From Micol and Dino

We have a very special virtual cooking class coming up on July 10 at 12 pm: this will be our last virtual cooking class this summer before we leave for Italy on our cooking tours... live virtual classes will resume in the fall, so sign up now if you want to learn some amazing new recipes with us!

Last Summer Virtual Class: July 10 at  noon

As you may know, we've been busy putting the finishing touches on our cooking tours to Italy for fall 2021 and spring and fall 2022. We'll be taking small groups to Tuscany and Puglia, two of Italy's most beautiful regions whose cuisines offer a wide range of delicious specialties.

If you can't join us in Italy this year or next, you can learn some of the dishes that have made Italy famous by taking our virtual cooking classes. The next  live virtual cooking class is on July 10 at noon.

We’ll start off by making fresh gnocchi (if you want to buy ready-made or sub in dried pasta, you certainly can) tossed with an aromatic pesto that features peppery arugula and savory olives. (Not a fan of olives? Omit them and throw in a few sundried tomatoes if you like for extra umami.) As a main course, we'll slow-poach salmon (chicken works perfectly for anyone not fond of fish) in a shallot, rosemary, and white wine sauce; there's a subtle trick to this dish that ensures success every time. And for dessert, we’ll teach you to work with phyllo dough; it’s not as tricky as you may fear, and the filling we’ll prepare is so good you might just want to make double and serve the rest over ice cream!

We'll be away until November leading our cooking tours so this is your last chance to cook live with us until our fall class calendar resumes. Class is $48 per device and includes a full-color recipe eBooklet with photographs. You can buy the class here

Join Our Video Membership Site

Another option for exploring Italian cuisine is our video membership site, which is always available for learning and inspiration (even while we're in Italy!). When you buy a 1-year membership for just $120, you get access to our ever-growing collection of cooking video recipes, eBooks, and articles on techniques and ingredients of the Italian kitchen, so that you can learn whenever it suits your schedule, in the comfort of your kitchen, and at your own pace.

We have well over 130 video recipes already, ranging from popular dishes like Tiramisu and Amatriciana to lesser-known delicacies like the Veneto's Whipped Cod with Garlic and Parsley or Liguria's Farinata, an addictive chickpea flour pancake. And we add more recipes every month so the collection just keeps growing.

We designed each of the videos in our online course with one goal: to share our best, tried-and-true, non-fussy recipes so that you can easily replicate them at home, with perfect results every time. Our recipes are the distillation of 20 years of teaching thousands of students Italian cuisine, and the result of even more years of traveling across Italy in search of memorable food, so you can be sure that they will work in your kitchen.

We hope to see you in our July 10 virtual class or on our video membership site... or better yet, on a cooking tour to Puglia or Tuscany!

Have a happy and safe holiday weekend and keep on cooking!
Micol and Dino

P.S. Access a quick video of our cooking tours by clicking on the images below.