Global Gourmets

There is a place south of Naples on the Amalfi Coast that can only be described as heaven.

It is said that life is made up of moments – times of wonderment that sharpen your senses and reinforce your vision and when your senses unite, you realise how fortunate you are to be in the moment, and recognise is for what it is – a window in time.  The rest of the world drifts away, worries melt and you are in bliss on the Amalfi Coast, embraced and nurtured by stunning people who take life  face on with love. ( Something I am learning to do more of)

I had the extreme pleasure of being a guest at Mamma Agata’s cooking school on the Amalfi Coast and in gratitude to Chiara I have decided to blog about her book that she and her mother have written.

I think it would be fun to cook thru the book like Julie and Julia but do it with my son Isaac. He is the most fantastic cook and loves to eat.  This project will cover many objective for me.  It will bond me more with the Italian lifestyle that I covet, with my son who I love and adore.  He will get to be the creative director of the movie ( he told me this morning he wanted to be an actor).  The outcome will be – interesting.

With Respect and Love we will begin the project.

Its interesting, lately I have been looking at the values of love and respect especially when we cook.  If we love what we are cooking and respect the recipe and the ingredients then the out come will be memorable.  Mamma Agata is this, she is true to tradition and cooks with love and respect to inject you being with her passion.

What I loved the most about my experience was how real it was, authentic, you cooked in their kitchen ( not a designer kitchen) an Italian kitchen albeit looking out over the Amalfi Coast was an added bonus.

Eating on the terrace with plump juicy lemons lopping around and falling out of the sky , the aroma of lemon infused with the soft heat of spring  create JOY and DELIGHT.

We laughed and share stories and learnt to cook so wonderful dishes of the South of Italy.

Join Isaac and I on our foray into Southern Italy and our cooking project.