Italian cooking class

Most of us know that pasta has originated in Italy, and some of us believe that only the Italians can master the making and shaping of pasta. Some believe that Marco Polo has seen noodles being made in China and brought some with him to Italy and introduced the Italians to noodles. However, this story doesn't hold well because Marco Polo's account of his journey, which was dictated in prison in Genoa in 1298, did not become available until the invention of printing toward the end of the fifteenth century. By this time "maccherono", a word used in southern Italy to mean any kind of pasta, was well known to all Italians.

So who really invented pasta? When was pasta first introduced to the United States and who brought to the country? When did the fancy shapes of pasta were developed and who inspired such development? What does the typical Italian meal consists of ? Join Samira in this gourmet journey and learn the answers to these questions, how to make all kinds of different colors and shapes pasta, and enjoy the flavors of fresh home made pasta.

The menu for this class includes:

• Toasted walnut and sun-dried tomato bread
• Grilled eggplant parmigiana
• Basil and parsley pesto
• Walnut pesto
• Fresh tomato sauce
• White cheese sauce
• Black, Green, White and Red pasta
• Spinach and ricotta cheese stuffing
• Lamb stuffing
• Sea food stuffing
• Individual tiramisu
• Frozen Frangelico soufflé
• Ricotta cheese tart