Jubilee Rome 2025

Benvenuti to Rome
for Jubilee 2025

Jubilee Rome 2025, a Holy Year event of renewal and forgiveness with masses and religious events led by Pope Lion XIV. Rome, the Eternal City, celebrates this centuries-old tradition – held every 25 years – with visits to Seven Pilgrim churches and basilicas: Saint Giovanni Laterano, Saint Peter’s, Saint Paolo Fuori le Mura, Saint Maria Maggiore, Saint Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, San Sebastiano, and Saint Croce in Gerusalemme. This year’s theme is, “Pilgrims of Hope.”

Travel With Us To Sicily!

   

Saturday, April 17 
 5pm 

Antipasto
Polpette di Melanzane – Delicious eggplant bites, a tried-and-true traditional recipe from Sicily – one bite and you will be asking for seconds.

Pasta 
Pasta alla Norma – Pasta delicately tossed with eggplant, tomato, and ricotta with origins from Catania. Pasta alla Norma takes its name from the opera, Norma. by Vincenzo Bellini.

Dolce
Cuddureddi Biscotti di Favignana– Biscotti Siciliana stuffed with fig, almonds, and spices from the island of Favignana will have you dreaming of this sunny island.



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Venezia Carnevale  

   

Sunday, February 14
3pm

 

Celebrate Carnevale as we travel down the Grand Canal, stroll through the Rialto Market and share our knowledge on the cuisine of Venice. Dress in costume if you would like, turn on the opera music and get cooking!!!

– Menu –

  • Bruschetta, toasted garlic bread with tomato and basil
  • San Pietro in Padella con Carciofi– Sea bass or cod prepared in a pan with artichokes
  • La Peperonata – Bell Peppers, Venezia-style
  • Zaletti – Venetian biscotti dipped in Vin Santo, sweet wine
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Prosecco & Bites

 

Sunday, February 28
3 pm

 

Italians have a gift for making any simple food into a feast. This cooking class shows you how to create some of those delicious finger foods that are so beautiful and pair well with Prosecco and wine. Impress guests at your next party, and learn how!

– Menu –

  • Grissini – Fennel and pepper sticks 
  • Pasta Frittata – Neapolitan omelet with cheese, herbs and pasta
  • Barca di Zucchini – stuffed zucchini boats filled with capers, green olives, herb and cheese.
  • Polpettine – Roman Meatballs, a secret recipe from the Eternal City



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Travel With Us To Sicily!

   

Saturday, April 17 
 5pm 

Antipasto
Polpette di Melanzane – Delicious eggplant bites, a tried-and-true traditional recipe from Sicily – one bite and you will be asking for seconds.

Pasta 
Pasta alla Norma – Pasta delicately tossed with eggplant, tomato, and ricotta with origins from Catania. Pasta alla Norma takes its name from the opera, Norma. by Vincenzo Bellini.

Dolce
Cuddureddi Biscotti di Favignana– Biscotti Siciliana stuffed with fig, almonds, and spices from the island of Favignana will have you dreaming of this sunny island.



Book this class

Venezia Carnevale  

   

Sunday, February 14
3pm

 

Celebrate Carnevale as we travel down the Grand Canal, stroll through the Rialto Market and share our knowledge on the cuisine of Venice. Dress in costume if you would like, turn on the opera music and get cooking!!!

– Menu –

  • Bruschetta, toasted garlic bread with tomato and basil
  • San Pietro in Padella con Carciofi– Sea bass or cod prepared in a pan with artichokes
  • La Peperonata – Bell Peppers, Venezia-style
  • Zaletti – Venetian biscotti dipped in Vin Santo, sweet wine
  •  



Book this class

Prosecco & Bites

 

Sunday, February 28
3 pm

 

Italians have a gift for making any simple food into a feast. This cooking class shows you how to create some of those delicious finger foods that are so beautiful and pair well with Prosecco and wine. Impress guests at your next party, and learn how!

– Menu –

  • Grissini – Fennel and pepper sticks 
  • Pasta Frittata – Neapolitan omelet with cheese, herbs and pasta
  • Barca di Zucchini – stuffed zucchini boats filled with capers, green olives, herb and cheese.
  • Polpettine – Roman Meatballs, a secret recipe from the Eternal City



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Honoring this special year, Cooking Vacations celebrates with Jubilee Rome 2025 Cooking and Culture Tour, including a week of hands-on cooking in a private palazzo and rooftop overlooking the Eternal City. A Jubilee Welcome Dinner featuring a Chef’s Tasting Menu including a Roman antipasto, fresh pasta and sauce, main course and dessert with wine, and a guided tour to the Seven Pilgrim Churches with our English-speaking guide along with music, food, wine and cultural events.

As part of the Jubilee 2025 Rome Cooking and Culture Tour, our guests will experience the flavors of Rome while preparing recipes in our chef’s private kitchen followed by dining on her rooftop terrace overlooking Rome. Learn how to prepare pasta alla gricia with its perfect blend of Pecorino and guanciale, Pasta alla Papalina, pasta served with peas and Prosciutto, created for Pope Pacelli in 1930 and still served at the Vatican, and carciofi alla giudia—flash-fried artichokes, a Roman-Jewish tradition. Our Jubilee-inspired menus are paired with wine and great conversation around our Roman table, while enjoying desserts made in the cooking class—torzetti, wine biscotti served with a creamy espresso or amaro, a traditional after-dinner drink. It’s a traditional culinary journey echoing the Jubilee’s spirit of abundance, sharing, and unity.

Travel With Us To Sicily!

   

Saturday, April 17 
 5pm 

Antipasto
Polpette di Melanzane – Delicious eggplant bites, a tried-and-true traditional recipe from Sicily – one bite and you will be asking for seconds.

Pasta 
Pasta alla Norma – Pasta delicately tossed with eggplant, tomato, and ricotta with origins from Catania. Pasta alla Norma takes its name from the opera, Norma. by Vincenzo Bellini.

Dolce
Cuddureddi Biscotti di Favignana– Biscotti Siciliana stuffed with fig, almonds, and spices from the island of Favignana will have you dreaming of this sunny island.



Book this class

Venezia Carnevale  

   

Sunday, February 14
3pm

 

Celebrate Carnevale as we travel down the Grand Canal, stroll through the Rialto Market and share our knowledge on the cuisine of Venice. Dress in costume if you would like, turn on the opera music and get cooking!!!

– Menu –

  • Bruschetta, toasted garlic bread with tomato and basil
  • San Pietro in Padella con Carciofi– Sea bass or cod prepared in a pan with artichokes
  • La Peperonata – Bell Peppers, Venezia-style
  • Zaletti – Venetian biscotti dipped in Vin Santo, sweet wine
  •  



Book this class

Prosecco & Bites

 

Sunday, February 28
3 pm

 

Italians have a gift for making any simple food into a feast. This cooking class shows you how to create some of those delicious finger foods that are so beautiful and pair well with Prosecco and wine. Impress guests at your next party, and learn how!

– Menu –

  • Grissini – Fennel and pepper sticks 
  • Pasta Frittata – Neapolitan omelet with cheese, herbs and pasta
  • Barca di Zucchini – stuffed zucchini boats filled with capers, green olives, herb and cheese.
  • Polpettine – Roman Meatballs, a secret recipe from the Eternal City



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Find out all the Roma Jubilee Tours

Travel With Us To Sicily!

   

Saturday, April 17 
 5pm 

Antipasto
Polpette di Melanzane – Delicious eggplant bites, a tried-and-true traditional recipe from Sicily – one bite and you will be asking for seconds.

Pasta 
Pasta alla Norma – Pasta delicately tossed with eggplant, tomato, and ricotta with origins from Catania. Pasta alla Norma takes its name from the opera, Norma. by Vincenzo Bellini.

Dolce
Cuddureddi Biscotti di Favignana– Biscotti Siciliana stuffed with fig, almonds, and spices from the island of Favignana will have you dreaming of this sunny island.



Book this class

Venezia Carnevale  

   

Sunday, February 14
3pm

 

Celebrate Carnevale as we travel down the Grand Canal, stroll through the Rialto Market and share our knowledge on the cuisine of Venice. Dress in costume if you would like, turn on the opera music and get cooking!!!

– Menu –

  • Bruschetta, toasted garlic bread with tomato and basil
  • San Pietro in Padella con Carciofi– Sea bass or cod prepared in a pan with artichokes
  • La Peperonata – Bell Peppers, Venezia-style
  • Zaletti – Venetian biscotti dipped in Vin Santo, sweet wine
  •  



Book this class

Prosecco & Bites

 

Sunday, February 28
3 pm

 

Italians have a gift for making any simple food into a feast. This cooking class shows you how to create some of those delicious finger foods that are so beautiful and pair well with Prosecco and wine. Impress guests at your next party, and learn how!

– Menu –

  • Grissini – Fennel and pepper sticks 
  • Pasta Frittata – Neapolitan omelet with cheese, herbs and pasta
  • Barca di Zucchini – stuffed zucchini boats filled with capers, green olives, herb and cheese.
  • Polpettine – Roman Meatballs, a secret recipe from the Eternal City



Book this class

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