If you've been reading my blog over the past few years, you'll know about La Dolce Vita, the creative lifestyle retreat I host in Italy. At La Dolce Vita attendees spend a week enjoying an inspiring fusion of cultural exploration, antiquing, creative and culinary workshops and friendship with like-minded women in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. This year my special guest is the ever so talented artist Rebecca Sower.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to attend La Dolce Vita, my friends at "Where Women Cook" are giving you a backstage pass to one of the evening activities from the 2017 retreat, a traditional Italian pizza party! Filled with beautiful photography by Elizabeth Maxson, and recipes from my friends Loretta and Vittorio, the Winter 2018 issue (which is on shelves Dec.1) transports you to Tuscany with my friends and partners as we planned and hosted a dinner party to remember. Paging through the article I was reminded of the amazing food and magical atmosphere that we enjoyed that night. It's memories like this that make La Dolce Vita so very special.
In addition to this story, there are two other articles in this issue that I know you're going to love. The first is by cover girl, Elizabeth Maxson. She attended La Dolce Vita last year as one of my special guests and led a photography workshop. You are going to flip over her amazing farmhouse kitchen! The second article features Chef Deborah Corsi, proprietress of "La Perla di Mare" a seaside restaurant in San Vincenzo, Italy. Elizabeth and I had the honor to visit her restaurant this past summer and she was delightful and so incredibly creative with the presentation of each dish. You will be in awe of the recipes she shares.
Finally, I'd like to say a huge thank you to Jo Packham & her WWC team for giving me the opportunity to share La Dolce Vita in the pages of her magazine and to Elizabeth whose photography makes the story come alive!
Where Women Cook can be found at all major book/magazine stockists such as Chapters (in Canada), Barnes & Noble (in the USA), independent craft stores or chains like Jo Anns and Michaels, and directly through their publisher Stampington.
