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| OCTOBER 2006 | ||
An Innovative Twist on Fresh Pasta Thursday, October 12th 11am - 2pm - $65 Instructor Chef Veronica Case
Here are some fresh pastas you might not otherwise attempt on your own. Join us for some colorful and flavorful variations on our favorite theme plus a simple delicious dessert. Chef Case will demonstrate how to make three different fresh pastas, both by hand and with a typical Italian pasta maker. |
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Mangiamo Mediterraneano! Friday, October 13th 6:30 - 9:30 pm - $65 Instructor Chef Veronica Case Mediterranean Cuisine is characterized by its flexibility, its range of ingredients and its many regional variations. Chef Case shares some of her outstanding “tastes of Italy” with you that are sure to be crowd pleasers at your next dinner party. |
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Italian Regional Cuisine: Emilia-Romagna Saturday, October 14th 6:30 - 9:30 pm - $70 Experience authentic flavors of this northern Italian region. Prosciutto di Parma, Parmigiano Reggiano and specific balsamic vinegars from Modena are foods so unique, they are protected by law. Bologna, the largest city in this region, is known as one of the great food cities and claims credit for the ever popular lasagna. |
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| NOVEMBER 2006 | ||
Italian Movie Night Friday, November 3rd 7pm - FREE Projection of: Ovosodo (Hard Boiled Egg), 1997, Paolo Virzi Story of young and shy Piero growing up in a popular area of Livorno (Leghorn) that has the same name as Piero's nickname ("Ovosodo" - "Boiled egg"). We follow him from his childhood until marriage and coming of age. Mostly a story about all the people that changed his life: Giovanna, the teacher that pushes him to study, his best friend Tommaso, his great love Lisa who will definitively sail away. It's also a story about all the disillusions and compromises in finding one's place in life. Runtime: 100 minutes Italian refreshments and beverages for sale starting at 6:45. |
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North Meets South: Comfort Food for All of Us Thursday, November 9th 6:30 - 9:30 pm - $65 Instructor Chef Susanne Dillingham
With her southern roots, Chef Dillingham felt right at home when she discovered the cuisine of Northern Italy. Although both come from corn, grits and polenta are not exactly the same thing. Formerly a peasant food, polenta has recently become quite upscale, with polenta dishes in restaurants and prepared polenta found in supermarkets commanding high prices. Susanne takes some upscale Northern Italian ingredients and adds her own down-home Southern comfort in this perfect cool weather dinner menu. |
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Buona Festa! An Easy Italian Holiday Party Friday, November 10th 11:00am – 2:00 pm - $65 Instructor Chef Susanne Dillingham
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Fall Flavors - A Hearty Italian Meal Friday, November 10th 6:30 - 9:30 pm -$65 Instructor Chef Susanne Dillingham As the weather cools and we don our corduroys and sweaters, we crave crawling under the covers and comfort food. This meatless autumn menu will satisfy all wishes for the warmth of the hearth and inspire a great use of our local seasonal vegetables. |
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Thanksgiving Italian Style Saturday, November 11th 6:30 - 9:30 pm - $70 Instructor Chef Susanne Dillingham Tired of that same old turkey recipe year after year? Thanksgiving is not an Italian holiday, but how would an Italian cook tackle it? Susanne has used her Italian culinary training and extensive time in Italy to inform this bi-cultural menu. Come test it out and then surprise your family with something wildly delicious and new! |
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Salumi Workshop - Homemade Italian-Style Cured Meats Thursday, November 30th 6:30 – 9:30 pm - $75 Instructors Chefs Franco Dunn and Dino Bugica
Love that Santi Sausage? Chefs Franco Dunn and Dino Bugica from the highly regarded Santi Restaurant in Geyserville will teach us how to make sausage, pancetta and salame using centuries old Italian recipes. Sustainably raised, grass-fed animals from local providers will be used. The chefs will discuss meat sources as well as teach us the handmade, Old World Italian style of sausage making and meat curing, with everything from scratch. You will taste the results of the demonstration as well as examples of appropriately aged pancetta and salami from Santi’s pantry. The word salumi means Italian-style cured or preserved meats. Most are made from pork, but some are beef, lamb or other meats. Salumi means about the same as the French charcuterie. It can refer to meats that are salt-cured, smoked and fermented as well as meats that are preserved in fat (confit), cooked sausages and pates. Within the category are hundreds of specific kinds of salumi. |
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| DECEMBER 2006 | ||
Traditional Italian Holiday Foods Friday, December 1st 6:30 - 9:30 pm - $65 Instructors Chefs Jeff Mall and Susan Dunphy Mall
Chef Jeff Mall of Zin Restaurant and his chef wife, Susan Dunphy Mall, will teach this Italian Chanukah/Christmas holiday menu. Voted an Award of Excellence by the Wine Spectator, Zin is known for its excellent use of local, seasonal products. This husband and wife team (Susan formerly cooked at L.A.’s Trattoria Angeli with Evan Kleiman, where she learned how to cook regional Italian cuisine and Jewish Italian holiday food) will pay homage to Italian holiday traditions.
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Italian Movie Night Friday, December 1st 7pm - FREE Projection of: My Name is Tanino, 2002, Paolo Virzi During a sunny Sicilian summer Tanino has a sweet and tender encounter with Sally a young American tourist. But when summer is over Sally flies back to the States, forgetting her camera. Tanino can't resist and decides to bring the camera back to her himself. He flies to the States, but often dreams don't match with reality. Runtime: 124 minutes Italian refreshments and beverages for sale starting at 6:45. |
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Olive Oil- California vs. Italy – A Friendly Competition Saturday, December 2nd 11am - 2pm - $50 Instructors Colleen McGlynn and Boriana Dimonte Olive oil shooters anyone? We have the great fortune in Sonoma County to have some excellent olive oil producers and perfect conditions for growing olive trees. So how do they compare with Italian similar size producers? Come and find out and hear from Colleen McGlynn of DaVero and Italian Boriana Dimonte who represents a collective of olive oil producers in Montepulciano, Italy. Ms. Dimonte owns I Preferiti di Boriana located in the Ferry Building in San Francisco. They will bring their freshly pressed oil to taste and talk about varietals, growing conditions, climate, soil, what to look for, defects, etc. and offer a comparative tasting of the same or similar varieties from both countries. This is a unique opportunity to have such expertise in one room – don’t miss it! |
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Introducing the Sonoma County Chefs Cook Italian series! |
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Zin does Italian Sunday, December 3rd 2:00 - 5:00 pm - $65 Instructors Chefs Jeff Mall and Susan Dunphy Mall Getting a jump start on our 2007 Sonoma County Chefs Cook Italian series, Chef Jeff Mall of Zin Restaurant and his chef wife, Susan Dunphy Mall, will share with you their version of classic Italian dishes. Voted an Award of Excellence by the Wine Spectator, Zin is known for its innovative take on American “comfort food.” With that as a backdrop, this husband and wife team (Susan formerly cooked at L.A.’s Trattoria Angeli with Evan Kleiman, where she learned how to cook regional Italian cuisine and Jewish Italian holiday food) will knock your socks off with their Italian inspired, but decidedly Sonoma County menu. |
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