Capofaro: A whitewashed paradise
Capofaro. A whitewashed paradise on the island of Salina in the Aeolian islands off the northeast coast of Sicily. It’s one of those places you want to get away to.
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SB Digs: “Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures”
With two decades of experience in global culinary traditions, Peggy Markel personally hand-tailors each of her programs to lead her guests into cultural immersion, through the sensorial pleasure of food. Guests emerge transformed, embracing a greater awareness of the connection between themselves, other cultures, and the food on their plate.
Elephant Journal: “A Virtual Tour of Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures. #walkthetalk”
“Waylon talks with Peggy Markel, Slow Food Chef and Bestie, and takes a virtual tour through Peggy’s various culinary adventures in Italy, Spain, Morocco and India.” Elephant Journal January 2014 Read more/watch video here.
The Boulder Weekly: “The Transformative Power of Travel and Food”
The Boulder Weekly: “The Transformative Power of Travel and Food” by Cayte Bosler |The Boulder Weekly, February 21, 2013 | “Cooking is never a chore for Markel. It’s an adventure.”
Boulder Daily Camera: “Peggy Markel Marks 20 Years of Creating Authentic Travel”
“It would be too simple to say that a passion for extra virgin olive oil guided Boulder’s Peggy Markel toward her career. Just as it wouldn’t be quite right to say that it was her upbringing in Alabama where the fruit she ate came from hundred-year-old trees…Of Markel’s gift for …
I Want Her Job: “Interview with Peggy Markel”
“Peggy aims to give people a meaningful travel experience by immersing them in a foreign culture through food, food artisans, hands-on cooking and traveling. The bonus: Her daily work usually means immersing herself in the same. Just read her example of a “typical day” and see if it doesn’t make …
Alumni Story: The Ravioli Crisis
When all is said and done, what we do here at PMCA is all about people. Those we meet and those we travel with. The ingredients that become familiar and the recipes we learn bloom into larger stories, even after we have returned home. During this 20th Anniversary year, …
Relaxing with “Thé Petales”: Rose Petal Tea from Perfumer Miller Harris, London.
Today, with another bag to pack and upcoming transition to make, I sat down to write instead. I made a cup of assam tea with a precious pinch of thé petales (rose petal tea) from Miller Harris.
Sicily: Same and Different
This September’s program in Sicily was our first in two years, and in many ways we were unsure about what we would find. We were pleasantly surprised to see how Fabrizia Lanza is tending her mother, Anna Tasca Lanza’s exquisite garden and cooking school. This was the first trip since …
Off the beaten path in Amalfi making Pasticciotto Napoletano!
In Amalfi, we found ourselves off the beaten path and in the kitchen of a dear friend’s mother, who taught us to make a traditional Pasticciotto Napoletano,