Made popular in the United States by soldiers who brought the idea back from Italy at the end of World War II, pizza is thought to have evolved from early Egyptian flat bread. Literally translated, the word means "pie," but it has come to represent a round savory tart made with crisp yeast dough covered with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients. In this class, Andrea will prepare traditional homemade pizza, calzoni (filled pizza) and panzerotti (small pizza balls filled with meat.)

Menu

• Pizza Margherita:  Everybody’s favorite pizza.  Traditional home made pizza with tomatoes and fresh mozzarella
• Calzoni Fritti:  Flash-fried pizza pockets.  Calzone stuffed with ricotta and mozzarella cheese, quickly fried to perfection
• Panzerotti:  Flash-fried pizzette.  Twice-cooked pizza balls with proscuitto

Wednesday, June 4^th

Time 6 – 8pm                           Fee $65

Andrea Loreto ~ Born in Florence, Italy, Andréa now calls Eugene his home. Having spent the first 30 years of his life enjoying fine food and convivial living surrounded by friends and family in Tuscany, he found that his passion for high quality food and meaningful dining experience followed him. Indeed, like his musical accent, it is the very foundation of who he is and part of what consistently draws people tall over the world to his table. Andrea's earliest memories are of cooking side by side with his grandmother in he small kitchen in the countryside outside Pisa. Founder and owner of an Italian import company, Andréa divides his time between running a business, keeping up with his young son, and sharing his enthusiasm for cooking and entertaining with others.