After years in professional restaurant kitchens, Chef Claudia Proietti opened her family home in Zagarolo to share time-honored Italian cooking traditions with travelers. To give you a taste of the dishes from her class, we’ve collected three of her recipes crafted using fresh herbs, seasonal…
So you’re planning your trip to Italy. You have your flights to Rome booked, and your train to Florence or Cortona booked. You’ve been researching the top things you must do in Rome, and the best things to do in Florence. Reading through everything, and…
Pasta…pizza…bread… Italy might seem like a nightmare for anyone on a gluten-free diet. Surprisingly, it is actually one of the safest and most accommodating places in the world for celiacs and gluten-sensitive travelers. Far from being a land where wheat is non-negotiable, Italy treats gluten…
The Tuscany region of central Italy is geographically diverse, spanning mountains in the north, river valleys, and coastal beaches. Tuscany is famous for its vineyard-covered landscapes across rolling hills, and the culinary traditions across generations that came with it. One of the more popular regions…
Taking a cooking class in Sicily is a dramatically different experience from taking one in Rome or Florence. Many are not in commercial kitchens at all. The classes are held in real family homes, with market tours that start on the chaotic streets of Palermo…
The birthplace of pizza: Naples. The art of Neapolitan “Pizzaiolo”, or pizza maker, is recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Now, your kids might not care about the UNESCO rating, but the chance to make pizza at its birthplace will have them…
Florence offers two completely different ways to make gelato with your kids: a quick city-center class that can fit between museum visits, or a half-day countryside escape into the Tuscan hills. Both are marketed as “family-friendly,” but they serve different ages, budgets, and travel styles….
Rome has hundreds of cooking classes marketed as “family friendly.” And if you look through Cookly‘s 50+ experiences in Rome, there are over 20 that added the “family-friendly” label. Through years of sending thousands of travelers to these classes, and taking many ourselves, we realized…
Italian pesto comes in all sorts of shapes and colors, but most people know the delicious basil pesto. And there seems to be a reason why this recipe is almost a universal constant when talking about pesto: it’s heavenly delicious! The basil pesto is a…
Squeezed in between popular Italian cities like Florence, Venice, and Milan, Bologna is often unfairly overshadowed. We promise you that the food here will never fail to amaze you, whether it’s your first time or fifth. Do you think we’re exaggerating? Join us as we…
The Catalan capital is a place full of wonders that everyone should visit at least once. There’s the striking architecture of famous architect Gaudi’s buildings, the breathtaking Sagrada Familia, gothic cathedrals, sun-dappled squares, and cute little alleyways full of surprises. You can spend some time…
Turkish cuisine is the heritage of an empire cuisine — namely, the Ottoman Empire – so it carries influences from different cultures and culinary traditions. Even though Turkish cuisine is famous for its kebabs, it also features Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes, along with a…
