Italian Cooking School & Wine Tours with Mama Margaret & Friends

Cooking in a restaurant near Mount Etna, Sicily

There you are in Italy, in a country kitchen overlooking vineyards and olive trees, cooking and laughing with local women, making dishes their families eat every day. You dine on your creations together and exchange stories. You feel a heart to heart connection. You feel part of their lives.

Since 1995, Mama Margaret & Friends has offered authentic Italian cooking experiences through intimate classes led by home cooks and restaurant chefs, and private visits with food and wine producers. You’ll get to know a cast of locals like chefs, wine makers, artisan cheese makers, who soon feel like new friends.

Mama Margaret’s Italian Cooking School is the ideal Italian vacation for mothers and daughters, or a group of friends or family who want to have fun together, learn about Italian food and wine, and get to know local people. An Italian cooking vacation is the perfect chance to connect more deeply with each other in stimulating experiences, and create beautiful memories you’ll share forever.

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