Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Cooking with Fabio at Cafe Firenze

Cafe Firenze is one of my favorite restaurants. It's one of those places that I take my family and friends since I know the service will always be good and the food always yummy. Fabio Viviani of Top Chef fame hosted a cooking class last weekend and I was so excited to attend. The class was a little over 2 hours and was full of fun and deliciousness. The best part, other than Fabio's humor and charm, was of course the food and drink.

Fabio in action. I tried to be as discreet as possible with my picture taking. He didn't mind cameras being present but I wanted to spend more time paying attention to what he was doing than taking pictures.
 Jacopo, the mixologist for the restaurant, showed us how to make ginger/cranberry margaritas.
 So so good and he definitely didn't skimp on the tequila.
 The meal we learned how to make- lemon/garlic chicken, cranberry risotto and pumpkin gnocchi.
The gnocchi was my favorite.
We ended the class with a dessert cocktail- pumpkin pie martinis.
 This was super strong so I couldn't finish it but it had good flavor.

If you're ever in the area, please stop at Cafe Firenze for lunch or dinner. I believe there is going to be another cooking class in December, which I fully intend to sign up for, so maybe I'll see you there. 

5 comments:

  1. I've been wanting to go for ages, but haven't gotten around to it. Do you need reservations, or can you just show up?

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  2. um, i want both those drinks. they sound so good.

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  3. That sounds amazing!!!! I love cooking classes. The problem is I can't remember how to do anything once I am on my own!

    xo
    Sarah
    Get Up & Go

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  4. Pumplkin pie martinis;)) What will tehy thinkof next:) Great stuff:)

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  5. Pumpkin gnocchi?!?! Gnocchi are my favourite - I can't even imagine how good they tasted!

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