Southern Style Cooking: Rustico Newsletter - New Cookbook Available

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THE BEST PASTA SAUCES BOOK IS AVAILABLE!

It's finally here: Micol's third cookbook is now available in bookstores, online, and through our website!! Steadily climbing the charts on Amazon, (as of this writing it is the #1 new release in Pasta and Noodle Cooking!!!) The Best Pasta Sauces is a 256-page collection of more than 80 regional Italian pasta sauces with gorgeous color photography by Micol's husband, Dino De Angelis and wine pairings by Rustico Cooking's Wine Director, Costas Mouzouras. We're very happy about how the book turned out and look forward to hearing which recipes you try at home.

COMPLETELY REDESIGNED RUSTICO WEBSITE

We've also completely redesigned our website: compatible for mobile phones, it is sleeker, easier to navigate, and boasts amazing photos of our dishes. You can see the 50 dishes we offer as part of our private event menus in glorious color detail here.

If you're considering a private cooking party in the coming months to celebrate the holidays with co-workers, your team, or your family and friends, check out our full line of offerings: from Pasta Parties and Pizza Parties to our Classic 5 menu, we'll create a memorable culinary event for you and your guests.

And if you just feel like rolling up your sleeves and cooking, check out our calendar of upcoming cooking classes: We have a delicious line-up of menus, including Northern Italian class on November 24, a menu featuring the ultimate butternut squash gnocchi on December 1, tender braised beef short ribs on December 5, our annual Baking Workshop on December 20 just in time for the holidays, and much more. Click here for our complete class calendar through December, and stay tuned for our January calendar, to be posted shortly!

NOV. 24 AT 6PM: NORTHERN ITALIAN

This menu has it all: five fabuluous dishes from northern Italy, starting with the best potato gnocchi ever (we make them according to a foolproof recipe), a hearty wine-laced chicken, a creamy risotto, and a decadent chocolate dessert. Our Northern Italian cooking class explores northern Italy's cuisine in all its glory.

Chicche (Tiny Potato Gnocchi) with Mushroom & White Wine Ragu
Wine-Roasted Chicken with Roasted Savoy Cabbage & Autumn Herbs
Roasted Asparagus Bundles with Speck & Smoked Mozzarella
Fennel, Rosemary, & Goat Cheese Risotto
Decadent Chocolate Tartlets with Toasted Pine Nuts

DEC. 1 AT 6PM: GNOCCHI & MORE

Join us for a brand new class devoted to the pleasure sof Italian Home Cooking. You'll learn to make the most amazing onion tartlets, succulent chicken with mushrooms, the lightest squash gnocchi, and our signature chocolate bread pudding. This menu is ideal for holiday entertaining!

Tuscan Caramelized Onion, Goat Cheese, & Sundried Tomato Tartlets over Baby Greens
Roasted Chicken with Mushrooms, Fontina, & White Wine
String Beans with Radicchio & Balsamic Vinegar
Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Sage-Infused Butter
Chocolate Chunk Bread Pudding with Warm Caramel Sauce & Vanilla Whipped Cream

DEC. 5 AT 6PM: PIEDMONT

Here's a menu featuring truffled risotto, fall-off-the-bone short ribs, a chocolate-kissed dessert, and other luxurious treats for cold weather feasting, Italian-style. Join us for a Taste of Piedmont and learn to make:

Wild Mushroom & Truffle Risotto
Slow-Cooked Beef Short Ribs with Bacon & Red Wine
Roasted Sweet Peppers with Basil
Rosemary & Olive Polenta "Fries"
Hazelnut & Chocolate Meringue Kisses

PRIVATE COOKING PARTIES & TEAMBUILDING EVENTS NYC

Looking for a memorable holiday office party, team-building event, bachelorette party, or birthday celebration? Consider a private cooking party. You choose the date and time, and pick the menu! Call 917-602-1519 to inquire about availability. Click for more on our clients and testimonials.

Here's what a client recently said about her team-building event at RUSTICO COOKING: "Thank you for a wonderful time at Rustico. The Finance Team raved about the food, service and atmosphere/setting. It was an incredible experience and I will let others know about this wonderful cooking school... Special thanks to Gerry, Lauren and the staff for being engaging and making this a fun team building event that was informative for the novice and advanced and took away some great preparation/cooking tips. Note that Gerry was accommodating in our arriving early-about 12:30 PM. Her flexibility was appreciated. The staff demonstrated an upbeat positive rapport which was felt by all." Georgette D., Acorda

NEW: PIZZA AND PASTA PARTIES

We've recently added two new options to our roster of cooking party menus: pizza parties and pasta parties. Both are extremely interactive, hands-on, and fun-filled, ideal for groups that really want to get their hands dirty in the kitchen. Whether you choose to focus your event on pizza or pasta, we'll start off your event with a festive reception of finger foods, wine, and beer; next, you'll head into the kitchen for hands-on cooking, and then, you'll sit down to enjoy your creations with salad, roasted vegetables, and dessert prepared by our chefs. You'll also receive recipes so you can recreate the delicious meal at home for friends and family!

GIFT CERTIFICATES

Give the food lover in your life a certificate for a hands-on cooking class at RUSTICO COOKING. Gift certificates are ideal for holidays, birthdays, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, even retirement! Click here to buy a gift certificate for one or more of our hands-on Italian cooking classes in our Midtown Manhattan loft. Add an autographed copy of Micol's new The Best Pasta Sauces cookbook or an embroidered Rustico Cooking apron or both if you really want to wow the lucky recipient!

RUSTICO COOKING BLOG

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