Sicilian Culinary Experience / Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School

Sicilia was always on my top must visit wish list. Since I moved to Italy I was dreaming about a sicilian culinary experience and it has been a while since I started to do a research in order to find the best place for me. Anna Tasca Lanza looked as the ultimate place for my needs. it located at the rural part of sicily, it has an interesting history and offers an experience of “field to fork”. The school was founded by Anna Tasca Lanza at case Vecchie, a 19th century farm villa on the family’s Tasca d’Almerita wine estate.Since Anna passed away in 2010 her daughter, Fabrizia is managing the school and continues her mum’s dream.

I was invited to the school by Fabrizia and spent there two nights. It was a joyful experience. I had the chance to feel the spirit of the place, to take part in a cooking class, to taste the wonderful wine from the Tasca winery and to visit the wonderful garden. We cooked arancini, a tipical sicilian rice balls stuffed with vegetables, tomato soup and a great eggplant salad.

the school offers cooking classes from one day to five nights stays, workshops, cook the farm and longer program of ten weeks, all based on the seasonal sicilian kitchen and tipical and traditional food.