A short yet profound video made about the simple life in Italy. Thanks to Chris & Oliver Cinema.

Video from the last KKim Photoventure in Umbria and Tuscany - June 2010 - 

Nice memories ;-)

Enjoy....!

Bracciano lake

Last week we went to Bracciano with Kenny Kim and along the road we saw this wonderful light...iphone helps in those moments ;-)

Merry Christmas Everyone....!

Ciao a tutti,
after a long and busy 2010 we are now ready to slow down a bit and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere.
In the past year we traveled alot: from Napoli and Amalfi coast to Venezia, from Genova and the Cinque Terre region to Lucca,  and again, from Roma to Rimini, from Capri to Firenze....thousands kilometers, hundreds of new good friends.
Now we are working to a new season of adventures around Italy but not only in Italy....so be ready to discover our projects and be super ready to jump on an airplane and reach us.

For the moment accept our best wishes for a Christmas full of joy and happyness....and of course peace and health.
Love from Max, Cristiana e Federico

City center of Terni - Christmas Shopping 

- Tipical Umbrian Tozzetti recipe -

Ciao a tutti, 

here is the Umbrian recipe to prepare wonderful Tozzetti biscuits.

Enjoy and for every question please feel free to contact Cristiana    

           TOZZETTI 

 500 gr  flour

 200 gr  sugar

 1 egg + 3 yolks

 125 gr butter or 80 gr olive oil

 250 gr  whole sweet hazelnuts (some chopped)

 2 chocolate cubes (chopped in small pieces)

 ½ glass of anise or 3 spoons of anice seeds

 1 teaspoon of yeast

Oven at  180°C or 350/360 F

Wisk the egg and the yolks together with sugar.

Add the flour and the butter, then the anise, hazelnuts and the.

Continue to knead the dough (add more flour if you see it's dough is not dense enough. You have to create a rectangular shape with the dough).

Put the mixture on a baking pan with paper.

Bake it for 15 minutes at 180°. 

Wait until cools down, then cut into small slices.

Place the pan back in the oven for about 10 more minutes to let the tozzetti harden.

Ingredients 

Final result...buon appetito !

New Pictures from the last tour

Some pictures from the last workshop we did withe Tracey Heppner

Umbria & Tuscany

Driving inside of an Umbrian forest

Tuscan Pecorino cheese ;-)

Steam from the hell

Castelluccio di Norcia in Umbria - Nov.2010 - 

Castelluccio di Norcia in Umbria - Nov. 2010

Le foto che hanno fatto la storia - Tiananmen Square [1989]

Le foto che hanno fatto la storia - Tiananmen Square [1989]

Cooking with Cristiana Logo

We are working hard to prepare the 2011 summer season when Cristiana will teach in several cooking classes aroun USA and Canada.
We have already 3 dates fixed
- Vancouver - Canada - July 23 and 24 -
- Tofino Island - Canada - July 28 and 29 -
- Bend - Oregon - August 8 -

If you interested on a cooking class or you would like to organize a real italian dinner for you and your friends contact me or Cristiana ;-).

What do you think about the Cristiana's new logo???

Ciao for now

Gentle Hands asta di beneficenza

La nostra cara amica e "sorella" Tracey Heppner e' una delle sostenitrici e "fundraiser"della associazione benefica Gentle Hands che ha sede a Manila nelle Filippine.
Tracey attualmente vive in Canada a Vancouver insieme a suo marito e ai suoi due figli ma tra breve - meno di cinque settimane - si trasferiranno tutti proprio nelle filippine per poter seguire piu' da vicino lo sviluppo della associazione e i suoi progetti di supporto all'infanzia.

Per esperienza personale conosco molto bene la sensazione di "stretta al cuore" che si prova entrando un orfanotrofio e conosco altrettanto bene i grandi sacrifici  che ogni giorno affrontano gli operatori, i responsabili e gli addetti che lavorano e vivono all'interno di queste strutture.
Aiutiamo queste splendide persone che dedicano la loro vita al bene di bambini abbandonati a cui forniscono un tetto, una istruzione, pasti e il calore di una famiglia.

Per noi e' un piccolo sacrificio per loro significa "vita"

Grazie

Mb

Yesterday in Assisi...

...we went to a tradeshow - http://www.worldheritagetourismexpo.com/default1.asp?language=eng - 
 a wonderful occasion to discover all the breath-taking location around Italy that are "protected" by the UNESCO.


Sometimes, honestly, I'm feeling blessed to be italian and to live in Italy, we are surrounded by beauty and art, history and culture and we are so happy to have the opportunity to share with you friends from all over the world this the treasures we have inherited.

ASSISI, SAN FRANCESCO BASILICA

New season is coming!

Ciao friends,
we're very excited about the new season plans.
2011 will be a great year of workshops  and new locations.
In these days we are working to preapare our pre-tour in  one of the next new destination.
we will go to Emilia-Romagna

Emilia Romagna is probably one of the most important italian region for food:
- Parma Ham
- Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
- Bologna Mortadella
- Modena Balsamico

are only few examples of what you can find in Emilia-Romagna, but for sure, the most famous "product" of this region is an real "masterpiece", a jewel, a car that do not needs any presentation, only a name

So...be ready guys, because during one of the newxt workshop we will visit the Ferrari Museum and maybe we can organize a "test drive"  for the bravest!!!!

Mb

Stavolta ci siamo!! Finalmente il blog e' online

Ciao a tutti,

I'm very glad to announce that finally our new blog is online.

More than words I will post pictures and comments from our friends from all over the world, friends that decided to spend few days in Italy, with us, travelling around our regions and taking pictures, but also absorbing as much as possible the italian culture and life style.

As most of you know we organize workshops and photoevents for photographers - pro and amateurs because I think that there are no limit or "borders", photography is art and art is for artists...who cares about tags or labels!? -

In these days we are working to refine the next two seasons,  2011 and 2012, lots of nice appointments are on our schedule  and we are quite ready to publish the calendars.

So, for now, thank you guys and see you soon!

Max & Cristiana