The Everyday Life
home-made tagliatelle and me!
Homemade Italian pasta in the shape of long flat ribbon noodles, typical of the central part of Italy usually eaten with ragu alla bolognese -meat, & tomato sauce from the city of Bologna- Francesca Settimi and her TagliatelleFrancesca Settimi and her Fresh Pasta ...
07 May, 2014
March: It’s time to hoe the ground
March: it's time to hoe the ground for the cooking lessons at Cook on the Lakes on Lake Maggiore. Indeed, on warm seasons the vegetables and other natural products will be available from my garden, and from the nearby local market....
04 April, 2014
The Method
All courses have hands-on philosophy; we will work together and prepare food from scratch. We learn professional in an unprofessional environment, using instruments available in any kitchen, in a similar way to how professional chefs work in an industrial kitchen. Every lesson is an experience because...
13 March, 2014
The house in the winter
Come and cook in my house built by my grandfather on the hills over Lake Maggiore!As an architect I completly renovated the house with the idea to make the kitchen fit for our cooking classes.Enjoy the location, totally surrounded by the nature and at the...
13 March, 2014
Cook with me
I started cooking as a child with my grandmothers, who transmitted to me the knowledge and the passion of italian cuisine. I had the luck of having four granparents from four different regions (Lombardia, Emilia Romagna, Umbria and Lazio), each of one left me different recepies...
12 March, 2014