ODE TO TUSCANY – A FEAST with FLOWING REGIONAL WINES and UTTERLY FABULOUS OLIVE OIL

During NANTUCKET CULINARY WINE and FOOD WEEKEND, Join Sarah Leah Chase for a special tasting of fine wines and olive oil from the Tuscan Region of Italy. Having spent many trips bicycling throughout Europe, Sarah Leah Chase’s knowledge of authentic flavors flourished through these experiences. During the demonstration, you will discover why Italian food pairs so well with Italian wine, and afterwards get to taste the divine marriage between the two.

Sarah Leah Chase is a well-known cookbook author whose bestselling titles include the Nantucket Open-House Cookbook, The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, and Cold-Weather Cooking. Sarah’s latest cookbook, New England Open House, was published in June of 2015 and garnered Honorable Mention for Best Cookbook of the Yearat the Readable Feast awards in Boston in 2016. For nearly two decades, Sarah wrote the weekly food column, Feasting on the Faraway Island, for Nantucket’s Inquirer & Mirror newspaper. She has also contributed freelance articles to Coastal Living, Veranda, Cape Cod Life Publications, La Vie Claire, and Nantucket Today. Sarah currently works as a recipe consultant for Barefoot Contessa LLC and teaches several cooking classes a year at the state-of-the-art Nantucket Culinary Center. She and her husband Nigel live on Cape Cod in Barnstable Village, where they run Coastal Goods, a specialty importer and distributor of fine sea salts, exotic peppers, and popular seasoning blends called Sarah’s Sea Salts.

Menu published by April 1.

Fine Italian wines paired with 5 course tasting menu. Special thanks to Nichols Family Olive Oil from La Casa de Montegrossi.