Pizza Dinner at Andrea's

This night is one of the reasons I moved to Rome.  My friend and colleague Brian, used to live right below the famous Andrea C. of the #1 Tripadvisor activity in Rome Andrea's Cooking Class. Those of you regular blog readers will remember that I first met Andrea when he and I played on the same paintball team way back in September. 

Andrea has just opened a "cultural association" which means he can serve food, but it's not regulated as a restaurant.  From his cute place in Trastevere he runs cooking classes.  Last night, he closed shop and invited a bunch of us over, a mix of Italians and Americans, to eat Bruschetta and homemade pizza.  The night was magical.  Andrea is such a wonderfully funny guy and his love of everyone comes through in his food.

Andrea (left) making bruschetta.  His brother-in-law, Mario, here for a culinary internship on the left.

Stephan H. and Brian B. rolling pizza dough.

Chef Andrea putting toppings on the pizzas

Pizzas kept coming out of the oven...all different flavors and toppings.

Lorenzo and his potato pizza!

Clockwise from top left, Chef Andrea, myself, Stephan and Brian

Lorenzo, Raffaele and Lavinia.  The Italian was FLYING at my end of the table!

 

Two time visitors to Italy, Hans and Teresa.

Waiting for tiramisu for desert

And everyone pitches in to clean up....food, fun and friends...in Italy.  That's what it's all about, right?