July 14, 2014
Simple and tasty Italian recipe – perfect for the summer!
Food, Recipes, Lifestyle and Travel Blog
By the Flavours Holidays Team
Testimonial: Meet our Cooking Holiday Traveller Malty
July 10, 2014
Travelling on your own can maybe sound daunting at the beginning. Malty, one of our solo travellers, has just recently come back from his Flavours’ cooking holiday in Tuscany and already booked his next trip to Puglia with us. As an experienced & independent traveller he can only encourage people to go on solo traveller…
How to Match Pasta with the Right Italian Sauce
July 7, 2014
Did you know that there are more than 350 different shapes of pasta? Making pasta seems so simple – however – there are some rules when it comes down to matching the right pasta shapes with the right Italian sauce. It all depends on thickness and texture of the pasta in order to turn a…
Our Six Favourite Herbs And Their Health Benefits
June 28, 2014
Herbs are not only an essential factor regarding the success of our cooking outcomes, but can serve a much wider purpose. The Romans already knew that, and used various herbs to improve their mental and physical health. And it is still true today that herbs can facilitate your well-being enormously! Just like our favourite Italian…
Meet our painting guests: Robert
June 23, 2014
Today, we are honoured to interview a lovely and talented painting guest. Let’s meet Robert. Can you please tell us how long have you been painting? I have enjoyed painting since I was a child and I attend art groups in Glasgow every week. It has always been a very natural thing for me…
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Pilates in Tuscany: A Touch of Paradise with Health & Wellbeing
June 19, 2014
Are you stressed and need a break? There’s nothing better than a Pilates holiday in Tuscany! I’ve just come back from a wonderful week in a Tuscan villa and I feel so relaxed and full of energy. I feel like I can now face my daily routine in a different way. The Pilates lessons have…
Flavours recommends: best Italian delis-Thyme out
June 18, 2014
Today, takes us to the second part of our round-up of the best Italian delis in the UK. Let’s meet the Manchester based Thyme Out. What started your passion for food? I can remember being interested in food from a young age. My passion for food really developed in my mid-teens when I selected to…
Best recipes per region – Tuscany
June 16, 2014
Cecilia who worked for Flavours as an Italian assistant in the last two months and a half, is passionate about her home region Tuscany, its food and loves to share her love for Italy with people around the world who want to visit Tuscany. That’s why she shared her favourite Tuscan food secrets with us… Today…
Our Favourite Italian artist- Part 1
June 13, 2014
Our favourite Italian artist No 1. Canaletto We recently asked the question on Facebook – “Tell us your favourite Italian artist?” As always you were quick to give us a list! So we thought we’d do some research into your favourite Italian artists and start a series of blog posts dedicated to your favourite Italian artists….
Rocket Salad with Pears and Parmesan Recipe
June 10, 2014
For today’s Italian cooking holiday inspired giveaway we have a healthy and delicious salad with fresh rocket!
This is a very easy and light recipe but at the same time very tasty! Perfect in the summer time for a quick lunch or as a side dish.
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Fried Sage and Parmesan Penne
June 7, 2014
We are on Day 2 of the Flavours Italian Herbs Giveaway on Facebook and Twitter and today we want to share a delicious recipe using sage!
Italian Herbs
June 6, 2014
In light of Flavours’ Italian Summer Herb Giveaway on Facebook and Twitter this week, we want to start with the most popular herbs in Italian cuisine! Herbs are a very important component of Italian cuisine, everybody in Italy has a little “garden”, even if it has to be on the window! Herbs can be…
Flavours Recommends: Papadeli – Italian Deli in Bristol
June 5, 2014
Summer is finally here and we can’t wait for our next Flavours cooking holiday in Italy. This inspired Flavours’ team to search for the finest Italian delis in the UK. Let’s start this delicious round-up with Bristol based, award winning Papadeli. What started your passion for food? My father was very into food and would…
Meet our painting guests: Yvonne Jones
June 4, 2014
Yvonne Jones is a very talented Flavours guest who kick-started her career after joining our painting holidays in Italy. Let’s listen to what Yvonne has to say about what inspired her to create the painting we featured in our Flavours art exhibition last May. Can you please tell us how long have you been…
A Visit to the City of Siracusa in Sicily
June 3, 2014
Margie Miklas is an American writer with a passion for travel and in particular, Italy. Today we are honoured to feature her post about travelling to the city of Siracusa in Sicily. Like many Italian cities, Siracusa is comprised of several sections, one being the centro storico or historic center, and the others including the…
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