Enjoy the Italian Cooking in one of Scuola Leonardo da Vinci’s Courses

Feb. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- Where do recipes come from?  Do you want to unfold the secrets of Italian cookery?

If we close our eyes and try to imagine Italy, many famous features of this country come to our minds: history, top art making and rich museums, architectural beauties, a gorgeous climate, fashion, people’s warmth and a delicious cooking.

Italy is famous as a country of one hundred towns, several churches, and numerous cookeries.

What about the worldwide known Tiramisù? A cake loved by Italians and foreigners, where the strong taste of coffee, the softness of the mascarpone cheese and the fragrance of the cookies meet and create one of the most famous cake you can ever taste…and most exquisite too!

It is true that eating is the first need for a human being, but “you do not live only on bread”, as the famous Italian proverb says. Food is a pleasure too. Eating what we like can help us to be in good spirits and feel satisfied and relaxed. Cooking, watching, smelling and tasting good food not only introduce us into a world of emotions, but it is also a way to get to know better the Italian culture.

As Scuola Leonardo da Vinci (http://www.scuolaleonardo.com/Italian-language-cultural-c...) is convinced that food culture is an important part of an Italian experience, it has been offering for many years Italian Cooking Courses (http://www.scuolaleonardo.com/Italian-language-cultural-courses.html#Italian_Cooking) at various levels in all its seats, Florence, Rome, Milan and Siena.

Who loves cooking and tasting the most secret flavors of the Italian Cookery, has to attend the group lessons with a chef’s guidance. Typical Italian recipes are prepared, traditions rediscovered and homemade pasta kneaded. Appetizers, courses, ice creams, cakes and so on, everything will be eaten up at the end of the lesson!

Professional courses are available on request only in Florence, from basic to refined techniques. Check the school website www.scuolaleonardo.com for further information.

A curiosity about the Tiramisù: its fame has no borders, everywhere in the world is appreciated and you can find it on the menus of the most important restaurants. But who invented it?

Many legends were born, due to its alleged aphrodisiac virtues. Its origins are not certainly known, but it is officially believed that it firstly appeared in Tuscany in the 17th century, prepared in honor of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo de’ Medici, a famous glutton for sweets and cakes.

The pastry cooks wanted to prepare a cake reflecting the Grand Duke’s personality: tasty but not too complicated, something great with simple ingredients. And so the Tiramisù was born. Its original name was “soup of the duke”, in honor of Cosimo de’ Medici.

The cake quickly became the courtiers’ favorite one just because it was told to have aphrodisiac properties. And that’s why the “soup of the duke” changed name and took on the allusive one of “tiramisu” (turn me on!).

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Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most important Italian language schools for foreigners in Italy, and organizes Italian language and culture courses since 1977. It is present in the most beautiful cities of Italy (Florence, Milan, Rome, Siena), and each year the company welcomes thousands students from 60 different countries in the world.