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"Wine improves with age. The older I get the better I like it."
- Anonymous

"The trip to Italy was fabulous and Rory is a wonderful hostess, cook, and travelling buddy. It was more than we imagined."
- Sandy and Jay Friedly

I have been with Rory to  Italy, Spain, Morocco and Mexico, I am going back to Italy in 2009 . She knows how to see the best of the best and  her knowledge of Italian food is outstanding , as well as choice of restaurants and acommodations. Rory's sense of humor will keep you laughing the whole time. Mary Samuels



MAY 2012 TUSCAN TOUR.... MAY 5-MAY12 E-mail Rory for itinerary and pricing. Pleasepalate@yahoo.com
There is no better way to embrace a country’s culture and understand its lifestyle than through the cuisine. Rory has spent her life exploring the foods of the world. Rory conducts food and wine tours and cooking classes in Italy, Mexico and Spain. She specializes in Italian cooking seminars in Southern Tuscany, and has been taking groups there for the past 19 years.

Rory combines the best of both worlds with cooking and touring. You will enjoy visits to wonderful breathtaking wineries, dine in little known restaurants, taste the wonderful Tuscan olive oils and sample the rustic cheeses. You will learn to shop and eat like an Italian and even cook with them. Along with all of this, there will still be plenty of time to relax around the pool, read and hike in the beautiful countryside and breath in the hillsides of Tuscany. Please join her for the trip of a lifetime.

-All groups are small and intimate
-Genuine regional cooking
- Dine as the Italians do in some of the areas most authentic restaurants and wineries
-These trips offer a wonderful balance of free-time and organized activities
-Stay in a beautifully restored farm house on the grounds of an ancient Abbey
-Learn how to make pasta and bake in a wood fired oven with Italian cooks
-Taste the areas bounty, fresh porcini mushrooms, grassy olive oils, hearty Barolo wines and freshly made cheeses.

For reservations or more information, contact Rory at:
pleasepalate@yahoo.com

or send request to:
PLEASE THE PALATE
301 S. Pierce Place
Boise, ID  83712