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Biting History one meal at a time |
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How to "get
your Italian on!" |
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We are hosting 5 different
Italian cooking classes in September,
as I was building the menus, I realized that I
really love Italian
cooking and there are some essential ingredients
I always have on hand.
Here they are, and the reasons why, I included
them on the list.
Mardi’s 15 essential
ingredients for great Italian cooking
1. Garlic:
Duh. Go to the San Agustin Mercado on Thursdays
to
get many choices of some really flavorful garlic!
2. Extra Virgin Olive
Oil: Buy and use your favorite, you don’t
have
to cook with the more expensive (and generally more flavorful)
oils, you can use less expensive oil to cook
with.
Watch for the Lowdown on Olive Oils
next month.
3. Tomatoes:
Use fresh homegrown, or heirloom are the best;
but Roma’s will generally have the best flavor if
you don’t
have the other two choices. San Marzano canned
tomatoes
are also really good.
4. Red Pepper Flakes:
Use to POP the flavor in your sauces.
When using them in your sauces, they are not used
to
create heat, but to enhance the other flavor’s in
your sauce.
5. Pasta: Your choice.
6. Parmigiana Reggiano
Cheese: Buy the best you can afford.
IT IS WORTH IT. And it lasts a long time. NOT the
green can!
7. Basil: Grow your own! Go
to Trader Joe’s and buy a plant.
Even I haven’t
killed a basil plant.
8. Anchovies and Anchovy
Paste: Don’t be wimpy these are
amazing flavor
builders!
9. Capers: OMG! these
will instantly build intrigue and interest into
your
dish. Bob planted a caper bush in June in the
backyard and
I am eagerly awaiting capers! I will
brine them when they are ready.
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Our newest cooking series is called
THE ROAD TO
GREAT COOKING |
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PARTS 1 & 2 is open to anyone and begins
Mon, Oct 13 |
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SAVE UP TO $190! |
The Road to Great Cooking! is a NEW
series of
thorough, cooking fundamentals classes.
The series is taught in two -one
week sessions.
The classes are from 10 am-2:30 pm.
Monday through Friday. |
I am teaching this one as a two-part
series designed
to give home cooks a solid background of culinary
skills
for everyday cooking. You don't need
to have attended
PART 1 to enroll in PART 2.
read more here |
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Try this wonderful recipe!
Fresh Fruit Tart
Use some of that fabulous
fresh fruit for a yummy dessert!
RECIPE HERE |
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Our next
Basics of Gourmet Cooking
Begins August 9, 2014 and continues
Saturdays
Join us for a class. If you like it and
want to enroll in the full course,
we will credit your paid amount.
This popular cooking series is designed to
arm
home cooks with a solid arsenal of culinary skills
for everyday
cooking.
Regardless of your current skill level,
this series will
instill more confidence,
help perfect your techniques and
create
inspiration in the kitchen
Enroll now and receive a FREE
HEN & ROOSTER
4 pc FORGED KITCHEN KNIFE SET
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See you Friday at open
house we will sample
some great foods from our Newest Schedule.
Chow!
Mardi and Bob |
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Please join Mardi and Bob, at our
Open House
Friday, August 18, from 4-6 pm
for some excellent specials and
samples of some of the foods we will
be cooking in our summer classes.
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bon appetit!
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PLEASE SUPPORT THESE LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS. BOTH
ARE SPONSORED BY SOUTHERN ARIZONA COMMUNITY
FOOD BANK. EACH OFFERS A WONDERFUL SELECTION
OF ORGANICALLY GROWN FRUITS, EGGS, MEATS AND
VEGETABLES. WE BUY MANY OF OUR HERB AND
VEGETABLE PLANTS THERE TOO! |
SANTA CRUZ MARKET
HAS MOVED TO THE NEW
MERCADO SAN AGUSTIN, CONGRESS ST AND CONVENTO |
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Chow!
Mardi |
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Our Culinary Festival continues with: |
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NEW DAYTIME CLASSES,
ALL ON SALE IN SEPTEMBER!
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SOUTHWESTERN LUNCHES
ARE BACK IN SEPTEMBER! JUST $35 |
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THE ROAD TO GREAT COOKING - ON SALE NOW!
OCTOBER 13 & 20, Mon -
Friday 10 AM - 2:30 PM
read more here |
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SATURDAYS, Beginning August 9,
2014 - ON SALE NOW! SAVE $100
BASICS OF GOURMET COOKING
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An eight week course of the
fundamentals of gourmet cooking. Meets every
Saturday.
Sign up now, many classes are selling out fast!
RECEIVE A FREE FOUR PIECE HEN &
ROOSTER KITCHEN KNIFE SET
with your paid enrollment! |
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Remember, we sell most of the tools and small
appliances
and those wonderful Messermeister knives we
use in class on our sister site;
www.Sharpknives.com
FABULOUS
SALE
PRICES ON
HIGH QUALITY
MESSERMEISTER!
Give a
gift to last a lifetime! |
Mardi
Burden
shares ownership of
Cuisine Classique School
of Good Cooking
with her husband Bob.
Mardi loves to cook
and she brings her
professional expertise
from restaurant kitchens
and large catering events
to the lessons she
teaches
in her classes.
Mardi's love of cooking,
and
her knowledge of food
and cooking is truly
exceptional and
she is always eager to
"share the love"!
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