Learn to Cook Italian Style

If you love food and would like to create wonderful meals at home, then specialist cookery schools can be the ideal way to learn to do this.

Attending cookery school doesn't have to mean being put with large groups of people cooking mundane recipes. There are some wonderful cooking courses available where you can cook really experimental and delicious recipes, taught to you by trained chefs.

This kind of bespoke cookery experience is becoming increasingly popular with individuals or small groups of friends who want to learn to cook together. You can even try a cookery course with your partner.

Office groups also enjoy quality cookery classes, as the shared experience of cooking together can help them to bond and get to know each other. Quality cookery lessons enable individuals to show their creative flair and really are a great team building activity.

Italian food is a popular cuisine of the world to learn to cook. There are so many delicious and nutritious recipes that are deceptively simple. You can really impress loved ones with your culinary skills once you have learned to cook Italian style.

There are so many classic Italian recipes to try as well as more unusual ideas to explore. Italian food can be really robust but also have a delicacy and depth of flavour that is unlike any other cuisine in the world.

Italian food also looks really great. Imagine creating your own handmade ravioli, drizzled with the best quality olive oil and sprinkled with piquant parmesan cheese and basil leaves. What could look more appetising and taste more delicious than that?

Italian starters, main courses and desserts are all delicious and perfectly complement each other to make a really satisfying meal. Italian food can also be paired with a wonderful array of wines to complete the culinary experience.

When you book an Italian cookery course you also know that you are going to be taught be some of the best cooks there are. People that know Italian cooking have often grown up with the cuisine and have a real passion for the ingredients and flavours, which they enjoy passing on to those who want to learn.

So if you are thinking of taking a new course this year why not try Italian cookery classes. You are sure to learn some wonderful recipes and take away some handy tricks to enable you to become a better, more creative cook.

Venturi's Table are an Italian cookery school based in London. They offer courses to individuals, small groups and larger office parties. Their experienced chefs provide simple yet delicious recipe ideas that are easy to learn. For more information about their range of bespoke cookery courses visit http://www.venturis-table.com

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Why Single Men Should Learn to Cook

I never cooked. I had little interest, although I loved food, didn't know men that cooked, and really saw no reason to. Sure, I could and did grill like most men, but I'd never even used an oven never mind flour or most other ingredients. I did notice something however. My friend Bob could cook, it was pretty cool, and women were crazy for Bob. A single man that can cook and does cook for women is still a rarity and women certainly do love it!

Cooking is very easy, and if you screw up you can always order a pizza or go out. I usually preface my attempts with, "I'd like to cook dinner for you, but it doesn't always work out" or similar. It's the thought that counts, and if you pull it off, and you usually will, so much the better.

You can take cooking classes. Many men do, and it's also a great place to meet women too. You can suggest doing homework together, which usually involves cooking and eating. You don't need to take classes though as cooking, at least the basics, are very easy.

The idea is to learn to cook maybe 2 or 3 things you like. Even many fancy dishes like creme brulee and rack of lamb are actually pretty trivial to cook. Anyone, and I mean anyone, can learn to do them. Once you get a very few basic dishes down, and impress your lady friends, you might want to expand your repertoire of dishes or you might be happy as is.

You can always serve a multicourse meal yet keep it very simple. Soup or appetizers can be bought premade, a salad is trivial to whip up should you choose, you cook the main course, and maybe get a simple yet elegant dessert from a local bakery. If you cook the desert, so much the better, but most chef's don't even cook desserts themselves!

So, make a short list of a few dishes you love. Talk to a friend who cooks or look up recipes and directions online and see which of those dishes seem relatively easy. The first time or two, try them on yourself or guy friends just in case. And then try them for a women. Incidentally, many of my female friends find a man in the kitchen, especially one who needs help, irresistible and very desirable. I can cook pretty well, at least the 7 or 8 things I know how to cook, yet don't understand some real cooking basics, and my female friends love to help me.

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