Bologna's Make-Your-Own-Dinner Vacation
We really wanna try one of those learning holidays in 2008. But rather than our previous suggestion of learning Indian head massage, we're salivating over a recent NYT report on making tortellini in Bologna. A hearty plate of self-made tortellini topped with at-the-origin Bolognese sauce certainly makes for an appetizing destination.
The course in question is held at the Fattoria Corte Roeli convent and run by graphic designer-turned-cooking teacher Leonardo Iacono, and while you make your tortellini you'll also be discovering some of the fine old rules that govern the process. For example, when you're making the dough that creates the pockets of tortellini, it
should be rolled thin enough that you can see San Luca, Bologna's hilltop church, through it.
And yes, it sounds like that's as tricky as it sounds. Folding attractive-looking tortellini is another great challenge, but fortunately they still taste the same even if they're not perfect. Just don't tell anybody in Bologna we said that.
Related Stories:
· Tortellini Lessons at the Source [NYT]
· Fattoria Corte Roeli [Official Site]
· More Than Just a Vacation: Learn Something [Jaunted]
[Photo: Florian Seiffert]
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