01 June 2011

Vila Ida, Sorrento, Italy

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Today we woke up in Sorrento in a driving rain, the first rain we'd seen while in Italy.  The good news today was booked to to an all indoors day anyway.  We had planned to take a cooking class at Vila Ida from the family that owns the Villa.  It's been in their family for generations and the grounds were breathtaking.

Getting fortified for the class
Picking fresh herbs
Getting ready to cook
The kitchen before the storm

Julie learning to make gnocchi from an Italian grandmother
Read to enjoy the fruits of our labor
gnocchi al sorrento
tiramisu

After dinner drinks, including one based on walnut.  Very rasin/sweet