Fresh Pasta Making Class - Ode to Central NY

Learn how to make pasta like a tiny Italian Nonna (or Nonno) from CENTRAL NEW YORK.

Carmella is homesick so come join her for this special class where you will learn to make Fresh Pasta Dough, Rigatoni & Utica Greens Ravioli and commiserate about Syracuse Basketball, football, lacrosse etc...

Wear your Orange & Blue (Bills Gear also allowed) and get ready to make some pasta and tell your favorite snow stories. $50 surcharge for Duke Fans.

Menu

Fresh Egg Pasta Dough

Rigatoni - Chicken Riggie Sauce

Utica Greens Ravioli (Butter Parmesan sauce)

We eat what we make! We will cook up the pasta together for a tasting at the end of the class. This is typically enough for a light meal.

Classes are held at IL LABORATORIO - our Italian Cooking School kitchen located at 3101 Guess Rd. (NOT at Melina's Fresh Pasta shop).

All participants receive a Class Recipe Book via email after the class with the recipes from the class.

You are welcome to BYOB - Utica Club & Labatts or Finger Lakes Wine preferred.

Please read FAQs below this description before calling the pasta shop with questions.

Carmella Alvaro Owner, Il Laboratorio & Melina’s Fresh Pasta

My parents, Giuseppe and Giuseppa, came to America with my sister, Rita, and brother, Rocco, over fifty years ago from Sinopoli, a small town near Reggio, Calabria, on the southern tip of Italy. I was born in Syracuse, NY a few years later and was lucky enough to grow up in the local close knit Italian American community watching my Mom cook meals from scratch, using ingredients my Dad grew in his backyard garden. After leaving home, I missed the homemade Italian food I grew up with so I took a trip to Italy to learn how to make fresh pasta. When I returned I founded Melina’s Fresh Pasta in 2010 and Il Laboratorio - An Italian Focused Cooking Class Kitchen - in 2024.

****If you have a gift card, please follow instruction under "Gift Cards" below****

If the class is full - register for the wait list and you will be contacted first for future classes.

No Refunds

All classes are non-refundable; however, we can move your registration to a different date if you are unable to make it to the class (must give us 7 days notice). Rescheduling classes for less than 7 days notice only available if we can fill your spot from the waitlist. Please send an email to [email protected] - do not call for cancellations. PLEASE do not email through Eventbrite - we do not receive those emails.

Host or Publisher Melina's Fresh Pasta