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.
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| Andrea (left) making bruschetta. His brother-in-law, Mario, here for a culinary internship on the left. |
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| Stephan H. and Brian B. rolling pizza dough. |
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| Chef Andrea putting toppings on the pizzas |
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| Pizzas kept coming out of the oven...all different flavors and toppings. |
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| Lorenzo and his potato pizza! |
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| Clockwise from top left, Chef Andrea, myself, Stephan and Brian |
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| Lorenzo, Raffaele and Lavinia. The Italian was FLYING at my end of the table! | |
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| Two time visitors to Italy, Hans and Teresa. |
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| Waiting for tiramisu for desert |
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| And everyone pitches in to clean up....food, fun and friends...in Italy. That's what it's all about, right? |
