Cucina Testa Rossa

Quarantine Community Cooking v10.0

Welcome to Quarantine Community Weekend Marathon v10.0

QUARANTINE COOKING IS BACK for ONE *LAST* MARATHON WEEKEND as Quarantine Cooking is taking a HIATUS! We'll be BACK LATER THIS SUMMER but this weekend we are going to COOK, to COCKTAIL, to CALISTHENIC, to CAVORT and to CRUSH the CORONA! I hope you will join us!

Hello my fellow Quarantiners! Thank you so much for zooming in to our Quarantine Community. In this time of having to be apart, it's more important than ever to come together to connect and support and celebrate each other. I hope to see all your beautiful faces this weekend so we can do just that!

Attached below is the schedule and registration links. Recipes we are cooking this weekend, along with links to buy the wines and spirits are also linked below. Please remember to register for each zoom session!

Friday, May 29 @ 5pm PT - Quarantine Cocktails & Quarantine Calisthenics & Quarantine Cooking: Register

• Cocktail: Charlie O’Connell from Frísco Brandy 
  
  • Cocktail: Presidio Punch
  • Buy Frisco Brandy here: Bitters & Bottles
  • Ingredients: Frísco (or other Brandy), pineapple juice, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup or agave, Champagne or sparkling, salt
• Calisthenics: Special Guest: Manuel Velazquez, award-wining, global fitness professional.
  • Get ready to DANCE! 
• Cooking: Laura Pauli, Cucina Testa Rossa
  • Recipe: Gougères (OMG!!!!!) 
  • Ingredients: butter, water, flour, eggs, Comte or Gruyère cheese, thyme, salt

 
     

Saturday, May 30 @ 4pm PT - Quarantine Cooking & Quarantine Corking: Register

• Corking Special Guest: Chris Howell and Katie Lazar, Cain Winery
  
  • Wine: NV15 Cain Cuvée - to order pls click here or call Matt at 707-963-1616 to order
• Cooking: Laura Pauli, Cucina Testa Rossa
  
  • Recipe: Halibut a la Veracruzana over Rice
  • Recipe: Salsa a la Veracruzana
  • Recipe: Quick Pickled Jalapeños
  • Recipe: Martha Stewart's White Rice
  • Recipe: Julia Child's Berry Clafoutis
• Community: MooCow Market

 
                     

 

Sunday, May 31 - Quarantine Cooking with Real Moms & Real Chefs v7.0: Register

• Chocolate Explosion! We have had so much fun quarantine cooking with you through Real Moms Real Chefs the past few months and now that the SIP mandate is lifting and the great outdoors is calling, we thought it deserved a celebration! We will be cooking up lots of chocolate - Chocolate Crack (wait until you see it!), Chocolate Truffles and a Flourless Chocolate Cake and a celebration wouldn't be complete without a chocolate cocktail!
  
  You're welcome to logon at 10:30 for coffee talk and hang out with the moms, catch up on the week, check in and see how everyone is doing.
  
  • Recipe: Chocolate Crack   
  • Recipe: Chocolate Truffles 
  • Recipe: Cockeye Cake  
  • Recipe: Chocolate Martini 
  • Recipe: Kladdkaka Cake
  • Tips and tricks and can't live without kitchen hacks

  

Looking forward to seeing you on the interwebs this weekend. Thank you so very much to all who have participated! The connection and support and love the past ten, yes TEN!, weeks reaching across these zooms on the information superhighway has been heartwarming.

xo Laura

PS: THE LOOK ON MY FACE when Karen Hentoff told me she didn't like my chicken recipe so SHE FED IT TO HER DOG who loved it! 😳 thanks for the screenshot Ken Kane!

Quarantine Community Cooking v9.0

Welcome to Quarantine Community Weekend Marathon v9.0

QUARANTINE COOKING IS BACK for another marathon weekend! This weekend we are going to COOK, to COCKTAIL, to CALISTHENIC, to CAVORT and to CRUSH the CORONA! I hope you will join us!

Hello my fellow Quarantiners! Thank you so much for zooming in to our Quarantine Community. In this time of having to be apart, it's more important than ever to come together and support and celebrate each other. I hope to see all your beautiful faces this weekend so we can do just that!

Attached below is the schedule and registration links. Recipes we are cooking this weekend, along with links to buy the wines coming shortly. Please remember to register for each zoom session!


Friday, May 22 @ 5pm PT - Quarantine Cocktails & Quarantine Calisthenics & Quarantine Cooking: Register

• Cocktail: Cabo Green Margarita
  
  • Ingredients: Silver Tequila, pineapple juice, cucumber, cilantro, lime, agave, tajin 
• Calisthenics: Special Guest: Manuel Velazquez, award-wining, global fitness professional
• Cooking: Laura Pauli, Cucina Testa Rossa
  • Recipe: Ceviche 
  • Recipe: Vinaigrette & Chimichurri - we're talking all things vinaigrette, marinade, and sauces
• Creativity: Leslie McGuirk, world-renowned astrologer, author, artist, creative expert and TED Talk speaker!

Saturday, May 23 @ 4pm PT - Quarantine Cooking & Quarantine Corking: Register

• Cooking: Laura Pauli, Cucina Testa Rossa
  
  • Recipe: Whole Roasted San Francisco Trap Caught Black Cod! from Water2Table
  • Ingredients: whole fish, garlic, shallots, basil, lemons
  • Recipe: Nobu's Miso Sauce
  • Recipe: Apricot Hazelnut Brandy Tart
• Corking Special Guest: Mimi Gatens, Treasury Wine Estates & Beringer
  
  • Video: As we can’t take a live tour of the property at this time, let’s start with a  virtual tour of Beringer Vineyards with our winemaker, Mark Beringer.  As the great, great grandson of our founder, Mark offers a tour and a bit of Beringer history.  You can see the beauty of our grounds and the spirit of our legacy in Napa Valley. 
  • Wine: 2018 Beringer Private Reserve Chardonnay Napa Valley
  • Wine: 2018 Beringer Luminus Chardonnay 2018
  • Wine: 2017 Beringer Napa Valley Chardonnay 2017
• QuaranFish: Andi Conte, Water2Table
• Community: Restaurant Employee Relief Fund - Don't miss Guy Fieri and Bill Murray in their Nacho Average Showdown!

   
 

Sunday, May 24 - Quarantine Cooking with Real Moms & Real Chefs v6.0: Register                             

• One Pot Wonders! When you are in a rush and need a one pot/one pan meal, it's Real Moms and Real Chefs to the rescue. Throw everything in one pot, cook up a fabulous dinner quickly and easily with only one pot to clean! Check out our recipes below, gather your ingredients over the next few days and zoom in from your kitchen on Sunday, May 24th at 11 am PST for some great meals and fun!
  
  You're welcome to logon at 10:30 for coffee talk and hang out with the moms, catch up on the week, check in and see how everyone is doing.
  
  • Recipe: Paella Valencian Style 
  • Recipe: Pasta Bake
  • Recipe: Sheet-Pan Chicken with Jammy Tomatoes & Pancetta
  • Tips and tricks and can't live without kitchen hacks

Looking forward to seeing you on the interwebs this weekend. Thank you so very much to all who have participated! The connection and support and love the past ten, yes TEN!, weeks reaching across these zooms on the information superhighway has been heartwarming.

xo Laura

Quarantine Community Cooking v8.0

Welcome to Quarantine Community Weekend Marathon v8.0

QUARANTINE COOKING IS BACK for another marathon weekend! This weekend we are going to COOK, to COCKTAIL, to CALISTHENIC, to CAVORT and to CRUSH the CORONA! I hope you will join us!

Hello my fellow Quarantiners! Thank you so much for zooming in to our Quarantine Community. In this time of having to be apart, it's more important than ever to come together and support and celebrate each other. I hope to see all your beautiful faces this weekend so we can do just that!

Attached below is the schedule, registration links and all the recipes we are cooking this weekend, along with links to buy the spirits and wines. Many more details are on the registration pages so please remember to register for each zoom session!


Friday, May 15 @ 5pm PT - Quarantine Cocktails & Quarantine Calisthenics & Quarantine Cooking: Register

• Cocktail: Paloma Tequila Cocktail
• Recipe: Paloma
• Ingredients: blanco tequila, grapefruit soda, lime juice, salt
• Calisthenics: Special Guests: Manuel Velazquez and Cathleen Murakami, award-wining, global fitness professionals
• Cooking: Laura Pauli, Cucina Testa Rossa
  • Recipe: Mediterranean Olives
  • Ingredients: Castelvetrano olives, small chili de arbol or dried cayenne peppers, coriander seeds, bay leaves, chili pepper flakes, black peppercorns, salt, orange, olive oil. 

   
    


Saturday, May 16 @ 4pm PT - Quarantine Cooking & Quarantine Corking & Quarantunes & Community: Register

• Cooking: Laura Pauli, Cucina Testa Rossa
  
  • Recipe: Reverse-sear Steak with Mushroom Zinfandel Sauce and Gorgonzola Cream (New York strip or rib eye cut 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick, thyme, mushrooms, inexpensive Zinfandel, butter, Gorgonzola, cream) recipe to come! 
  • Recipe: Chocolate Heart
• Corking Special Guest: April Nalle, Nalle Winery
  
  • 2018 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
  • 2018 Hopkins Ranch Pinot Noir
• QuaranTunes: Hold on to your HATS, it's the STARS of BEACH BLANKET BABYLON!!! 
  • In conversation and song with Renée Lubin and Curt Branom!!! 
• Community: Frontline Foods in partnership with World Central Kitchen

          
   

Sunday, May 17 - Quarantine Cooking with Real Moms & Real Chefs v5.0: Register                             

• Girl Grill Power! With summer around the corner, it's all about grilling so please join us to learn some indoor and outdoor grilling tips and tricks and meal ideas that are crowd-pleasers. We’ll make easy marinades, show different ways to grill and of course grill some beloved paninis!
  
  • Recipe: Grilled, stuffed pork chop  
  • Recipe: Grilled vegetables
  • Recipe: Marinade
  • Project: Panini - bring your favorite sandwich and we'll take it to 11!

Looking forward to seeing you on the interwebs this weekend. Thank you so very much to all who have participated! The connection and support and love the past six weeks reaching across these zooms on the information superhighway has been heartwarming. xo Laura

Quarantine Community Cooking v7.0

Welcome to Quarantine Community Weekend Marathon v7.0



Hello my fellow Quarantiners! Thank you so much for zooming in to our Quarantine Community. In this time of having to be apart, it's more important than ever to come together and support and celebrate each other. I hope to see all your beautiful faces this weekend so we can do just that!

Attached below is the schedule, registration links and all the recipes we are cooking this weekend, along with links to buy the spirits and wines. Many more details are on the registration pages so please remember to register for each zoom session!

Friday, May 8 @ 5pm PT - Quarantine Cocktails & Quarantine Calisthenics & Quarantine Cooking: Register

• Cocktail: Prohibition Spirits, Mint Melon Gin
• Ingredients: gin, melon, lemon, lime, club soda
• Calisthenics: Special Guest: Manuel Velazquez, award-wining, global fitness professional
• Cooking: Laura Pauli, Cucina Testa Rossa
  • Recipe: Camarones Borrachos - Bourbon Flambéed Shrimp in Garlic Cream Sauce
  • Ingredients: shrimp, garlic, tarragon, bourbon, cream
  • Shrimp from Water2Table
• Quarantunes: to be confirmed - the show must go on!
  
  

   
        

Saturday, May 9 @ 4pm PT - Quarantine Cooking & Quarantine Corking & Quarantine Quailing & Quarantine Community: Register

• Cooking: Laura Pauli, Cucina Testa Rossa
  
  • Recipe: Stuffed Quail (quail, leeks, mushrooms, lemon thyme, garlic, rustic bread, red wine (cheap pinot), cream)
  • Recipe: Pommes Purée (yukon gold potatoes, butter, milk and more butter…. )
  • Recipe: Whole Wheat Brown Butter Shortbread with Orange Chantilly Cream and Boozy Berries
• Community: Bob Klein, Community Grains
• Quailing Special Guest: Brent Wolfe, Wolfe Ranch Quail
• Corking Special Guest: Sara Beer, True North Imports & Nicolas-Jay
  
  • SPECIAL BUNDLE: 2017 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir & 2018 Affinites Chardonnay
• QuaranTunes: Jazz vocalist, singer, songwriter, guitarist Deborah Winters!
• QuaranGood: Frontline Foods in partnership with World Central Kitchen

     

 

Sunday, May 10 - Real Moms & Real Chefs is taking a break!

• Mother's Day in Quarantine? Real Moms and Real Chefs to the rescue. We are taking a break to celebrate Mother's Day but here is the link to a recipe that is fast, fun, easy and can get the kids involved! 
  
  • Recipe: Mini Dutch Babies  

Looking forward to seeing you on the interwebs this weekend. Thank you so very much to all who have participated! The connection and support and love the past eight weeks reaching across these zooms on the information superhighway has been heartwarming.

xo Laura