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“Sin of gluttony: the love and the madness between St. Valentine and
Carnival”
The Hotel Gritti Palace’s School of Fine Cooking starts the New Year 2006
with an extraordinarily romantic and passionate cookery course
Edited by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
 Once again on the 13th of February 2006, great appointment
with fine cooking is renewed, a three day course dedicated to those who lost
their heart in refined cuisine and its glorious history.
Cooking lessons this time are focused on the combination of
love and “silliness”, throughout St Valentine’s and Carnival time. The aim of
the February classes is to discover with chef Daniele Turco some fantastic new
dishes, colours, and tastes, celebrating love “in all sauces”. Each day a themed
menu will be created, showing romance and enthusiasm in every plate.
 In the new series of courses, young and talented Daniele
Turco who has been recently appointed Executive Chef at the Gritti Palace, is
going to reveal some of his own gastronomic secrets resulting from a vast
experience and passion for culinary art. While Daniele skilfully prepares
wonderful dishes, Carla Coco, a Venetian gastronomy historian and author of
several travel books, recounts the history, the anecdotes, the particularities
of Venetian food and the background of the recipes presented. A complete mix of
theory and practice is offered in a high class environment.
 All courses last three days each and are held at the
Pallazzo. Participants will observe the Chef compose some elaborate dishes and
will also have the chance to actively participate and experiment, learning some
different cookery techniques. At lunch time the dishes created in the morning
are served to the participants at the elegant restaurant of the Gritti Palace
and if weather permits the tables are set on the “Terrazza Bellavista“
overlooking the Grand Canal.
 The Gritti School of Fine Cooking is particularly famous
for its extraordinary agenda including indoor and outdoor activities.
Particularly the thematic walks around the streets and food markets of Venice
led by Carla Coco and the Chef, looking at the Venetian gastronomy from a
different point of view.
On the first day, Carla Coco will take you on a gastronomic
and historical walk discovering the unknown aspects of Venice’s spices,
aphrodisiac ingredients and Carnival’s festive dishes, as well as the day-to-day
life.
 On the second day, enjoy an exclusive private visit to the Venetian
Eighteenth Century Museum at Ca’ Rezzonico. And on the last day, the chef
himself will take you on a tour of the Rialto Market, where he will be
explaining “on the field” how to choose fish, meat and fresh vegetables sold at
the most famous stalls in Venice.
The courses are dedicated to all of those passionate about
culinary art, with any level of knowledge or experience in cooking. The lessons,
the walking tours, a cooking library and other didactic material offer
participants the opportunity to learn more about Venetian culinary tradition and
history. On course completion participants receive a certificate.
 This is an exceptional opportunity to visit one of the most
renowned hotels in the world and to meet people who share the same passion for
gastronomy. Participants who choose to stay at the Gritti Palace while attending
the course will be offered special rates and conditions.
Other 2006 courses are:
 13/14/15 March 2006: Mediterranean “mosaic” cookery
The dishes prepared will be a result of a culinary brainstorming and an
intelligent combination of ingredients created by our chef, a true spokesman of
an “edge” cuisine, it will be an exotic mixture of all parts of the world and
various traditions.
10/11/12 July: “Street cookery”- Fragments of a culinary
chat
Starting with a Venetian appetizer “cicchetto”, this cookery course will
explore Italian “finger food”, as well as the great arabic “mezes”, the
Catalonian style “tapas”, and the chef’s very own local sushi. An infinite
variety of small dishes, thousands of mouth-watering delicacies which tease the
palate and are quickly eaten in one bite. The most important cuisines in the
world share a variety of “bite-size portion dishes”, which appear to have been
designed to warm our hearts and souls.
24/25/26 April: The simple persons’ garden - The power
of aromatic herbs
Whether aromatic, calming, invigorating or antioxidant, herbs help us eat in
a healthier manner. This course explains how to combine their beneficial
properties, how to recognise them in woods and in fields, and how to grow them
at home on the windowsill. Herbs have been used since the beginning of time,
they are part of our gastronomic D.N.A.; they also give a revolutionary touch to
the most
For information and applications please contact the Hotel
Gritti Palace - Tel. 041794611 – fax. 0415200942 – E-Mail:
GrittiPalace@luxurycollection.com or the Reservation Centre Starwood Hotels
& Resorts – Venice Area: tel. 0412961111 – fax. 0412961100
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