Barrio Norte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bored? Sitting at home wishing you had something to do, something to stimulate your interest, your intellect, your skills, your tastebuds? Wishing you knew more about what’s going on in the kitchen behind the scenes of all the food you’ve been eating, or wish you were eating? Let’s do something together about that….
Classes are offered both in person and online. For in person classes, simply because of the size of the kitchen, they are limited to no more than three students at a time.
Scheduled Classes (see below for info on other class options, or, if another day/time is better for your schedule, we’re happy to offer an additional session subject to our availability):
| Monday, November 18 11am – 2pm |
Color Palate of Italy 1: this is the first session from our ten-session intro to Italian cooking. Ingredient tasting, how to make ricotta, and three classic, yet simple dishes – a fritatta con la ricotta, spaghetti agli’e olio, and insalata caprese |
| Monday, November 25 11am – 2pm |
Color Palate of Italy 2: the second session (they are self-contained, you don’t need to have done #1 to do this) It’s Pasta! Pasta! Pasta! We will make at least three different kinds of pastas and associated sauces. Learn how to make pasta from scratch! |
The majority of our classes are on a bespoke basis – subject simply to our availability, for lunch or dinnertime. The range of offerings include a variety of Mediterranean cuisines and Latin American cuisines – everything from how to make a simple ceviche, to empanadas, to pastas, pizzas, paellas, and even the sweet side of things, desserts, particularly from either the Italian or Andean repertoires. One of the perennial favorites is a ten session, Color Palate of Italy course that covers a little bit of everything in the basics of Italian cooking. That has a follow-on program of standalone classes, each focusing on one of Italy’s 20 regions. Either of these can be taken as a series or picking out single sessions of interest.
Individual classes that get requested time and again are our intro to pasta class and our intro to pizza making class. Empanada making is an often asked for course, sometimes paired with a traditional Argentine main dish, either meat, chicken, or fish. One that came together from out of the blue, is a four session “Chinese Lunches” series, each focusing on a different region of China and introductions to some of the most important techniques of the cuisine. We’ve also offered some interesting classes on gluten-free baking, and various vegan or vegetarian classes on different regional cuisines of the Americas. On the wine side, primarily I offer an introduction to, and/or tastings of, Argentine wines, but am happy to discuss other options. Most classes are US$50 per person ($60 with wine or craft beer), though that can vary depending on topic and length of class.
Book a class here. If you have a request for a class on a topic I didn’t mention above, feel free to ask – we’ll do our best to work something out!