Southern Italian Cooking Class in NYC!

If you love focaccia, lasagna, and other southern Italian specialties, don't miss this one time-only hands-on class on September 13 at 6 pm!

Join us for a taste of Naples right here in Manhattan, a chance to explore the cuisine of this lively southern Italian city without getting on a plane. We'll begin our Neapolitan feast with a timeless classic: handmade focaccia topped fresh tomatoes and oregano, the perfect starting point for any Italian meal. Next up: fresh lasagna layered with cheese and a hearty sausage ragu; and while you can buy ready-made lasagna noodles if you are short on time, we'll make the pasta dough from scratch in this class, giving you the foundation to making fresh pasta confidently at home in the future. Our main course: shrimp poached in a lightly spicy broth with capers, parsley, and garlic, just delicious with a side of roasted broccoli with garlic and chili oil. A classic Neapolitan dessert featuring liqueur-soaked ladyfingers and a silky espresso custard closes the meal on a decadent sweet note.

Menu, September 13:

Focaccia with Olive Oil & Tomatoes
Neapolitan Three-Cheese & Meat Lasagna
Shrimp in "Crazy Water" (with Spicy Tomato-Garlic Broth)
Roasted Broccoli with Garlic
Silky Espresso Tiramisu over Drunken Ladyfingers

This hands-on cooking class lasts from 6PM to 9PM. The cost is $110 per person and includes a full dinner paired with wine. Be sure to sign up here before class sells out or call 917-602-1519.

And we are also very excited about our Ten Best Pasta Sauces Cooking Class on September 6 at 6pm... In this informative and fun class, we'll unveil the secrets of cooking pasta (no spaghetti thrown on the wall to test for doneness, please!), then show you how to pair a variety of pasta shapes (some well known, others less so) with their ideal sauce. Next, we'll cook ten flavorful, authentic Italian pastas suited to everyday eating and simple entertaining, and enjoy them family-style with some fabulous white and red wines. The 10 pasta sauces you'll learn to make in this hands-on class are sure to change the way you cook and eat on a daily basis... They've become our absolute favorites over years of cooking, and they're sure to become favorites in your kitchen too. Reserve your spots now! You can sign up here for our Ten Best Pasta Sauces Cooking Class.

We've also posted our online class calendar through November 2013 here.

Private Cooking Parties & Team-Building Events NYC

For those of you looking for a memorable team-building event, bachelorette party, or birthday celebration, consider a private cooking party. Parties can be held in the daytime or evening and last 3 hours, and the cost is just $162 per person inclusive of gratuity. And the best part: you get to pick the menu you want, and you can add on a wine tasting if you are really into wine! We've even created a chocolate lover's dream event: a hands-on cooking class followed by dinner, a wine tasting, and a chocolate tasting... Call 917-602-1519 to inquire about availability for your private cooking event. Our corporate clients include A & E Television Network, HBO, Unilever, Google, Colgate Palmolive, Credit Suisse, David Yurman, Newsweek, Victoria's Secret, NBC, and many more... Click here for more on our clients and testimonials.

Here's what a client recently said about her company's team-building event at RUSTICO COOKING: "Thank you so much for a wonderful night of cooking and wine tasting. Everyone participated in the cooking activities and had so much fun. Gerry was terrific. She has the perfect personality to work with a group of A-type go-getters; Costas is so passionate about wine and it shows in his manner of imparting wine knowledge to others. I played the role of photographer and captured some wonderful moments. So, thank you for providing the perfect venue for an excellent bonding experience for our management team." Grace H., Alix Partners

We look forward to cooking with you soon!

Micol Negrin & Dino De Angelis

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New Recipes

We've added 2 delicious new pasta recipes to our site; let us know which dishes you prepare! These are perfect recipes for everyday eating or entertaining. And consult our complete recipe index here.

Here are links to this month's recipes: