Sherry and Karl, mille grazie for inviting me again to Herndon to cook with you – and Emily, glad you joined us this year! You were right there with us, all the way, from mixing the green beans and potaoes the right way (with your hands!)… …to teaming with your Mom on peeling oranges…
Frank and Sharon, the Malvern Italian gestures-theme lecture evening on March 25th just couldn’t be beat – or so I thought. And then came your Clarion University staff cooking class the night after! Good times, right from the Italian market shopping in the morning, with you and the Dean: – and what cooking class…
Not all alum “gift” their school (in this case, Clarion University of Pennsylvannia) with a tandem of Italian food-focussed events. But that’s what Frank did in Malvern, Pennsylvannia. On my first night there, I gave my talk on Italian gestures, “Italians, HANDS ON!” at the Chester Valley Golf Club after we all enjoyed an array…
Bill, you summed it up: “A gastronomical adventure!” Thanks to you and Carol Lynn for joining in Rick and Mary’s Umbrian feast. Rick and Mary, we did it! You both booked your class when I was already cooking my way across the U.S.A. – and so glad you joined in on my “culinary tour.”…
“…a fabulous evening of good friends, good food, and a little garlic,” is how co-host Diane summed up our delightful Potomac cooking evening, adding “Everyone in our group has told me they thought the evening was fantastic. We all bonded and are much closer than before. The men also had a wonderful time getting to…
“Five years, six classes – plus the one I was wait-listed on myself. Every year is better than the last. Keep coming back!” Kathy wrote after this year’s D.C. class. …and Kathy (and Steve), remember that year you hosted two classes in your apartment (to take in all the requests coming to me for…