Today's big event was the cooking class. We thought that it would be just us, but a couple from New Jersey and their two daughters also joined in. We made: pasta with eggplant and zucchini blossoms, pan fried sea bream and fruit tart for dessert. It was a tremendous amount of fun, and I learned a lot... not only about how to improve my pasta-making skills, but also how to fillet a fish plus a great tip to help keep tart pastry from falling apart prior to baking. Here are a few pics:
Beginning to roll out the pasta:
It's getting bigger
The completed sheet of pasta
Cutting the pasta
De-boning the sea bream
Plating the fish
Apparently half of the class was not ready to say "cheese"
"Cheese"
Sea Bream completo
We rode home from class on the double-decker tourist bus and so could rest assured that David is still watching over the city
The Duomo from Piazza Michelangelo
Tomorrow (Tues. 7/5) we leave Florence and start travelling through the small Medieval villages of Tuscany. Good night until then.
