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Monday December 15, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Not Your Nonna's Focaccia NEW! - Not Your Nonna's Focaccia NEW! 2ND CLASS ADDED! Explore making Focaccia with a twist!  Start with Nonna's classic, then dive into how to turn that beautiful bread into a Sicilian style pizza.  Move on to explore new flavor combinations like French Onion Focaccia and Cacio e Pepe Focaccia.  Learn a foolproof recipe for a gorgeous loaf full of bubbles and crispy edges that can be adapted to your flavor preference for endless combinations.NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.Instructor:  Lisa ParcellaAbout Our Instructor:Lisa Parcella is a married mother of three from Westford.  An avid home cook, Lisa developed her love of cooking and baking from a very young age alongside her mother and grandmother and has completed coursework at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.  Though her day job is far outside of the kitchen, she enjoys cooking and baking and entertaining with family and friends on nights and weekends.  A former adjunct faculty member at Middlesex Community College, Lisa's curriculum focus in her baking courses is aimed at making delicious and beautiful food that is easy to learn and repeat at home with great results.  Lisa loves inspiring other home cooks and bakers to be fearless in the kitchen and have a lot of fun learning new recipes and techniques.

Wednesday December 17, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Holiday Cookies & Biscotti - Holiday Cookies & Biscotti CLASS ADDED No need to go to the North End or Italian pastry shops when you can make fabulous Italian cookies in your own home kitchen, just in time for the holidays!  In this class you will learn how to make biscotti, sesame cookies, anise glazed cookies with sprinkles and ricotta cookies.  Take home a big box of these treasures to share with your family and friends.  Tuition includes a materials fee for food. (Demonstration and participation.) NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.Instructor:  Diane MantecaAbout Our Instructor:Diane has been a professional chef for 25 years, working in high end gourmet establishments as well as catering companies.  She owned the Brickyard Cafe in Cambridge for 7 years which was an eclectic and popular restaurant tucked away in the Fresh Pond area.  Diane has co-authored a Zone cookbook on healthy eating and worked as a food consultant with recipe development for a major corporation.  She has been a culinary teacher at Assabet Regional Vocational School and Brookline High School and has participated in many charitable events including Dana Farber:  Cooking for a Cure.  She is now a personal chef with clients in the Boston area, and her biggest passion is teaching - especially Italian cuisine which is her specialty.