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Cooking Demo #2
with Chef Pino Irano
(Nov 2006)

Cooking Demo #1
with Chef Pino Irano (June 2005)

Tips on how to make great pasta!

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Cooking with Pino I

On June 4, 2005, Chef Pino Irano of Piccolo Nido Restaurant in Boston's North End gave members and friends of FIERI Boston a lesson in Italian cooking. Chef Pino showed us how to make the following dishes:


Appetizer: Roasted Peppers



Pasta Course: Spaghetti with Amatriciana Sauce
(made with onions and pancetta, or Italian bacon)

For more tips on cooking pasta, click HERE!



Main Course: Veal Valdostana
(with prosciutto and Fontini cheese)


After receiving our instructions, we split up into two teams (women vs. men). Each team had to make one of the dishes exactly as Chef Pino had taught us, as well as the roasted pepper appetizer. The women's team cooked up the spaghetti dish and the men's dish cooked up the veal dish. What happened? The pictures below tell the story.

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Thanks to our photographers: Sam Brusco and Pam Marascia!

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Everyone present had a great time. FIERI Boston will try to have another cooking lesson like this in Fall 2005. Be sure to check our calendar page for more details!

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