Winter Classes Schedule 2023
Cooking & Dining in the Redwoods
6 students
(if not full, I reserve the right to cancel with 1 week’s notice)
$85./pp+ materials fee
(10% discount if you book all 6 spots)
4 hours (2:00-6:00)
Dine on the deck or dash home.
To schedule or for inquiries email me
Winter & Fall
These classes were very popular when I taught them through Cabrillo College Extension
- 2:00 6:00pm
- Materials fee: $30
Home-style Italian Cookery
Create an authentic home-style Italian meal from scratch just like an Italian Nonna would! Learn to prepare a three course Italian dinner full of rich, seasonal flavors. The menu will feature chicken cacciatore con fagiolini (string beans) y patate, insalate mixta, and zabaglione with fresh fruit. Mima will teach you basic and staple techniques of Italian cooking as you prepare each dish. This is true Italian food of the comfort variety.
- 2:00 6:00pm
- Materials fee: $30
Home-style Italian Cookery
Learn how to develop your own pizza-making powers, and elevate your pizza to its rightful place as an art form! Starting with a focaccia dough rolled out onto cornmeal, then baked at high temperature, you will produce thin, crisp pizzas with unique fla vor profiles. You will prepare an elegant seafood pizza and a stuffed “pizza rustica” with home made Italian sausage, ricotta, and spinach. We’ll have a nice seasonal salad to accompany the pizzas.
- 2:00 6:00pm
- Materials fee: $25
Home-style Italian Cookery
Autumn is perfect for comforting pasta dishes made with earthy autumnal vegetables and full of fall flavors. Join Mima to learn to prepare homemade fresh egg pasta served two ways: “alle cipolle et pancetta affumicata” (with onions, bacon, and mushrooms) and “alla scarola” (escarole with pine nuts and ricotta). We’ll toss together a nice fall insalata, and grill some ciabatta.
- 2:00 6:00pm
- Materials fee: $40
French Provincial Cuisine
Note: I learned this style of cooking as a child from my French peasant maman and from summers at the family home with Papa! The dishes in this month’s classes are the epitome of classic “cuisine regionale” gone very mainstream and the ideal food for a winter’s night.
The French provincial dishes you will learn to prepare adapt well to California, as many ingredients are common to both places. Join Mima in the kitchen as you learn to make a three course meal that includes boeuf bourguignon served with gratin dauphinois (potato), a salade verte, and a galette de fruit. You will be able to recreate this menu for friends who will positively marvel at your expertise in French cooking!
- 2:00 6:00pm
- Materials fee: $30
French Provincial Cuisine
The French provincial dishes you will learn to prepare adapt well to California, as many ingredients are common to both places. Join Mima in the kitchen as you learn to make a three course meal that includes coq au vin, roasted root vegetables with rosemary, and winter fruit cafouti (a traditional baked cake usually made with cherries served with crème chantilly).This is the apotheosis of French comfort food!
- 2:00 6:00pm
- Materials fee: $50
Crab Month
Do you like garlic and seafood?
Join Mima to prepare authentic cioppino using locally sourced fresh ingredients, Depending on the seasonal options available, your ingredients may include clams, mussels, shrimp, scallops, crab, and fish. You will be preparing a cioppino recipe that originated in San Francisco’s Italian-Amer ican community, and will also prepare the per fect complements—a real Caesar’s salad (with anchovy) and San Francisco sourdough garlic bread.
- 2:00 6:00pm
- Materials fee: $50
Crab Month
Do you like garlic and seafood?
Join Mima to prepare authentic cioppino using locally sourced fresh ingredients, Depending on the seasonal options available, your ingredients may include clams, mussels, shrimp, scallops, crab, and fish. You will be preparing a cioppino recipe that originated in San Francisco’s Italian-Amer ican community, and will also prepare the per fect complements—a real Caesar’s salad (with anchovy) and San Francisco sourdough garlic bread.
Cooking & Dining
Winter Cooking Classes & Dining on the Deck
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