This was my second “cooking reunion” with Maureen and her mother, Therese: we had cooked together two years ago in Phoenix and they were guests. Maureen, Therese and I had reunited over…
Yes, Pete, you certainly did pass the “test” at the Janet and Louise’s San Francisco cooking class: you were right there, mixing, stirring, adding wine and olive oil to the dishes”q.b.” (“quanto…
Tom summed up what my US cooking classes are about when he wrote me this note after our Valentine’s Day class at Corin’s: “Thank you for sharing your passion of cooking with…
Actually, Patrick and Marilyn’s parrot is Roscoe and he loved the Sicilian cauliflower pasta with pinenuts and currants that we made at their cooking class this year. But Roscoe missed out on…
The Monarch Beach cooking class worked as a well-formed team to create a feast though this was a coming-together of diverse people from all over the area: some were friends of hostess…
Another great cooking group the other night in Palos Verdes, CA – and once again, my U.S. tour’s theme “cooking is connecting” came to life as old friends cooked together and new…
“Thank you for sharing your recipes, life stories and spirit of Italian culture” wrote Susan, the gracious host of my first 2013 U.S. cooking class. I had toured Umbria with a handful…