Tom and Cissy, mille grazie for gathering together such a warmly welcoming group of friends to cook up Umbrian flavors in Kingwood. I certainly do try to put my heart info every class: it means much to me when that is perceived. Very touched, then, by the comment you wrote to me, post-class, Fred: “What…
…(and) who would have thought a chance meeting would lead to such a fabulous dinner?” Denise wrote to me after a cooking class in her Spring, Texas home. And yes, it all did start with a chance meeting a couple years ago in an Assisi cafe’. That “chance meeting” led to Denise and husband Greg’s…
Sadie and Nick, So good to have you stay with us in November in our Assisi farmhouse – and glad you joined us at Peppa’s, feasting on her Umbrian rural cooking. A night to remember, no? And so was Academy Awards night with Sadie’s family and friends, uniting in an “Oscar of a cooking class”…
Our late February cooking class in San Francisco celebrated not just host Patti’s birthday but fifty years of friendship for us University of Santa Clara women. Mamma mia! Che bello! (and this was “second-time-around” for an SCU reunion dinner..) Friends Yvonne and Celia summed it up: Yvonne: “Wonderful food, especially divine pasta, great wine and…
“I’ve been to Italy..but to eat this food in the Bay Area is pure joy. Thank you so much for this delicious meal…..,” wrote Ellen after sharing in the good times at Cheryl and Mark’s Redwood City, CA cooking class. Ellen, glad you joined in the “pure joy” – and pure joy, for me, too,…
Erika, invited to our cooking class in the Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Showroom in Sacramento, summed up our cooking-and-feasting evening this way: “You truly transported us to the Italian countryside – and shared your Italian love throughout. I look forward to trying these recipes at home with my family…Thank you so much for hosting…
When you walk into the Barcellos family wine cellar in the San Joaquin valley, the poster on the wall near the door tells you everything about this warm and welcoming Fresno family: “Barcellos wine is best served with good friends.” A couple days earlier, Merv Barcellos had hosted me (for the second year) at the…
For the second year, a joy to bring “love and passion of cooking” to Fresno. Glad you picked up la passione, too, Marina and Pasquale…and all Merv’s other guests cooking in a state-of-of-the-art Ferguson Showroom kitchen. As Marina wrote to me, end of class: “Thank you for sharing your love and passion of cooking. We…
How good to reunite with lovely Paula! She’d joined in an Umbrian rural cuisine cooking class last year in Laguna Beach – and this year, hosted her own class (with colleague, Gary) in Dana Point. We reconnected as we prepped for the class near the set table, rosemary plants lined up down the middle, leading…
No better way to spend an icy January week-end than in Arezzo, especially if you’re staying at the warm and welcoming Casa Volpi. After meanders in nearby Monterchi, we arrived close to dinnertime at Casa Volpi where smiling owner Alessia Volpi settled us in our spacious room – what views of Arezzo out the window!…