Tuscan Cuisine

This class introduces students to the pleasures of typical

Tuscan food. Each three hour lesson includes menu preparation and sampling

of dishes prepared. The chef guides students through the preparation of two

or three dishes, providing notions of the history of these dishes and

ingredients. Some dishes which might be prepared are the following: tomato

and bread porridge, thick vegetable and bread soup, pasta and beans, spelt

soup or spelt salad, spicy beef stew, cut steak or chicken with balsamic

vinegar, chicken with porcini mushrooms, vegetable casseroles, stuffed

peppers, artichokes, zucchini, fried zucchini flowers, fried artichokes,

fried cauliflower, squid and vegetables, almond biscotti, and cooked cream with