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Learn How to Make Pasta Like a Pro With ‘Pasta Boy Peter’ on June 24

Local cook, pasta aficionado, actor and personality Peter Ciuffa is teaching two Italian cooking classes on Sunday, June 24th at the Kitsilano Community Centre. If learning how to make authentic Italian dishes as convincingly as “an Italian Mamma” sounds like something you’re into, then you’ll definitely want to join in on one (or both) of the classes on June 24th. The two 2.5 hour sessions – where you can learn to make Roman Pizza or Orecchietti and Cavatelli pastas entirely by hand (no pasta maker required) – ring in at $95 each. The cost includes all of the ingredients, the finished product and an impressive skillset to boot. A fair deal.

These are Peter’s last workshops before he takes a break for the summer, so don’t mull it over too long and risk months of regret. Register online here.

Kitsilano Community Centre
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
2690 Larch St, Vancouver, BC V6K 4K9

Niwa Heads to Hazelmere Farm for a Mid-Summer Feast, July 25th

The crew at Niwa and Hazelmere Farm have been pals for years, so it was probably only a matter of time before somebody had the good sense to set up a table. On July 25, Chef Darren Gee cooks dinner at the source, with Naty King's fields helping decide what's on the menu.

A Neighbourhood-Wide Invitation to Wander Chinatown

When summer foot traffic slowed, a group of Chinatown businesses responded the way the best neighbourhoods often do: by working together. Their month-long Chinatown Passport is an invitation to wander, eat, drink and rediscover the neighbourhood.

How About a Week in Italy, With Wine as Your Focus?

Got plans this fall? If not, spending a week eating and drinking your way through Italy seems like a pretty good place to start.

Shincha, Foraged Greens, and the Arrival of Summer

Created in collaboration with Japan's oldest tea house, this one-day Mæst Food dinner offers a thoughtful look at what early summer has to offer.