Event

Tasting Tuscany

Literary Affairs partners once again with ArtBites for a little taste of Tuscany. Maite Gomez-Rejon will curate a tour at LACMA exploring the culinary history of Italy through the centuries with a special focus on Tuscany. Then we will reconvene at Surfas in Culver City where Stefania Barzini of the Folle Casseruola in Rome, Italy will lead the group in the preparation of a modern Tuscan meal complete with a tasting of Casamora Olive Oils and delicious Vin Santo with dessert.

Thursday, May 26
1PM-5PM
LACMA/Surfas

Ticket: $125
Space Limited to 12 Participants so sign up early!

NO REFUNDS

Julie recommends reading Where Angels Fear to Tread, the first novel of E.M. Forster, a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group. The novel is set in the small Tuscan town of Monteriano.

About Stefania Barzini:

Stefania has been involved in the food and wine world for many years. She has lived extensively in the United States where she has held Italian regional cooking courses and organized gastronomic events at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. She currently organizes gastronomic events in Italy, most recently SaltExpo, the first international fair on salt. She currently lives in Rome where she owns At School with Folle Casseruola and teaches courses on Italian Regional Cuisine. She also teaches classes on Italian Food at Case del Principe in Sicily, writes for the Rai-Sat Gambero Rosso Channel, and other food magazines. She teaches Food Writing at several Italian universities and has authored seven books including Una Casalinga ad Hollywood (An Italian Housewife in Hollywood), A Tavola con gli Dei: Memorie e Ricette delle Isole Eolie (Dinner with Gods: Memoirs and Recipes from the Aeolian Islands), and Così Mangiavamo: Cinquantanni di Storia Italiana fra Tavola e Costume (The Way We Ate: Fifty Years of Italian History Through Table and Cultural Manners). She has been a juror at the Gourmet Media World Festival in Cannes, France, and at the Slow Food on Film Festival, Bra and Bologna.