Sunday August 4th An Italian Menu with Jay Guerrero

I am thrilled to have Jay Guerrero back to lead a class at the farm this year. He is a tremendous cook and an even better teacher. While attending art school in New York, he worked for Gabrielle Hamilton at Prune in the Lower East Side, then returned home to Seattle, cooking for Renee Erickson at both The Boat Street Cafe and Bar Melusine. I delivered cheese to him for years, and always enjoyed what was cooking in those kitchens.

Jay is a master at preparing the traditional European cuisine that we all so love. This year he is teaching an Italian summer menu. If you can’t make it over to Italy this summer, coming to Jay’s class at the farm is the next best thing.

For this class the menu will be a Caponata Siciliana made with eggplant, tomatoes, capers and olives; Orecchiette con cime de rapa. — those beautiful ear shaped pasta with bitter greens, anchovies and breadcrumbs; Involtini de pesce — rolled and stuffed fish filets and Funghetto with seasonal mushrooms. The perfect end to this summer menu is of course a sweet and flavorful coffee granita.