Small group hands-on cooking class with 2 pasta recipes, Tiramisù and aperitivo.Meals in Lake Como are a relaxed and leisurely time to spend with your beloved ones. Live a dining experience like the Italians do and enjoy the typical food of the area.Immerse yourself in the regional traditions of everyday Italy.Cesarina Bea welcomes us to her cozy home in the historical town center of Como, located within walking distance of the lake. Try her three-course dining experience, showcasing their favourite traditional family recipes.You will take part in an experience which is so much more than just a lunch or dinner. Dining with a Cesarina gives you the chance to be welcomed in like one of the family and live like the Italians do.Carefully selected local wines, beverages and coffee is i

Small group hands-on cooking class, pasta and tiramisù

Learn to make classic Italian dishes—pasta and tiramisu—during this workshop in Varenna. With a small group, enjoy a hands-on workshop and have plenty of time to ask questions. Then, sit down with your fellow classmates and enjoy the meal with a glass of wine.You have plenty of time to ask questions about Italian cuisine to your host.

Small group Pasta and Tiramisu class in Varenna

Become immersed in Italian culture as you learn to make traditional dishes during this cooking class in Varenna. This private class takes you to a local home where you can learn all about Italian cooking while making a number of dishes. Learn tricks and tips so you can recreate the dishes at home and sit down to the fruits of your labor paired with local wine!

Cooking class at the home of a Cesarina in Varenna

This cooking class will take place at a beautiful location, overlooking the breathtaking scenery of Lake Como. My home with large windows offering spectacular views of the Lombardy scenery, is the perfect place to spend a day learning how to cook delicious dishes with local products.We will put our hands to pasta, making tagliatelle and ravioli together. I will introduce you to and taste artisanal cheeses and cured meats, made by young farmers in the mountains of Lake Como. We will also cook risottos and lake fish; and then taste them together while admiring the wonderful view of the lake and the city of Como.

Cooking class with enchanting lake view

We will make the dough together with the best flour and yeast on the market.We will use only real and fresh smoked buffalo mozzarella (never in the refrigerator) for the pizza.Creating the pizza dough and eating it is as much fun as choosing the ingredients to fill it: I suggest classic flavors such as Margherita, Margherita with Bolognese sauce, with a base composed of mortadella and pistachio or with sausage and baked potatoes, but you can create a space pizza with three simple ingredients.Ready to unleash your creativity?

Pizza Napoletana DOC and baking in a wood-fired oven in Como

I will be happy to welcome you to my home, decorated for the Christmas holidays.After a welcome drink if you wish, you can actively participate in the preparation of the dishes that we will eat for lunch or dinner. I will teach you how to prepare typical holiday dishes with the secrets that grandmothers, aunts and my mother taught me.We will pleasantly spend a few hours together and I will make you feel at home. If we have time we will also play a few games of tombola, a typical holiday game in Italian homes.

Christmas dinner: an evening in Como

In this special cooking class, I will reveal all the secrets to cleaning, preparing, filleting and enjoying recipes with the excellent lake fish caught in Lake Como.We will start the day with a Welcome Aperitif: appetizers and a glass of wine will welcome you to my home.Afterwards I will reveal the secrets of 4 recipes handed down from my family:a lake fish appetizerthe classic ravioli stuffed with trout and perch, with the recipe that my grandmother handed down to my mom and she to mea traditional fish second course, which could be baked fish or fried fisha typically Italian dessert: "tiramisu ".Depending on the season we may have lunch or dinner in the garden concluding with a good coffee and homemade liqueurs.

Cooking class: preparing fish from Lake Como

Happy to welcome you to my home, I will have the pleasure of making this experience unique with good traditional food.Together we will prepare tasty traditional Como dishes but with a vegetarian twist, and if the weather permits, we will also be able to take advantage of the outdoor space to enjoy the experience to the fullest.There will of course be no shortage of good wine, coffee and bitters as well as lots of merriment.

Como's traditional recipes

The stroll is a way to taste a mix of high quality gastronomic products. You will be guided by a Cesarina who will explain to you every detail of the selected restaurants and you will have the opportunity to taste some delicacies of our beautiful city. It will be an exceptional and unique dining experience!What is it all about:High quality cold cuts platter and a glass of local wine served in a historic wine shopThe delicious gourmet pizza in a historic bakery or you will have a taste of fresh lake fish and typical local food such as “Sciatt” (delicious and crunchy pancake type balls stuffed with melted cheese) in one of the most famous delis in Como.“Torta Nuvola” (Cloud Cake) the typical dessert of Como. Alternatively, you can enjoy an excellent artisan ice cream.

Gastronomic stroll in Como

The covered market of Como is a big market where we can buy the real artisanal food that comes from the mountains near Como.We will buy the preferred vegetables or meat of your choice and we will be cooking and eating in the garden of my house. This is an amazing experience: you'll be able to prepare and eat dishes that represent the flavors of this specific area.

Tour of Como food market, cook and dine experience

We will cook risottos together and make fresh pasta, such as tagliatelle, ravioli and pizzoccheri with buckwheat and cheeses from the mountains of Lake Como . I will tell you the stories and legends that each recipe brings. And we will taste the dishes while enjoying a wonderful view of Como and the lake. We will also gather herbs in my garden and use them in the dishes we will cook and eat together.

Cooking class with a view of Lake Como

An open space kitchen, a convivial space in my eclectic home filled with books, art pieces and design. We will cook together, and because I like to chat, I will tell you some good local stories, from Alessandro Volta (yes the one who invented the battery) to my father (exponent of Como Abstractism and textile designer), to my anti-waste commitment with the Food Bank. We will prepare simple and healthy dishes, with local ingredients. I buy everything I can at the market, from local producers to rediscover the flavors of this beautiful lake and its surroundings. That's why my dishes are based on vegetables and cheeses, basic ingredients of the area's cuisine. I try not to waste food and will give you some suggestions for reusing leftover food.