Villa San Giovanni in the Calabria Region

Lobo Castle's Winter Cooking Class Series we will be exploring  four wonderful regions of Italian Cuisine.   Parma in the Emilia Romagna region, Venezia in the Veneto region, Roma in the Lazio region and Villa San Giovanni in the Calabria region. In the middle of this series I have put into the mix a Saturday class on stuffed dough dishes from around the world, plan to get your hands in the flour. All classes are 3 1/2 to 4 hours.  In the Italian series we will be serving wine from the region of Italy we are exploring. 

Calabria is a major supplier of olive oils.  Certain forest areas are noted for porcini mushrooms. If you enjoy Earl Grey tea, you might be surprised to learn that the citrus Bergamot (Bergamotto di Reggio Calabria) hails from Calabria. The most important cheese is Caciocavallo Silano, from cow's milk. The deli's in Calabria are noted for their meats such as capocollo, pancetta and soppressata similar to a hard salami.  Don't get me started on the breads...MMMMM!