Classes are for students 18+ unless otherwise noted.
Fees are for one adult and one child unless otherwise noted. Please register under adult’s name.
Classes for high school students
Explore the diverse and rich culinary traditions of Italy in this hands-on cooking class that highlights the distinctive flavors and techniques of various regions. We’ll prepare a hearty, rustic hunter’s-style chicken dish from Campana, paired with a vibrant Sicilan-style sauté of broccoli rabe and cannellini beans. Our Italian meal would not be complete without a pasta dish, and we’ll make the classic rich and savory meat sauce from Emilia-Romagna, ragu alla bolognese. We’ll finish the meal on a sweet note by preparing cantucci, the traditional almondbiscotti from Tuscany.
Diane Manteca has been a professional chef for thirty-three years, working in high end gourmet establishments and catering. For eight years she owned the eclectic and popular Brickyard Café in Cambridge. Diane has co-authored a Zone cookbook on healthy eating and worked as a food consultant and developed recipes for a major specialty food company. Her teaching career spans over 30 years with Italian cooking as her specialty, along with Moroccan, African, Asian, Cuban French, and regional cooking from the United States. She travels to Italy often to learn regional Italian cooking and brings her knowledge back to teach her students.
Diane Manteca
