Basic Course to Learn to Prepare Cakes and Sweets at Home Story: For me, preparing a cake or a dessert has always been the prelude to something wonderful on the horizon: a birthday, a friend dropping by, a milestone to celebrate, a family gathering, and even a way to embrace magical occasions like Christmas or Easter. Living in the countryside, I’ve learned to await the changing seasons to bake apricot and blackberry cakes in the summer, apple strudel in the fall, winter nougats, and craft flower syrups in the spring.

Basic Course on Dough Making for Pizza, Focaccia, and Farinata Baking in Our Wood-Fired Oven Story: Among the many activities of the 2021 quarantine, we decided to dedicate some time to honing our skills in pizza dough preparation. With meticulous precision, Carlo and our son Tobia embarked on a mission: crafting dough each day for an entire week, baking it every evening in our wood-fired oven. This steadfast commitment led us to the discovery of our favorite pizza!

Basic Course to Learn Home Charcuterie Making: Sausages, Cotechini, Salami, and for the More Experienced: Fiocchetti and Culatelli Story: For several occasions, Carlo ventured into the impenetrable fog of the “Bassa” of Parma to uncover the secrets of the most skilled pork butchers. He followed courses that went from butchering to pork processing. These skills were then put to the test in our home kitchen, where our children learned to appreciate not only the finished products but also the various stages of crafting.

Basic Course to Learn Crafting Handmade Soaps for Personal Care and Household Cleaners Story: Soap making is a simple yet precise process that demands careful consideration of ingredients and precise measurements. My desire to produce natural soaps and detergents stemmed from the need to use biodegradable products whenever possible. It also arose from the necessity to repurpose beeswax, hydrosol, and essential lavender oil that we produce, as well as wood stove ashes and sometimes even leftover frying oil.

Basic Course to Learn Crafting Fresh Homemade Pasta, Tortelli, Anolini, and Tagliatelle Using Seasonal Produce from Our Garden Story: Every family has its own recipe for creating the quintessential homemade pasta. In our case, we’ve blended the recipes from our respective origins… Fear not, no secrets are withheld! It’s with joy that we share these recipes, transforming them into a kind of legacy for the future. Just as all three of our children developed a strong passion for cooking, flouring their little hands and turning the pasta machine’s crank, we hope the desire to try it out will also ignite in you.