点评:The website indicated that the cooking class could take up to 6 people. When my wife and I arrived, to our surprise, it was only us! Wow, talk about one-on-one instruction!
Nonna was a quientessential Italian Grandma, cute as a button but spoke ZERO English! Fortunately, her cooking partner Chiara, (sp.?) spoke English quite well and was able to interpret for us. The only problem with having just us in the class was that we couldn't get a way with anything under Nonna's watchful eye! "NO, you don't roll the pasta dough like that; use your palm of your hands not the fingers; cut the chicken this way not that; don't you Americans know anything about cooking!?" (of course she didn't actually say that but may have been thinking it!) came the interpreted instructions. It was actually quite hilarious, we had a blast and got to teasing each other quite a bit.
We made an appetizer, Bruschetta Al Pomodoro (bruschetta with tomatoes), two main dishes (did homemade pasta - a very interesting process!), Pasta Con Melanzane Saporite (savory eggplant sauce) and Pollo Con Peperoni Al Aceto Balsamico (chicken witth peppers and balsamic vinegar). Dessert was simple, strawberries infused with sweet wine sauce.
Both Nona and Chiara were informative, very helpful and PATIENT! Over the 3 + hours of making the dishes, they assembled and cooked everything and we enjoyed the fruits of our labors washed down with local wine from their vineyards. The food and vino were "molto benne"!
Grazie Nona and Chiara for a most memorable afternoon in your lovely kitchen in your beautiful home...Ciao!
翻译:网站上显示烹饪课最多可容纳6人。我和妻子到达后,惊讶地发现只有我们!哇,这可真是一对一指导啊!
Nonna是一位地道的意大利奶奶,可爱极了,但她完全不会说英语!幸好,她的烹饪搭档Chiara(拼写错误?)英语说得很好,还能帮我们翻译。只有我们上课的唯一问题是,在Nonna的注视下,我们什么都做不了!“不,你不能那样擀面团;用手掌,而不是手指;鸡肉要这样切,而不是那样切;你们美国人难道不懂烹饪吗!?”(当然,她并没有直接这么说,但可能是她自己想的!)翻译过来的说明来了。这真的很有趣,我们玩得很开心,还互相开了不少玩笑。
我们做了一道开胃菜——番茄烤面包(Bruschetta Al Pomodoro),两道主菜(我们自制了意面——过程非常有趣!)——茄子酱意面(Pasta Con Melanzane Saporite)和香醋鸡肉意面(Pollo Con Peperoni Al Aceto Balsamico)。甜点很简单,草莓淋上甜酒酱汁。
Nona 和 Chiara 都非常专业,乐于助人,而且非常耐心!在三个多小时的准备过程中,她们把所有食材都准备好并烹制好,我们尽情享受着劳动成果,佐以她们葡萄园酿造的当地葡萄酒。食物和葡萄酒都“美味极了”!
感谢 Nona 和 Chiara,让你们在你们美丽的家中可爱的厨房里度过了一个难忘的下午……再见!