Rich & Linda
Texas,USA
Thank you so much! Rich and I had a wonderful time with you and your family and our family is anxious for us to serve them what we learned. Your cooking class was definately one of the top highlights of our trip! And thank you for remembering our 45t
Ellen & Rick Bensusan
Rhode Island, USA
Paola: Cooking with you was a highlight of our recent visit. We are looking forward to sharing our superb recipes with friends. We wish we could have stayed and worked on "There's no Spaghetti and Meatball in Italy!"
Con Amore
Jeannette & Skip Amstrong
Calgary,Canada
Just a short note to once again thank you for your excellent cooking lesson . Simply put ? we had a great day with some great people and it is a day that we will never forget thanks to you,
John HUTCHINSON
Great Britain
What a wonderful meal we cooked and how much we learnt!
Thank you so much for a very memorable and special experience.
Rose family
USA
I just wanted to thank you for a great day of cooking.It was truly a very memorable experience, especially for the children.
Bill & Susan Kamps
Texas,USA
Susan and I returned from our wonderful trip to Italy. One of the highlights was of course your cooking class, and our visit to the winery. It was so nice to meet you, and be invited into your home.
Donna and John Taylor
Canada
We are back in Ontario after three wonderful weeks in Italy. Just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed our day of cooking with you in Gaiole Chianti
Ayse Sukuroglu
Turkey
I was telling my mother the things that we had done at there, therefore I just wanted to send you a mail to learn what is going on...Thank you so much again. You were wonderful to us. Chianti was the greatest experience that we had
Jerry & Lana Turner
USA
We have pretty much gotten over our jet-lag and have been cooking from your cook book since we got home.We even had a dinner for our neighbors .Lana and I want to say again how much we enjoyed the classes and spending the time with you and your family and
Pertti Syvänen
Finland
First of all thanks about very nice cooking class in May. Your cooking class wa brilliant to me and to Taimi (half-professional) , it was giving many new ideas to do Italian dishes.
Susan Vickers
Australia
Just a quick note to thank you both once again for your marvellous hospitality in Chianti. I enjoyed my time with your family and really felt that I had learnt a lot during my stay-
Christine
UK
We spent a very nice day with you last autumn and while we were with you we tasted the quince jelly you were drying out on a tray. Is there any chance of the recipe as I would very much like to have a go at making it?
Many thanks
Jessica Youle
USA
I just wanted to thank you again for making our vacation such a memorable occassion! We loved the cooking classes and spending time in your home. I've always loved cooking, but you have even succeeded in getting Andrew excited to cook! It was truely great
Jane Ramage
London GB
I want to write to say how much I enjoyed and valued my time in Italy with you and your family. I have learned so much and this morning intend going out to the Supermarket and buying loads of passata, and other ingredients to get going on the recipes.Fant
Joyce Mowrey
USA
Dear Simonetta,
My daughter, Julie, and I had a wonderful day in Chianti. Yesterday we taught my oldest daughter how to make ravioli, crostini and the apple dessert.Thank you, again, for the perfect vacation day.
Liz Peck
Canada
Hello Paola!
First, I would just like to thank you for one of the best memories that we have of our vacation! Our cooking class was absolutely everything that I hoped it would be, and so much more!I am going to be making the pasta tomorrow evening for
Pamela Smith
USA
I wanted to tell you that I made gnocchi with the sage butter sauce for our New Year's dinner last night.? It transported me back to the one glorious day I spent in your home cooking and eating.? My dream is to return one day for a longer stay.
Pamela
Roger
USA
Hello, from Roger,
My wife Rosemary and I stayed with you a couple of weeks ago; we both enjoyed cooking and living in your home. Your cooking class was one of the best parts of our trip.
This week we plan on making the gnocchi using both the red an
Rose
San Diego,CA USA
Hi Simonetta and Paola!!
Sorry it's taken me so long to say hi. I am back in San Diego and am settling in very nicely. I do miss my travels, most especially in Italy and with all of you! I really enjoyed my experience with you and wanted to make
John
Netherlands
Hi Paola/Simonetta,
I hope you are fine in Tuscany now that spring is starting and I am still keeping a good memory to the both cooking classes we enjoyed in your lovely kitchen.
Lyndall Condon
Australia
Hi Simonetta & Paola
Here is the link to my blog:
http://lyndallchris.blogspot.com/
Hope you enjoy it.
Best wishes,
Joanne MacKinnon
Canada
Thanks again for taking such great care of us during our stay. We really enjoyed our culinary adventure. Once we got back to Florence, we tried a couple of the dishes in restaurants, and in each instance your version was better
Janet and Doug Daarrow Winter
Dubai
Hi Simonetta, Paola and Family,
Doug and I had such a wonderful time with you. Apparently, the recipes work without a 13th century Italian Farmhouse and a stove with gas burners. I've been feasting on Bruschetta and made the Turkey in milk yesterday even
Ghada Khalife
Egypt
I wanted to drop a line to thank you all for your kind hospitality and also for giving me the opportunity to be part of your family for those lovely three days, it was really a pleasure .
Varsha & Hema Patel
New Zeland
We had an incrediable time in your casa bella!
Hema & I enjoyed the cooking and the whole italiano experience.
With love & hugs
David & Jan Lazarus
Ohio,USA
Jan and I are back home and have decompressed from our vacation and we both wanted to again say Thank You for you and your family?s hospitality. Our time with you was the best part of our vacation .
Malcolm Thwaites
Great Britain
I would just like to thank you both for a wonderful week in your home, cooking, wine tasting and exploring your region. You made me feel very welcome in your family and I really have learned so much from you.
Jayne Thacher
MA,USA
I so enjoyed my class with you and Michael and I especially enjoyed lunch with your father and husband!! It was so nice to be in your home and enjoy some slow time with a Italian family.
Dana Motyl
USA
We had a wonderful time at your class and would love to come
back soon. It was definitely a highlight of our trip.
Marilyn Smith
Canada
Barb and I had the wonderful opportunity to stay in your lovely Tuscan farmhouse and enjoy your hospitality. Learning Tuscan cooking and culture from you in such a setting was such a fantastic experience.
Jane and Michael Carey
PA,USA
One of the ?most? enjoyable parts of our trip was the time we spent in your home learning and preparing Italian dishes as they should be done.We enjoyed sitting down with you and your family eating delicious food and sipping a little vino as well.
Jeana Nordstrom
USA
I would like to thank you for the wonderful class last month. My sister in law and I loved it. You made us feel very welcome. Thank you!
Jill, Barb, Rich and Roger Pozzi
USA
We are home now from our trip and we wanted to thank you so much for the great time we had at your home. We are cooking our menu for some friends
Debbie and Tom Woehler
Texas,USA
We immensely enjoyed your cooking school, meeting and dining with your family and best of all learning to make pasta and all the other wonderful dishes. I have tried some of them already and they are delicious
Scott Yates
Canada
Hello Simonetta
Thank you again for the cooking lesson in Florence. I had such a wonderful time in Italy I'm already aiming to come back there again soon.
Andra LaVoy
Ohio,USA
Hi Paola,
I was just sitting here thinking about our cooking class and had to send a note to you telling you how much we enjoyed it.Thanks again for all the fun.
Anta Thede
USA
Ciao Paola and Simonetta,
Thank you for a wonderful time in Tuscany. Everyone said it was the highlight of the trip. We saw the couple from Taiwan two days later in Cortona.We had lunch with them. They also enjoyed the cooking class, they said it exceed
Barbara Aitken
Nova Scotia,Canada
Dear Simonetta and Paola:
Last night my friend Marilyn Smith and I prepared dinner for 7 friends from recipes we learned from you in October.
It was very much enjoyed by all, especially by Marilyn and I as it brought back memories of you and your cookin
Vicki Golden
Seattle,WA USA
Hi Simonetta:
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed your cooking lesson in Florence. After your lesson we went shopping to buy the official Italian gnocci maker which we found. I can?t wait to try to duplicate your recipes and impress my friends and famil
Bobbi and Dan Monahan
USA
Simonetta and Paola. thank you so much for your New Years greetings -- it brings back so many good memories of our cooking school with you both. We really enjoyed ourselves again this year......this may be a regular thing when we come to Italy.....always
Jane and Stephen Birrell
Melbourne, Australia
Finallly a chance to email and tell you what an absolute highlight our day spent cooking with you last year. We thank you so for affording us the most wonderfully authentic and memorable experience .The cooking experience was fantastic...but equally we
Diane Kern
USA
Dear Paola, Simonetta and all
Thamk you for all you efforts to make our stay enjoyable. John and I had a wonderful time and your home is beautiful. He is absolutely hooked on the lemon gelato! I have made several meals from your cookbook and they all tu
Sue and Pat Laskey
USA
Dear Paola & Simonetta
Our time with you last June was definitely the hight light of our stay in Tuscany. We have talked about our cooking experience to so many of our friends that I'm sure you will have many Sacramentans visit you in the future.
Thou
Bobbi & Dan Monahan
California,USA
Simonetta & Paola
we have so many good memories of our cooking school with you both. We really enjoyed ourselves again this year......this may be a regular thing when we come to Italy.....always learning new things from you and tasting things we never w
Gene Smith
Wyoming,USA
Hi,
My name is Gene Smith. My wife Pati and I were in one of Simonetta's cooking classes in September which we thoroughly enjoyed. We have used some of your recipes since returning. For instance we have served your bruschetta at several dinners and it
Anne Wintermans
London,GB
Dear Paola,
Thank you so much for your cookery lessons last week. Imke, Sophie and I really enjoyed ourselves. We learned a lot and I am impressed by the way you teach in such a professional and fun way. Sophie can't wait to do the ravioli at home.
Mabel&Jim Bond
California,USA
Hi Paola and Simonetta: Of all the time we spent in Italy, the time with you and your family is what I think of first and remember the most. Every minute of friendship and cooking was so special.
Fondly,
Mabel Bond (and Jim too)
