Workshops
Themed and guest-led culinary experiences
WHEN
June 16-21, 2025
PRICE
Single Room: €3,730 Double Room: €6,710
info
Planned activities and schedules may change at short notice due to seasonal rhythms of life in Sicily.
Accommodation at Case Vecchie or one of the nearby cottages, shuttle from/to Roccapalumba train station, indicated lessons, meals, wine and excursions.
Lunch and dinner are served with wines from the Tasca d’Almerita estate. Typical meals and cooking lessons include three or four courses.
Unfortunately we cannot host people with celiac disease or a vegan diet. This is due to the lack of availability of special ingredients in our rural and isolated location.
Airfare and private transportation to and from Case Vecchie are not included in the cost. At the time of booking, please let us know if you would like to book a ride to and from the estate.
Exploring the Seasonal Color + Taste Palettes of Sicily
Slow Food Meets Slow Textiles with Sasha Duerr
Plant-based palettes can naturally inspire us to see the awe in time and place. Join us for this workshop to explore the biodiversity of natural dyes and colors made from the seasonal ingredients of Sicily. In our in-depth workshop, we will create unique holistic hues and experiences from bi-products of edible, floral, and medicinal plants at Anna Tasca Lanza- with plant-based color stories to inspire and connect us. We will learn to “cook with color” and create natural dyes from scratch from the unique Sicilian early autumn dye palette. We’ll experiment with zero-waste and regenerative design processes- encouraging an inquiry of seeing and being with the depth of beauty found in the potential of local and seasonal weeds, food, and floral waste.
Just like with slow food, these natural palettes follow the seasons and be an inspiring celebration of locality and time of year. At Anna Tasca Lanza, we will also collaborate with the talented chefs, gardeners and textile artisans who reside onsite and in the region, helping to inspire us to see the beauty and biodiversity in the very same ingredients. At the end of our course, we will create and share a delicious “Dinner to Dye For”- fully engaging our senses while celebrating our seasonal exploration of the color and taste palettes of Sicily.
Sasha Duerr
is an artist, designer and educator who works with plant-based color and natural palettes. Sasha centers her practice and research on the collaborative color potential of weeds, food and floral waste, and local and seasonal ingredients. Teaching for over a decade at California College of Arts with a joint appointment in Textiles and Fine Arts, Sasha lectures, consults and widely designs curriculum and courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice. In 2007, Sasha founded Permacouture Institute to encourage the exploration of regenerative design practices for fashion and textiles. From “Dinners to Dye For” to “Weeding Your Wardrobe” and “Seasonal Color Wheels” her extensive work with plant-based color palettes has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine, Domino, Elle Decor Uk, Selvedge, and the Huffington Post.
Sasha is the author of The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes (Timber Press/Workman 2011), Natural Color (Watson-Guptill/Ten Speed Press 2016), and Natural Palettes (Princeton Architectural Press 2020).
Example Program
Monday, June 16
3:00 pm | Arrival and settle in your accommodations
7:00 pm | Welcome aperitivo with Sasha… Introduction to Seasonal Color Palettes of Sicily and a traditional Sicilian dinner together at Case Vecchie
Tuesday, June 17
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:30 am - 12:30 am | Workshop with Sasha - Walking Dye Tour of the Farm, mapping the farm for natural dyes in-situ and Natural Dye Intro with the collected materials
12:30 | Aperitivo & lunch
4:00 pm | Workshop with Sasha: Working with our collected materials and learning the process and practice of “Cooking with Color “
6:00 pm | We gather in the kitchen to all cook a collaborative simple meal
7:30 pm | Aperitivo & dinner
Wednesday, June 18
7:45 am - 12:00 pm | Visit cheese-maker and wool project at Marcato Bianco. Picnic breakfast on the sheep farm.
12:30 pm | Back to Case Vecchie for aperitivo and lunch
3:00 pm | Free afternoon to rest and relax
5:30 pm | Workshop with Sasha: Going back to our dye pots to experiment further with colour
7:30 pm | Aperitivo & dinner
Thursday, June 19
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:30 am | Workshop with Sasha: Experimenting with surface design and painting with more plant-based colors
12:30 pm| Aperitivo and lunch at Case Vecchie
16:30 pm | Visit the winery Tasca d’Almerita
7:30 pm: Aperitivo & dinner
Friday, June 20
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:30-12:30 am | Cooking lesson followed by lunch
4:00 pm | Setting up together for the evenings’ event `Dinner to Dye for´
6:00 pm | Aperitivo & ´Dinner to Dye For´- Gathering and Celebrating of the Place, Plants, People and Seasonal Color Palette of Anna Tasca Lanza
Saturday, June 21
9:00 am | Breakfast + Goodbyes
Sharing Seasonal Color, Seeds, + Recipes
10:00 am | Check-out
Booking
The whole experience, from the accommodations (food, the beautiful location) to all the people we encountered was top notch. The kitchen crew was awesome in every way! I will definitely recommend to friends. David was great, enjoyed his casual style and expertise.
J.N.
David Tanis Workshop
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and thought the standard of the course was exceptional. I have taken other cooking classes in other countries, and this course was by far more authentic, serious, in-depth and has inspired me.
J.S.
David Tanis Workshop
Everything about the week was worth the effort to get there and the planning was well worth it. It was a week of gourmet eating. The participants were all enthusiastic about being there and that helped make the overall "experience".
S.M
David Tanis Workshop
I loved everything, beyond beautiful surroundings, fabulous food, wonderful instruction and opportunity to learn about Sicilian cooking, as well as the knowledgeable and very helpful staff. The flowing wine and other guests, who just happened to be amazing also added to my exceptional experience!
B.W
Tomato Paste Workshop
We've been telling everybody what great experience we've had at Case Vecchie: breadmaking, Sicilian cooking lessons, daily walks to the winery, visit to the flour mill and ricotta maker and the sheep, your beautiful grounds filled with fruit trees and vegetable gardens and the chicken coop.
Y.W.
Breadcamp
My stay at Casa Vecchie absolutely confirmed for me that my future is in food, I cannot thank them enough for solidifying that for me. My stay at Casa Vecchie absolutely confirmed for me that my future is in food, I cannot thank them enough for solidifying that for me.
J.C.
Pasta Workshop
That was such a great experience and it was so much fun to be with all of you during the week. Please extend my thanks to the entire team who made things so fantastic. I can't wait to get started in my own kitchen!
C.H.
Pasta Workshop
That was such a great experience and it was so much fun to be with all of you during the week. Please extend my thanks to the entire team who made things so fantastic. I can't wait to get started in my own kitchen!
C.H.
Pasta Workshop
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