Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina
Shared Experience
Your experience
Course focused on fresh egg pasta and not only , we will use different types of flour to create the noodles or tagliolini , the 'dough will be made strictly by hand , we will also make potato gnocchi and in this case we will play with the colors so we could make them with spinach or pumpkin or tomato . we will also make a nice lesson on how to propose it on the plate and consequently also on the table . Chocolate Bonet as a dessert to remind us of typical Piedmontese .
We, a part of four very much enjoyed cooking with Monica at her home. We learned a lot about the Italian culture of food. It was a wonderful experience making Tiramisu and pasta from hand and also seeing and making Vitello tonnato sauce from hand. A some what negative point was the level of knowledge of the English language as two in our party do not speak English therefore we translate quite a bit. Overall we enjoyed our time with Monica and learned more about the Italian culture and way of living.
William - October 2025
Our host, Monica, was lovely! The experience was marvelous! My husband and I met Monica at an agreed location in Asti (easy to find), and then walked to a local open air market to shop for produce for our meal. After, she drove us to her beautiful home to share a cooking lesson (pasta, chocolate stuffed peaches, and saucy-vegetable bruschetta - YUM!) in her gorgeous kitchen and then ate the delectable meal with her lovely son around the family's table. The advice, the laughter, the ability to improve our Italian language skills, and the joy of cooking with a local in her home was a memory we will never forget. We HIGHLY recommend cooking with Monica! We have been to cooking lessons before, and this was by far the most exceptional!
Gina & Jamie - September 2025
Monica is a very kind and fun host. We met at the market in Asti. She told us about the different markets and produce available and bought some things for us to try. Then she took us back to her home and we made pasta, Russian salad, caprese salad a dish with anchovies (I don't remember the name) and a traditional dessert of pesche ripiene.
Aimee - August 2025
Superleuke ervaring met een fantastische gastvrouw op een prachtige locatie. Pasta en ravioli en gnocchi leren maken, lekker dessert gemaakt en leuke mensen leren kennen . We hebben genoten en zouden het iedereen aanraden !
Katia - August 2025
Samen pasta maken was een heel leuke ervaring en we kregen goede ‘inside tips’. We werden warm ontvangen door Monica, het was een heel gezellige voormiddag en lekker lunch.