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Culinary Kids Weekend: Success!
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of teaching kids at the New York Botanical Garden how to make Sweet Potato & Butternut Squash Lasagna during the Culinary Kids Weekend! It was all hands on deck as we made pasta dough and layered the lasagna with some of my favorite root vegetables. I loved being able to […]
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Culinary Kids Weekend at New York Botanical Garden!
Join me at the New York Botanical Garden during Culinary Kids Weekend as I demonstrate how to make a BBQ Root Vegetable Lasagna! I’ll be showing young chefs how to make a tasty Bechamel sauce as well as pasta sheets and why eating root vegetables is important but most of all, fun! Tickets are available at: http://www.nybg.org/visit/tickets.php […]
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Join Me at Pig Beach BBQ
This summer I am working on a brand new project with a stellar team of BBQ veterans. Taking a minor detour from classic Italian cuisine (but staying put at Del Posto), I am part of the team behind Pig Beach BBQ, a pop-up barbecue joint and beer garden in Gowanus, Brooklyn. I’m joined by Shane McBride […]
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Matt on NBC Today – now on YouTube!
Last July, Matt appeared on NBC Today where he showed Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie how to make his grandmother’s famous meatballs. It was a super fun segment, and everyone watching at home loved it. You can find the recipe for the meatball recipe here, but Matt thought you might like to watch a video of […]
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A Visit to Chicago
This past weekend I had the pleasure of doing several demonstrations for the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago. I was presenting with Lenox on behalf of Chef Mario Batali, and I was part of an amazing line up of chefs including Richard Bayless and Paula Deen. I presented a mozzarella making demonstration, pesto, and […]
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Holiday Assaggi Class!
On Saturday I taught a great group of folks how to make assaggi. For the uninitiated, assaggi means taste or bite, and we use it as an Italian translation of hors d’oeuvre. At the start of every meal at Del Posto, each guest is given a selection of assaggi that change with the season. It’s just […]
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A Little Thanksgiving Help
Here are some Thanksgiving videos I put together with my former coworker Tony Scotto. These were made for Mario Batali’s Holidaze last year. I hope you have an much fun trying out these recipes as I did filming the instructions for you.
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Grandma’s Classics with Chef Matt
This past Saturday I had the opportunity to meet another great gang of students at my Grandma’s Classics cooking class. We made Ceasar salad, Sunday gravy with meatballs, and Chicken Milanese. Everyone had a wonderful time, and hopefully took home the knowledge to produce these iconic Italian-American dishes at home. If you have any questions […]
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Dough, Dough, Dough
This past weekend I got to teach an amazing new group of students about the wonders of DOUGH. This is an extremely fun class, because the dough we make is very versatile. The first, was a focaccia dough, which students got to customize with toppings of their choice. The result is savory, drenched in EVOO, […]
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Summertime Cookin’
Check me out! About to cook a pizza in the best possible way: outdoors in a huge, beautiful wood-burning oven at a good friend’s home. What more could you possibly want on a summer weekend away? Mangia!