Fabiolous Cooking Day

What a wonderful class, pasta in Mazzone. I would highly recommend this program, you’ll have a great time and a delicious meal… made by you,

Paolo was our chef he was amazing! I forgot the name of the kitchen assistant but she was great as well!
The meeting point is the Rossopomodoro café and next to largo argentina teatro.
Before we started our walk he asked if anyone had food allergies my cousin is lactose intolerant so he was accomodating on adjusting the menu for her. He said that is an easy thing to change but she also takes lactaid pills to help aid digestion but one never knows really how to gauge the ratio.
So we first walked over to campo di fuori market to buy the items we will need. He explained everything from tomatoes to onions to the best butcher shop in town and place to get cheeses. We basically shopped well Paolo did for what we needed.
After that we walked through the jewish ghetto of rome. Where he explained about it which was a nice added touch of history to have for the walking portion.
We arrived on the only island on the tiber river… Tiber island.
The studio where the cooking happened was once occupied by a princess and also Marlon Brando’s apartment at one point! He showed us this cute scene from the italian movie L’avventura .That took place in the 1960s. The place looks the exact same just some modern upgrades!
There was about 7 people in our class. We made 3 kinds of pasta. Veal saltimbocca, eggplant parmesean, roasted potatoes and tiramisu.
In addition to recipes you get emailed you can purchase this awesome book € 20 euro totally worth it! Beautiful photos, history, and recipes!
Next time i am in italy i will come back and take another. It was a wonderful experience so glad we did this!!!

Had a great and fun cooking day with Fabio in Rome. We meet the group early in the morning at the market where he explained how he picked out the ingredients followed by a small tour of the area as we made our way to the cooking school which is bases in his home. Fabio is a great teacher, sarcastic and funny. He showed us how to make Cavatelli, Gnocchi, Ravioli and Lasagna from scratch, including prepping all the ingredients. Our group was 8 in total, with a majority being a group of friends of Florida who turned out to be a lively entertaining bunch. We had a blast cooking and eating on his rooftop patio, I would recommend to anyone wanting to learn some authentic Italian cooking while in Rome.