Hello Friends,
Would you like to see Southern Italy and Sicily as if your best friend lived there? This fall, I'll be part of a tour where you can travel with not just one, but three best friends: me, Seattle restaurateur Susan Kaufman of Serafina Osteria & Enoteca, and famed Italian cookbook author Giovanna Tornabene.
Along with our tour partner, Matthew Brumley of Earthbound Expeditions, we'll take a maximum of 20 friends to unique, private venues the public rarely has access to. Susan and I visited each of these extraordinary locations two years ago—that's why they're featured on this trip.
For details of this amazing trip, check out the itinerary and enrollment package, available as a pdf. Get back to me if you have any questions about the trip (email nicole@nicolealoni.net); direct any financial or logistic questions to Matthew at Earthbound Expeditions. Please join my mailing list to get early notification of this and other fun programs throughout the year.
And though we're still feeling winter's chill, I've been basking in the warm success of last summer's release of The Backyard Bartender, and there's more to come. A “major retailer” picked it up for a big summer '08 promotion! Long live The Backyard Bartender! If you don't already have a copy you can visit your local bookseller, or order it on Amazon
Cheers,
(btw—there's a Syrah in my glass now, instead of summer's frothy cocktail)
