Cooking School at La Gioia

Cooking School at La Gioia This is the official page of La Gioia Italian Deli Cooking School. Here you will find upcoming class information. I loved this idea!

About me

My name is Lisa Muscedere and my life revolves around my kitchen. It’s where I write, create, experience, sense, think, and act. I am a self-trained/family taught/culinary school educated instructor who happened to turn my love of food into something fun. I grew up in the kitchen of my mother and aunt’s Italian deli; where they make homemade pastas’, meatballs, sausage, sauce , cookies and many other delicious Italian specialties. While in college, I decided to study abroad in Rome, Italy because I had my grandparents , aunts and uncles there! While I was there, I picked up on how Italians’ incorporate fresh vegetables into almost every dish and how they buy everything in small quantities to keep everything fresh. After I graduated college, I wanted to explore the culinary world a bit more so I attended The Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan and trained with Chef Faith Drobbin. I learned so much from her; Tempering chocolate to making various breads. I took that knowledge and put two things that I love to do together; teaching and cooking/baking! Weekly classes are the perfect place for adults, teens and “young chefs” to sharpen cooking skills and stir-up creativity as they explore different spices, vegetables and herbs to make their dishes delicious! My curriculum is designed to expand learning into the areas of math, science, history and important cognitive skills for teens and “young chefs”. Parents love watching their “young chef” grow with confidence and knowledge as they create these recipes at home and develop life-long skills while having fun! We always cook fresh food, and use local ingredients whenever possible. We will discuss the origin of the meal we are making before starting our day and discuss the ingredients we will be using as well. Each student will write down the recipes as I explain them and at the end of class they will be able to taste their creations! We always have left overs, so you can share what you have made at home! Adult students will have recipe sheets and directions already printed for them! Young chefs will learn basics in:

Kitchen safety
Proper food handling
Food Preparation
Cooking and Baking techniques
Presentation
Table Setting
Herb Identification

These classes are designed for students 6 years of age and up.

01/20/2016

Parents!! Don't forget to sign up your child for Cooking Classes on Sunday mornings in February!!!!! Schedule is posted below!

12/02/2015

FEBRUARY 2016 Schedule
SUNDAY CHILDREN’S CLASSES
This is a four week Sunday program.
In order to take any cooking classes, all children and teens must take the Kitchen Safety and Sanitation class offered at the beginning of every month. If you sign up for all four Sunday Classes, you will be given 10% off the total price. Each Class is $50.00. I supply the students with the best ingredients when in the kitchen- I buy local when produce is in season and due to the price of fresh produce, prices are subject to change throughout the year.

9- 11 a.m.
2/7/16- Kitchen Safety and Sanitation. Knife safety and cutting techniques. Chopping fruitsand vegetables using different knife techniques. ( Large dice, Batonnet, Medium dice,Allumette, Small dice, Julienne, Brunoise, Fine julienne). We will make a Zucchini- Onion Frittata using our cutting skills and make marinades to roast our vegetables!

2/14/16- Pasta 101- Fresh pasta dough- different shapes-Spaghetti and Linguini. We will flavor our dough with carott juice, spinach juice or pumpkin pureè. We will then make a delicious Alfredo sauce to top our pastas. ( We will use a machine to make different pasta shapes but also make pasta by hand the old fashion way). Since it’s Valentine’s day, we will make Chocolate Vanilla bean truffles for dessert!

2/21/15- Fresh pasta dough continued - Fresh Ravioli dough with spinach-ricotta filling with a butter sage sauce and learn to make Gnocchi ( Potato dumpling) and top it with a homemade bolognese sauce.

2/28/16- Homemade Cheese-Ricotta. We will begin the class by making our own cheese! We will make Ricotta cheese and use it in our recipe! Spaghetti in a roasted cherry tomato sauce with fresh ricotta cheese. To make this a complete dish, we will make chicken meatballs to toss with our pasta!

11/19/2015

Sunday December 20th
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
An Italian Christmas Feast of Fish- From Appetizers to Dessert

We begin this class by making our appetizers; Coconut shrimp, Fried Calamari, Tartufo Bruchetta and Fried mozzarella tomato stacks. We then move onto our main pasta dish of Mixed seafood over Orzo pasta. We incorporate clams, shrimp, lump crab meat and scallops into a creamy sauce over orzo pasta and top it with parmigiano reggiano cheese. For our final dish, we will make Tiramisu- choice of classic Tiramisu or Nutella Tiramisu, You pick! $160.00

11/19/2015

Sunday December 13th
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Desserts Overload

In this class we will learn to make puff pastry dough from scratch for our Cream Horns, Torrone ( Italian Christmas Nougat Candy), Ricotta Cookies with frosting, Crostata with Jam or Nutella, Rugelach and Vanilla Bean Chocolate Truffles.
$110.00

11/19/2015

Sunday December 6th
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Pasta 101

We will make three types of homemade egg pasta. We will mix the dough by hand and feed it through a pasta machine. Our outcome? Fettuccine, Spaghetti and Lasagna Sheets. We will make delicious sauces to compliment our pastas and make a spinach ricotta filling for the Canneloni. Our sauces include wild mushroom cream sauce with sausage and proscuitto, a classic marinara and besciamella. After everything is cooked, we will sit down and try our creations.
$110.00

11/18/2015

Sunday December 20th
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
12-2:00 p.m. Ages 6-9 Cookie Making and Packaging Class
We will make and decorate our own mixes and cookies for gift giving!In this class students will make “Reindeer” brownies in a jar, peppermint bark, cut out sugar cookies and chocolate dipped butter cookies! We will then leave the creativity up to the child on how they would like to package and decorate. We will supply all the materials for packaging/decorating and they supply the creativity and fun! They will also be given a special Red Apron and Chefs Hat to get us into the Holiday Spirit!$75 per child

2:30- 4:30 p.m. Ages 9-12
Cookie Making and Packaging Class
We will make and decorate our own mixes and cookies for gift giving!In this class students will make “Reindeer” brownies in a jar, peppermint bark, cut out sugar cookies and chocolate dipped butter cookies! We will then leave the creativity up to the child on how they would like to package and decorate. We will supply all the materials for packaging/decorating and they supply the creativity and fun! They will also be given a special Red Apron and Chefs Hat to get us into the Holiday Spirit!$75.00 per child

All parents must fill out Emergency Contact Cards and Sign a Waiver before child can begin class.
There is 1 teacher and 1 assistant per children’s classes.
To Ensure safety of all of our students, only 10 students per class.
BLS CERTIFIED:ADULT CPR, CHILD CPR & INFANT CPR. EMERGENCY BASIC FIRST AIDBLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
COGNITIVE A.E.D SKILLS

11/12/2015

Hello Everyone! As we approach the Holiday Season, La Gioia Italian Deli will be offering Cooking and Baking Classes on Sunday Mornings and Sunday Afternoons. Our first class begins on December 6th at 8 a.m. with Instructor Lisa Muscedere! To ensure the safety of all of our students, only 10 students per class. First come, first serve basis. If you sign up for all morning session Sunday classes for the month of December, you will receive 10 percent off of the total price!
We will be offering a children's cooking camp starting in February. Our menu schedule for the month of December will be posted next week!

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Schenectady, NY
12308

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+15185966115

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