Ring in the New Year with a Cooking Class in NYC!

Learn to make fresh pasta plus 10 memorable pasta sauces in our most popular cooking class on January 10 at 6pm!

If you have a limited repertoire of pasta sauces, relying on easy stand-bys like marinara sauce or ragu, this class will be a real eye-opener for you. The 10 pasta sauces you'll learn to make in this 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!

Menu, January 10:

Spinach Linguine in Savory Leek Cream
Bucatini in Chili-Pancetta Sauce
Tuscan Penne in Walnut-Garlic Sauce
Orecchiette with Fresh Ricotta, Basil, and Diced Tomatoes
Fusilli in Spicy Fennel-Sausage Sauce
Conchiglie with Spicy Broccoli & Pecorino
Mom's Rigatoni Gratin with Gorgonzola Cream
Linguine in Fragrant Basil Pesto
Cavatelli with Tuna Sicilian-Style
Gemelli with Shrimp, Asparagus, and Saffron

This cooking class lasts from 6PM to 8:30PM. The cost is $120 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 Fresh Pasta Workshop on January 4 at 12pm... Join us for a class devoted to 3 of Italy's heirloom pastas: garganelli, the ancestor of penne rigate, shaped individually on a board; farfalle, rectangles of dough shaped into pretty bowties; and maccheroni alla chitarra, the famous square spaghetti of central Italy, rolled out and cut on a stringed instrument known as a guitar. First, we'll make a succulent pork ragu for the garganelli; a saffron-scented sauce for the farfalle; and a light seafood sauce for the maccheroni. Next, we'll roll up our sleeves and learn to make the perfect all-purpose pasta dough that never fails. After the dough is rolled out, we'll shape these three very unique pastas by hand; you won't believe how authentic your pasta will look! We'll round out our meal with a light green salad and finish up with homemade biscotti and espresso. Every class participant will receive a brand new garganelli board to take home. You can sign up here for our Fresh Pasta Workshop.

We've also posted our online class calendar through March 2014 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 team-building event at RUSTICO COOKING: "Just wanted to express our thanks for such a well organized event! Everyone was so pleased with how our cooking went yesterday. It was the perfect team building activity. The timing of everything as well as portions were perfect. The staff were so accommodating and great to work with. I hope we get to come back in the future!" Katie L., Random House

We look forward to cooking with you soon! And we wish you all a happy New Year filled with delicious food!

Micol Negrin & Dino De Angelis

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New Recipes

We've added 2 delicious new recipes to our site: sumptuous costini topped with melted Mozarella and crispy Prosciutto, and a cheesy, rich Pancetta pie in puff pastry crust, ideal choices for holiday entertaining. Let us know which dishes you prepare! These are perfect recipes for entertaining. And consult our complete recipe index here.

Here are links to this month's recipes: