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Cook & Talk
EXPERIENCE DAYS  
call 01483 768500
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Spend an unforgettable day at a charming 16th
century farmhouse in Surrey enjoying regional Italian cuisine and
language in a friendly, intimate environment. Experience pasta-making
the traditional way, cook in our unique wood-fired oven and discover the
secrets of the language. Share some good times celebrating authentic
regional cookery and wine, enjoy lunch and learning through your passion
for the Italian things in life..
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DATES
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EXPERIENCE DAY
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DESCRIPTION
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PRICE
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03 Jul
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Antipasti e cena fredda
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Summer entertaining
sold out
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A8
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Sat
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£59
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31 Jul
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Dolcissimi
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Delicious puds
sold out
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D7
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Sat
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£59
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11 Sep
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Pizza al forno a legna
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Wood-fired oven pizza
sold out
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PI5
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Sat
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£59*
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02 Oct
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Piadina e fagioli
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Country fare:flatbreads and bean soup
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PD6
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Sat
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£59*
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06 Nov
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Pasta- making Marche style
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Home-made pasta basics
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PA1
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Sat
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£59*
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04 Dec
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Pasta al forno -Vincisgrassi
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Pasta al forno - home-baked pasta
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PA2
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Sat
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£59*
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Cucina delle feste
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Passatelli,gnocchi,strozzapreti |
PA3 |
Sat |
£59* |
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12 Feb |
Piatti classici
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Selection of classic regional sauces
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PA 4
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Sat
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£59
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05 Mar |
Pizza al forno a legna
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Wood-fired oven pizza
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PI5
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Sat
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£59*
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09 Apr |
Piadina e fagioli
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Country fare:flatbreads and bean soup
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PD6
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Sat
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£59*
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07 May |
Dolcissimi
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Delicious puds
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D7
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Sat
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£59
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04 Jun |
Antipasti e cena fredda
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Summer entertaining
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A8
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Sat
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£59
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Cook & Talk
EXPERIENCE DAY
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Pasta- making
Marche style
Home-made pasta
basics
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Always wanted to make pasta from scratch? Learn
to make pasta by hand the traditional way: try
rolling out your own pasta sheets, creating
tagliatelle, and cappelletti or
‘little hat pasta’,
favourite dishes from the Marche region, in an
informal, hands-on environment. Learn some
Beginners' Italian: how to order 'At the
restaurant,'
join in
our quiz and discover more about the region's
culinary heritage, then sit down to enjoy a two
course lunch with wine.
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Pasta al
forno
Vincisgrassi
Home-made pasta
basics
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Come and discover how to
make home-made baked pasta dishes like
cannelloni, mille foglie and the Marche’s famous
signature dish Vincigrassi, rich with produce
from the rolling hills and valleys. In this
intimate farmhouse setting, you can find out
about the culinary traditions of the great
festivities that continue to be passed down from
generation to generation today. Make the most of
some personalised language training 'Shopping
for fresh ingredients and eating out' and gain
insights into regional culinary heritage. Then
enjoy the lunch you have prepared, together with
a glass of Verdicchio and practise your Italian!
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Cucina delle feste
Passatelli,
gnocchi
strozzapreti
Home-made pasta
basics
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Find out the
myth behind the famous priest-stranglers: yes,
learn to make strozzapreti and potato
gnocchi:home-made pasta with a twist! You’ll
also discover the variations, traditional
accompaniments and how to marry them with the
perfect partners! You’ll also have a go at
making passatelli ,one of the many gastronomic
jewels in Urbino’s renaissance crown! As
always you’ll look at a different regional
menu,local produce, a traditional meal. Learn to
decipher the menu,order and cope when lunching
at a trattoria or restaurant. Then you’ll sit
down to a two course lunch with wine to enjoy
the fruits of your morning’s work. |
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Piatti Classici
Pasta classics
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spaghetti alla carbonara,
pomodoro e basilico,
minestra in brodo,
pasta con rosmarino e
cecci and other time-honoured
favourites.
We'll let you into the
secrets behind these traditional pasta dishes,
and explain the sauces, ragouts, broths,
boscaiola’ and the true ingredients
of the original recipes. Learn about the
recipes, key Italian for the ingredients and how
to buy them, try our quiz and practise some
Italian over a glass of wine and lunch.
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Wood-fired
oven
Pizza al forno a legna
Home-made pizza
basics
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What
really makes for a perfect pizza? Create the
dough for a great base, source fresh local
ingredients, cook in a wood – fired oven and
serve on a wooden trencher! Come and see how
easily it’s done: make your own pizza, learn
about the traditional pizza recipes, regional
variations like pizza Rossini , how to decipher
a pizza menu and ask for ingredients you love to
eat. Then sit down to a two course meal,
including the pizza you prepared, with a glass
of local wine.
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Country fare
Piadina e fagioli
Flatbreads and
bean soup
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Piadina, is a traditional flat bread
that dates back to Roman times, and its
origins lie in the rustic country fare
of local sharecroppers.This regional
gastronomic delight is to be found
in the lands between the Appennini
Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. A great
alternative to bread, ‘piada’ makes a
gutsy starter,complementing vegetables,
roasted potatoes,cured hams and melted
cheeses alike. In the Marche you’ll also
find it ‘sfogliata’: many–layered and
flaky, oftentimes served with the
much-loved fagioli bean soup. Come along
and you can try your hand at making this
simple. basic flat bread, and its
accompaniments. Take a look at a rustic
trattoria – style menu; learn how to ask
what dishes there are when there’s no
written menu, master some survival
Italian and check out our culinary
dictionary of regional and Italian
terms. Then sit down to a lunch,including
the
piada
you made with a glass of local wine. |
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Just desserts
Dolcissimi
Home-made pasta
basics
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Dolcissimi:
just desserts for the sweet – toothed! So if the
best part of the meal for you is the final
dish, or your simply want some inspiration for
entertaining friends, then spend a morning
finding out about zuccotto, bostrengo, crostata,
ciambellone, pasta margherita, and many more
Marche – style puds. Then learn some
Italian, some mouth-watering pudding recipes
from around Italy, their key ingredients and how
you say them. Learn the names of different
flavours and how to order your favourite
ice-cream cone. Practise to your heart’s content
over a light lunch, with a selection of puds and
a glass of local pudding wine.
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Summer flavours
Antipasti e cena fredda
Summer entertaining
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Antipasti
all’italiana: learn to prepare a magical
combination of starters, and ‘la cena fredda’,
some appetising savoury dishes served cold for
perfect summer entertaining. Decode a typical
menu, order from a regional menu, and work out
how to interpret a simple recipe. Sit down to a
cold lunch of the dishes you’ve prepared, try
our quiz and practise your newly – learnt
Italian over a glass of Verdicchio. Buon
appetito! |
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Personalised experience Days
Italian language & regional cookery
If you
would like to know more, or would like to
arrange a special event, or tailor a session to
a specific level or content, just call us
on 01483 768500 or email:cookandtalk@fluentintuition.co.uk
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Cook&Talk
Michaella is an experienced assistant
Home Economist for
commercials,print, film and a range of tv
cookery series,including ITV
's GMTV,Chinese
Food in Minutes,
My Big Fat Diet Show, Fresh
One Aaron Craze TV , ITV
Taste the Nation,Daily
Cooks Challenge,
Step Up to the Plate,Great
British Menu ,
Cooking the Books , ITV
This Morning,
Celebrity MasterChef,and
film The Holiday.
Graduating with a BSc (Hons) Food &
Nutrition, Michaella gained valuable
experience working on BBC Good Food
Magazine and Delicious Magazine and has
since worked with some of the top names in
food styling: Karen Taylor, Bethany Heald,
and Christine Greaves to name but a few..
In researching recipes for the shows
Michaella rekindled her childhood foodie
memories of life in the Marches and has
designed a series of one day Spring
workshops for those who would like to learn
the traditional 'slow food' skills of
genuine home cooking Italian style: cooking
in a wood - fired oven, making pasta without
a pasta machine, rolling out piadina and
much more - even learning some key words in
Italian!
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Indicative
Programme
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10-1pm |
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On arrival: |
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Piacere, Prosecco & introductions.... |
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Programme presentation |
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Demonstration:
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Making
cappelletti |
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Hands on:
Making Marche-style pasta
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Chiacchiere &
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Le Marche and its culinary
traditions
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Language Practice: |
| Al ristorante-al mercato |
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Late Lunch: |
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Sit down and enjoy the dishes you've
made over a glass of wine and practise your Italian!
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Closing remarks |
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| Take home your Marche
recipe folder, souvenir of your special day. |
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