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Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli (Rocco and his Brothers) 6:30 Acclaimed director Luchino Visconti's (DEATH IN VENICE) powerful epic is one of the most internationally adored Italian films in history. The story of a poor family torn apart by lust and greed, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS stars the gorgeous French actor Alain Delon as Rocco, a soft-spoken, idealistic young man who must deal with turmoil and competition when he and his three brothers set out to Milan in an attempt to make a fortune. The recipient of several prestigious awards, Visconti's drama is a highly affecting story of passion, greed, and family. Run time: 2hours and 55 minutes Light refreshments and wine served. |
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July 14 - August 6 Mondays and Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm $110 (16 hours) Professor Sandro Spano Being able to communicate with folks while traveling means using simple grammar and vocabulary. Thus, you will learn the basics of the present tense, that most needed to communicate needs and intentions, while remaining, of course, always polite and gracious. The rest of the course will be spent practicing specific situations, such as in hotels, restaurants, shops, traveling, and social situations. And, if you like, bring your own questions about situations you would like to learn how to navigate.
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Italian Movie Night - Free
Friday, August 1st, 6:30 La strada - (The Road) There has never been a face quite like that of Giulietta Masina. Her husband, the legendary Federico Fellini, directs her as Gelsomina in La strada, the film that launched them both to international stardom. Gelsomina is sold by her mother into the employ of Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), a brutal strongman in a traveling circus. When Zampanò encounters an old rival in highwire artist the Fool (Richard Basehart), his fury is provoked to its breaking point. With La strada, Fellini left behind the familiar signposts of Italian neorealism for a poetic fable of love and cruelty, evoking brilliant performances and winning the hearts of audiences and critics worldwide. La strada was the winner of the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Film in 1956. Run time: 108 minutes Light refreshments and wine served. |
Cooking with Olives and Olive Oil Friday, August 22nd 11:30am - 2:30pm Chef Pablo Voitzuk from Apollo Olive Oil $80 What you find traveling through the olive oil regions of the Mediterranean—where people tend to be the healthiest—is that olive oil is used on virtually everything, at breakfast, at lunch and at dinner. Food tastes better with a good oil on it. Apollo Olive Oil is 100% first-crush, cold-pressed on the only mill in America designed to maximize polyphenol (anti-oxidant) extraction, resulting in oils with extraordinary intensity of flavor and health benefits. In 2006, Apollo Olive Oil was named one of the TOP TEN OLIVE OIL PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD, by the prestigious Milan judging panel, I Mastri Oleari, the first California oil to be so honored. Check out their web site at www.apollooliveoil.com What does Extra Virgin or EVO mean? Olive oil is good for you, right? What are polyphenols? Aren’t unfiltered olive oils better? What makes a good EVO oil better than an inexpensive, ordinary olive oil? What determines the different flavors found in a good olive oil? Join Chef, Olive Grower and Curer, Pablo Voitzuk and get the answers to these and many more questions while learning to taste and cook with olive oil. Enjoy the fruits of your labors with a glass of Italian wine chosen to compliment the dishes prepared. |
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Menu Crostini with Black Olive Tapenade Warm Olives Vegetable Soup with Olive Oil Tilapia with Homemade Mayonaise Olive Oil Dessert |
Celebrating the Gravenstein Apple Saturday, August 23rd 6:30 - 9:30pm Chef John McReynolds $85 Slow Food Presidia are local projects that work to guarantee a viable future for traditional foods, foods that are good tasting and sustainably produced, foods that represent a sense of place or culture. The Russian River Slow Food group is working to preserve the Gravenstein apple in Sonoma county. The Gravenstein apple is a delicious apple that has a long and illustrious history in Sonoma County. It is part of our local agricultural heritage, and yet it is disappearing so fast that it could become commercially extinct. In the 1970’s Sonoma County was the Gravenstein capital of the world: today there are fewer than 10 Sonoma farmers who still make a living selling apples. Chef John McReynolds will teach us how to use the Gravenstein in every way possible from appetizer to dessert. Enjoy the bounty of our county with a glass of crisp Italian wine. |
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Menu Kabocha Squash Soup w/Gavenstein Apple Caponata Raw Grated Red Beet & Gravenstein Apple Salad Baked Alaskan Halibut w/Feta, Gravenstein Apple, & Pine Nut Crust Gravenstein Apple & Cherry Granita w/Olive Oil & Sea Salt
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