Cooking with Alessandra

Introduction: Ever since I was a little girl in Italy, I have adored cooking. My curiosity for new techniques and recipes helps me learn new things every day. Sharing food with others and discovering our own culinary secrets is such a special thing, and our capacity to try and appreciate new foods is infinite. Food brings people together, it makes us happy, it does more than just sustain us—it makes our lives richer. My name is Alessandra, and I'd like to cook with you. Cooking is a wonderfully social activity. My memories of getting flour on my hands with my grandmother while making ravioli from scratch or seeing her smile as she helped me fill the tortellini or prepare the sauce for fettuccine—those are the memories that have sustained me through a lifetime of loving to cook. It’s those types of feelings I want to share in my classes—traditional recipes prepared in classic ways but in a warm environment where making friendships are just as important as making food.