Milan – Lesson with Chefs Nicoleta and Fabio

We had a wonderful experience with Nicolette and Fabio. We felt as though we really were able to experience a part of Italian life. We enjoyed our cooking class with Chef Nicolette along with a side excursion to the local market not to mention a few shops along the way. Both Nicolette and Fabio were gracious hosts and the best part of day was enjoying little Francesco. It was just a wonderful day.

We took 8 classes from 7 chefs on our trip: Foreword: My wife, Teri, and I are very good cooks and love to cook, and Teri is Italian-American and cooks very tasty Italian food. And yet we learned so much... Especially about Italian-American excess with garlic, cheese, and tomato sauce. We thought we had booked too many classes for an 18-day vacation, but it was the perfect number of classes. We also were worried we might have too many of the same dishes, and while we had three gnocchi, three ravioli dishes, 2 risotto, but all were so different AND it gave us a chance to practice a few times and see whole different chefs stressed different parts of the technique, e.g. potato gnocchi and ricotta gnocchi. All really great experiences. Chefs Nicoletta and Fabio. Wonderful first class, since we were very jet lagged, and it was very informal and the only class which was mostly a clear demonstration with little participation on our part. A trip to a farm with Fabio after he picked us up from our hotel for meat, eggs, and cheese was lovely. The class was in their home in a small kitchen but well presented and soon friendly with both of them, and later their very young child. We have cooked two of their recipes since we've been home, and enjoyed them. They sweetly insisted we share their home with them if we were ever back in the area. Robert and Theresa B., AZ