Yes. Cooking is an art

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ART GALLERY OF ALGOMA

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Kitchen in the Basement: Lessons from Italian Canadians is a community art project that shares and celebrates local Italian cultural practices and cooking knowledge with its’ local community.

Five local Canadian Italians have participated and taught artist Sarah Febbraro how to make homemade pasta, sausage, giardinara, bread, pitticelle (Italian fritters), and roasted red peppers.

This project also includes free cooking lessons for the local community at the Art Gallery of Algoma and The Marconi Club including how to make sausages, breadsticks and pasta from scratch.

The results of this project including video footage and food made throughout the year will be exhibited at the Art Gallery of Algoma in July 2015; celebrating the project with all participants and volunteers involved and the local community. http://sarahfebbraro.com/home.html

Traditional Handmade Pasta Making at the Marconi Club
Date: Saturday January 31, 2015
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: The Marconi Club 450 Albert Street West Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

    •    Learn the traditional art of pasta making, the Italian Canadian way
    •    Hands-on, participatory workshop
    •    Go home with homemade pasta
    •    All materials included * bring your own cutting board.
    •    Limit of 10 participants (pre-registration required) via email [email protected]
    •    No cost to attend
    •    First come, first serve basis

Italian Canadian Sausage Making at the Marconi Club
Date: Saturday January 31, 2015
Time: 1 - 5 p.m.
Location: The Marconi Club 450 Albert Street West Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

    •    In this workshop you’ll learn firsthand how to make Italian sausages from scratch
    •    Hands-on, participatory workshop (this will be messy, but fun)
    •    Go home with homemade sausages
    •    All materials included * bring your own cutting board.
    •    Limit of five participants (pre-registration required) via email [email protected]  
    •    No cost to attend
    •    First come, first serve basis

Biscotto Making with Frances Messore at the AGA
Date: Sunday February 1, 2015
Time: 12 - 2 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery of Algoma 10 East St. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 3C3

    •    In this workshop you’ll learn firsthand how to make Italian Breadsticks – Biscotto from scratch
    •    Go home with homemade biscotto
    •    All materials included * bring your own cutting board.
    •    Limit of six participants (pre-registration required) via email [email protected]
    •    No cost to attend
    •    First come, first serve basis

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