Making Mozzarella at Fiore Di Nonno
On March 4th, Guild members and friends met at Fiore Di Nonno in Somerville to see how a variety of cheeses are made. Lourdes Smith, owner of Fiore Di Nonno, and her team, taught us how to make mozzarella, burrata, and a slew of other fresh cheeses – just like Lourdes’ grandfather used to make.…
Read MoreAn Evening with King Arthur Flour
by Michelle Collins, CGNE member On Monday evening, CGNE members, friends, and guests learned how to make pie dough from King Arthur Flour’s resident “pie queen,” Bonny Hooper. Hooper taught the sizeable crowd how to make an all-butter pie crust. The 90-minute demonstration – also led in part by King Arthur’s Marketing Manager, Julie Christopher…
Read MoreRecipe: Rosemary Infused Olive Oil
by Janet Kalandranis, CGNE member Cross-posted from Food Beautiful So many parties, so many people on the list. I pretend to start my holiday shopping early, but I inevitably forget. Like when you forget to buy lemons at the store. I do that a lot too. And then there’s the whole situation of forgetting to put…
Read MoreRecipe Recap: Favorite Holiday Sweets
By Lena Hanson, CGNE communications manager We see so many great recipes come through our feeds, and try to share as many as we can with our friends, but started to think there had to be a better way. Every now and then, we are able capture some of our favorite recipes from our members…
Read MoreDIY Recap: How to Make Chocolate with Taza
by Marshall Bright, CGNE youth member When I was a kid, my favorite part of Mr. Rogers were the segments when we got to visit a factory and see how things were made, so when I heard about the opportunity to go to a DIY event where we got to visit a real-live chocolate factory,…
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