Fall “Foodie Adventure” Trips – Almost Sold Out!
If you were considering joining us this fall on one of our Michael Salmon Foodie Adventure trips, the time to book is now! We have only one room left in the Tuscany, Italy trip and two rooms in the Loire Valley, France trip! To view available rooms, click here. Haven’t heard about our foodie trips yet? […]
Tuscan Onion Soup Recipe
Many of our readers have asked for recipes from our Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventure trips to Tuscany. Here is a recipe for a soup that was a guest favorite! Tuscan Onion Soup with a Pecorino Crust serves 8 by Chef Michael Salmon 3 leeks 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 pound pancetta, small diced […]
Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventure to Tuscany: Pizza Night!
Italy is known for it’s pizza and the guests on our recent Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventure to Tuscany couldn’t wait to make their own! Pizza night at the Villa consisted of each guest rolling out their own homemade dough thinly and topping it with some (or all as some did) of the variety of toppings […]
Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventure in Tuscany – Italian Markets
Written by Chef Michael Salmon, Chef/Co-owner of the Hartstone Inn During my adventures abroad, one of my favorite activities is visiting local food markets. Mary Jo and I just returned from a short trip to Shanghai and Beijing, China where the markets abound with mainstays of lotus root, water chestnuts, bullfrogs and soft shell turtles. […]
Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventures- Tuscan Olive Oil
Written by Zeph Belanger, Hartstone Inn Sous Chef Every year during November in Tuscany, olives are plucked from trees and pressed into some of the best olive oil in the world. The recent Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventures fall trip to Tuscany fell right at the beginning of the olive harvest. Large nets spread underneath olive […]
Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventure in Tuscany-Making Pici Pasta
Posted by Zeph Belanger, Hartstone Inn Sous Chef Throughout Tuscany, one of the most popular dishes is pici pasta, a thick hand-rolled spaghetti. One night, the villa’s Chef Marcella joined Chef Michael and the guests in the kitchen to teach her family recipe for pici with wild boar ragu. Durum flour is mixed with egg, olive oil and […]
Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventure to Tuscany-Orvieto and Arriving at the Villa
Posted by Meghan Small, Hartstone Inn General Manager Day one of Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventure in Tuscany! Upon arriving by plane in Rome, the entire group met up with our driver and our tour bus departed for the town of Orvieto. This was to be a few hour side stop on the way to our Villa. […]
Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventures – Tuscany
As many of you know, last fall we began “Michael Salmon’s Foodie Adventures“. These “adventures” or culinary trips abroad are a way for us to marry our love of terrific food, culinary adventures and great company. We have so much fun traveling and enjoying life that we decided to create several foodie adventures each year outside […]