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Our day spent with Gennaro and Jo was the highlight of our entire Italian vacation.
To begin, Jo was super responsive and very detailed in all our inquiries. For some, this can be considered a vegetarian, organic rustic restaurant, serving a fixed menu. For us, we really wanted to make sure this was going to be a worthwhile cooking adventure, as all 4 of us are decent cooks. We are more than pleased that we chose Jo and the Eatwith website. All of us cooking, and those who just came to eat, everyone enjoyed it immensely.
Our day began with Gennaro picking us up and bringing us to a small organic vineyard where the owners escorted us into the vineyard and explained in detail their entire winemaking process, then invited us into their farm kitchen for some cheese and some of their delicious organic wine. The drive through the hills of Tuscany was spectacular heading back to Jo's kitchen.
Upon arrival, she greeted us warmly, and we started in right away preparing - as it turned out, a few more folks had signed up to eat only, so the 5 of us would be serving 15 in all - an all organic, vegetarian meal. We started by making Schiacciatine, a sort of cracker with rosemary and served with an eggplant cream, and two types of cheese. We then made handmade pasta served two ways, a delicious Eggplant Parmigiana, and roasted tomatoes, followed by a desert of fresh pear tart. Though it was a lot of work, we all pitched in and had a great meal with new friends, and had time to take a break just before the sun went down in the olive grove drinking a glass of wine and having a bit of cheese and a few of the Schiacciatine we had made.
The rustic charm was a perfect setting for Jo's gracious hosting and Gennaro's music selections were wonderful as well. There were no downsides to our visit. The dinner turned out better than we could have hoped, plenty of food for all, great conversations, and plenty of local Sangiovese organic wine. A wonderful, wonderful evening,
L'intera giornata è stata molto bella in molti modi. Grazie mille Jo & Gennaro! (The entire day was very beautiful in many ways. Thank you very much Jo & Gennaro!)
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