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Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina
Shared Experience
Your experience
You will put your hands to work in 3 truly unique ,yet excellent dishes of our cuisine:
appetizer of:crostoni with sausage,tomato,kale and seasonal surprise! that differ from bruschetta(I will explain how) first :potato gnocchi or pumpkin or ricotta cheese or surprise ...but seasoned with 'aglione or i'gnudi (typical Tuscan dish,I'll tell you the difference and why they are called that) dessert: cold chocolate cake (similar to the well-known Pistocchi cake ) clearly can not miss the wine,coffee ammazzacaffè and a 'great company in the family ... I am waiting for you experience also suitable for children
€133.00 per guest
(€67.00 per child)
Remaining char: 500
Total: €133.00
€133.00
per guest€67.00 per child
Reviews
5.0
30 reviews
- We had a very enjoyable cooking class with Donatella learning to make pasta and tiramasu from scratch and to eat the fruits of our labor for lunch. We also had the opportunity to go visit the local vegetable, fish, meat and bread market to get a true sense of the neighborhood. Donatella was very friendly, informative and encouraging. We had a great time! My only recommendation to enhance the experience further is to include water and some soft background music. Also having a sign with the party's last name would have helped us locate her sooner. Otherwise, an extremely enjoyable experience. Grazie mille to Donatella!
- Donatello was very welcoming and fun to cook with. Thank you for teaching us how to make pasta and tiramisu! We had a blast.
- Bellissima esperienza..un posto dove sentirsi liberi di essere se stessi. Donatella ottima padrona di casa..da subito ci ha fatto sentire a nostro agio.. ottimi vini..ottimi stuzzichini..un'aria di "casa".
- Donatella was very hospitable, gracious, and professional. We had the time of our lives and learned to make several dishes. In the end, we were able to each our masterpieces and left absolutely full! She is a wonderful hostess and chef!
- We enjoyed our time with you so much, Donatella! The pasta and tiramisu dishes you taught us were delicious and easy to make. Out of all the meals we had while visiting Italy, what we made with you was honestly the best we had. In fact, our experience was so good that we ordered a pasta maker even before we left Italy. Thank you for inviting us into your home to have a wonderful time and teaching us something we can enjoy for years to come.
John Kuh - October 2025
Katie - September 2025
Serena&Simona - January 2025
Joe & Sharon - June 2024
Ken and Christa - November 2023
€133.00 per guest
(€67.00 per child)
Remaining char: 500
Total: €133.00
€133.00 per guest
Where
Donatella
Cesarina from 2018Location: Florence Languages: Italian and EnglishFlorence, to quote Stendhal, has a "subtle beauty". The city itself is an open-air museum, rich in architectural masterpieces and works of art that are unique in the world. Here in the heart of this historical city in a street of ancient buildings located within where once stood the ancient medieval walls, and where you can experience the flavor of ancient Florentine history, we meet Donatella, our Florentine Cesarina DOC. Donatella studied art and architecture and she likes to experiment with different artistic techniques, from papier-mâché to ceramics, as well as applying her hand to making pasta dough in the kitchen. This last passion she shares with her husband and children, with whom she loves making homemade pasta, a perfect way to teach culinary art while having fun. At Donatella’s, there is always a festive feeling and the typical flavors of Tuscan cuisine. Her dishes, from pezzole to carabaccia di Caterina de' Medici, are recipes which have made French cuisine famous the world over but that actually originated in Italy, specifically in Florence and the Medici court. Along with the fork, Caterina de' Medici brought recipes with her to Paris that would eventually become the macarons, omelette, crepes, the "francesina", soupe d'oignons and the bigné. At Donatella’s table, we can relive the history of the dishes that traveled from Florence to Paris, as well as enjoy the pleasure of tasting them.
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