Cooking holidays for lover of Italy and italian food
I am Raffaella, the owner of country farm "la volpe e l'uva" and the organizer of the programs of "Let's Cook in Umbria”.
I have been living here since 1996, with my husband who is a musician, and our two children.
The idea of this project was born thanks to my love for the region of Umbria, its products and traditions.
My goal is to offer an unforgettable holiday in central Italy that combines Italian food, art, and our local culture, an holiday during which people can live in a nice and comfortable apartment surrounded by Umbrian hills, discover the secrets of our traditional cooking and enjoy of the artistic richness of our wonderful region!
Our programs include accomodation, cooking classes, half-day tours and meals. You will deal with the professionalism of people in an informal and friendly environment.
Our approach to cooking can be wrapped up in three words - simple, seasonal, and local. Our recipes come from the Mediterranean tradition, especillay form central Italy (Umbria and Tuscany), but we revised a little the original recipes to obtain more healthy foods!
I love recipes that are simple but with great results; some of my favorite recipes have less than 5 or 6 ingredients and can be prepared in less than 1 hour.
Simplicity, fantasy and attention are the mainly ingredients in our classes, and they are the base of of the pleasure of cooking together. The programs on my pages are very flexible and people interested can ask me for changes, i.e. the length of the vacation, the number of cooking lessons and the number and type of excursions.
We can plan together your personal holiday! I personally answer to your email! My presence in the farm is a guarantee for the success of your holiday! The first years of work in this project have been full of satisfactions, as you can see from the testimonials page!
Hoping to see you soon here in Umbria.
I send you all my best.
Raffaella
Our Philosophy
The Umbria region is unkown respect on the neighboring Tuscany, but it is a wonderfull region!
It is in the center of Italy, has many Etruscan sites and medieval hill towns. Umbria is often called Italy's green heart
for its nature parks. Umbria also has one of Italy's largest lakes, spectacular waterfalls,
and a big tradition in the cooking.
Raffaella was born in Umbria, and for about 15 years she has dealt with tourism in Italy, from renting apartments,
to organizing various activities and tours for travellers to Umbria. She is the owner of the Farmhouse "la volpe e l'uva" in Perugia and she lives in the farmhouse with her family.
In the programs offered by Let's cook in Umbria she combines her tourism experience with her passion for
food and cooking. Raffaella believe in traditional Italy food, original recipes, and a good time. She is also animated in
her project by the pleasure to meeting people, especially people coming from other countries and to share
with them italian cooking traditions.
in Central Italy, during which you can stay in a nice and comfortable place,
surrounded by Umbrian hills, can discover the secrets of our traditional cooking and enjoy of the artistic
richness of our wonderful region. Raffaella keep personally the contacts with the people that ask information about the holidays.
She personally answer to the email! She organize your accomodation, cooking classes and special menu,
and suggest you the best tours dependent on the season! The cooking class are in her confortable home, so you can do your cooking experiance in a true italian kitchen!
She works to ensure that every "Let's cook in Umbria experience is unique, professional, and unforgettable.
Let's cook in Umbria dont't work through Travel agencies for this reason its rates are strongly competitive!!
But you can be sure that the services will be perfect!
Join us on a Culinary Journey and we promise you an experience you'll always remember........
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