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February 7, 2007
The Italian School of Cooking
Thanks to Marco and Marcello, my hosts at the Italian School of Cooking, where I attended a class on pasta making last night. As well as learning how easy it is to make pasta without a machine - I was dead proud of my attempts at orecchiette! - I had a thoroughly enjoyable evening, eating and drinking, meeting people and being serenaded over dinner by a very enthusiastic Marco. The school, which is centrally located in Rathmines, is definitely worth checking out. Time to pick up a bag of durum flour from the Italian shop in Ranelagh for some pasta-making experiments down at the cottage.
Posted by Caroline at February 7, 2007 5:19 PM
Comments
Thanks for the tip. Would love to learn more about Italian cooking. Got a pasta machine for Christmas and finally got the hang of it! Love your blog!
Posted by: Deborah at February 13, 2007 7:37 PM
Beautiful venue, beautiful people! A great experience with Italian School of Cooking. Always INTENSITA'!!!
Posted by: Richard at February 16, 2007 3:25 PM
If you have a pasta machine you'll be way ahead of me, Deborah! That night Marcello made Maltagliati e Fagioli - a bean soup with roughly torn sheets of fresh pasta and I still remember the pasta's lovely silky texture. Of course, this dish was made using a pasta machine. I've been trying to avoid buying one but maybe I'll just have to invest after all!
Posted by: Caroline at February 20, 2007 10:06 AM
Caroline, DH being the cheap ba****d he is, he got it for €9.99 at Aldi!!! But I was in a lovely cookery shop in Tullamore the other day and I swear it's the same machine there for €100. So maybe just shop around!
Posted by: Deborah at February 21, 2007 6:00 PM
I'm Roberto,
I'm Italian and I want give my congratulations to the Italian School of Cooking for their work, their enthusiasm and their work to improve lots of the Italian restaurants in Dublin.
I'd love organize a team cooking with all my Irish colleagues in your school really soon. In my office your food and songs are very popular!
Thanks Caroline,
Ciao
Roberto.
Posted by: roberto at March 7, 2007 5:51 PM
These Italian guys are simply wonderful!
Warm atmosphere and great food,
I spent a special birthday in their School,I really reccomend the introductory course.
Mary Malone
Posted by: mary at April 4, 2007 8:20 AM
