ITALIAN BAKING WORKSHOP, FRESH PASTA COOKING CLASS, & MORE AT RUSTICO COOKING IN NYC

Images not displaying properly? see the web version of the newsletter NEWS FROM RUSTICO COOKING We've just returned from a week-long trip to Liguria, Italy, full of new recipes and ideas for classes... We can't wait to share some of our recent discoveries with you in the coming months. One of the best things we ate (and ate, and ate again!!) was focaccia: simple, flavored only with olive oil and sea salt, and baked to soft-on-the-inside, crispy-on-the-outside perfection. We'll teach you how to make the dough for this amazing Italian flatbread (as well as a variety of other delicious savory and sweet baked goods) in our upcoming Essentials of Italian Baking cooking class on June 14 at noon. If you'd rather learn how to make fresh pasta from scratch, we have a class on June 7 at noon for pasta novices; an amazing southern Italian cooking class on June 20; our ever-popular Ten Best Pasta Sauces class on July 11; and much more. Classes last 3 hours and are hands-on; you'll learn to prepare an entire menu, then enjoy a full meal with wine. Join us for a memorable taste of Italy, right here in NYC! JUNE 7 AT 12PM: FRESH PASTA FOR BEGINNERS This class was designed for anyone who wants to learn to make fresh pasta from scratch. You'll begin by kneading your very own egg pasta (the ratio is simple and foolproof), then roll out the dough into silky tagliatelle and plump ravioli. We'll also learn to make two fabulous sauces and fresh biscotti in our Fresh Pasta for Beginners cooking class. Basic Egg Pasta Dough Fresh Tagliatelle Three-Cheese Ravioli Basil-Scented Tomato Sauce Mom's Classic Two-Meat Ragu Mixed Greens in Balsamic Vinaigrette Crunchy Almond Biscotti JUNE 14 AT 12PM: ESSENTIALS OF ITALIAN BAKING Become a master Italian baker... Join our brand new, one time-only Essentials of Italian Baking workshop. This regionally focused baking class will teach you to make a versatile Italian bread dough, and three sweet cookies that rival any you can buy at the best Italian bakeries. Classic Focaccia (Liguria) Sfincioni, aka Flatbread with Tomato Sauce & Caciocavallo Cheese (Sicily) Crispy Multi-Flavored Breadsticks (Piedmont) Chocolate-Almond Meringue Kisses (Piedmont) Spiced Walnut-Fig Biscotti (Calabria) Almond Paste & Pine Nut Cookies (Sicily) JUNE 27 AT 6PM: LIGURIAN COOKING CLASS Fresh from our trip to Liguria, here's a class that features some of our very favorite dishes from this amazing northern Italian region. If you've never been to Liguria, here's your chance to take a virtual journey to the land of pesto, focaccia, and heavenly apple desserts! Classic Focaccia with Sea Salt Cheese-Filled Pansotti Pasta in Basil Pesto Chicken Cutlets with Artichokes, White Wine, & Pine Nuts Herb-and-Cheese-Stuffed Zucchini Best-Ever Apple & Almond Tart NEW: RUSTICO COOKING CLASSES SATURDAYS AT 6 PM! We are now offering hands-on cooking classes on Saturday evenings from 6 to 9 pm. Be sure to reserve our upcoming July 19 Pizza Workshop before it sells out! RUSTICO COOKING BLOG Subscribe to our new blog, filled with mouth-watering photography, easy-to-replicate Italian dishes, and insider's tricks and tips. Visit our blog here... You'll find delicious recipes like the 3 below and more! Spaghetti Frittata with Onions, Pancetta, and Parmigiano Potato Pancakes with Ricotta-Basil Pesto Fresh Chickpea Salad RUSTICO ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER Follow us on facebook and twitter... Get real-time updates, new recipes, and special offers! GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR FATHER'S DAY & MORE! Father's Day is coming up... give the father in your life a gift he'll long remember: a certificate for a hands-on cooking class at RUSTICO COOKING. Gift certificates are also ideal for 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. PRIVATE COOKING PARTIES & TEAMBUILDING EVENTS NYC Looking for a memorable 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 birthday cooking party at RUSTICO COOKING: "Thank you again for arranging for an unbelievable 70th birthday event for my immediate family and closest friends. Our group of 16 ranged from age 4 to age 75 - and EVERYONE had a blast. The cooking experience was perfect. Everyone participated and learned a great deal. You were most accommodating with my 2 friends with allergies (gluten and nuts/shellfish). The pasta making experience was enjoyed by all - and the result was DELICIOUS. Ditto for the tiramisu! Everyone's questions were answered, the service was outstanding, the surroundings perfect, and people loved having copies of the recipes. On a scale of 1-10 --- I rate the experience 100! My very best to you, your husband, and your staff. I couldn't have hoped for anything more." Maude F., NY MICOL'S NEW COOKBOOK Pre-order your copies of Micol's third cookbook, due out in October with Ballantine Books (a division of Random House): 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, wine pairings, and entertaining anecdotes sprinkled throughout. 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