come along in May 2027 to discover it with us…
In Puglia you’ll find a place with a deep soul, and what many say is the best food in the country. Puglia is home to burrata cheese, most of Italy’s olive trees, beautiful Adriatic seascapes, and antique towns that will take your breath away. This adventure is a special opportunity to visit a lesser-known corner of Italy, though that is changing rapidly as the region’s stellar reputation continues to spread internationally.
This tour is an especially exciting opportunity for food lovers because one of your dynamic pair of co-hosts, Viktorija Todorovska, is a cookbook author who has written a book about the the cuisine of Puglia. Before she moved to France, where she now lives, Viktorija taught classes at The Chopping Block and she is also a certified sommelier. Traveling with Viktorija, along with a likeminded small group, will surely add depth to the connections you will make with the terroir, the food & wine, and each other.
The region’s cuisine has peasant roots, meaning it always was and still is inspired by what’s local and seasonal with an emphasis on vegetables, legumes, olive oil, fresh pasta, and locally made cheeses. Enjoy a week of fabulous meals accompanied by a generous amount of local wine. A long time favorite getaway destination of Italians, Puglia will ignite your senses from the fields of blooming wildflowers, to the rich purple primitivo wine, to the bright blue expansive sky.
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