Pasta Making Class - Shapes & Seasonal Sauces

Name: Pasta Making Class - Shapes & Seasonal Sauces
Start: 2026-02-28T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-28T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Il Laboratorio - The Cooking Lab by Melina's Fresh Pasta

Schedule

Sat Feb 28 2026 at 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Il Laboratorio - The Cooking Lab by Melina's Fresh Pasta | Durham, NC

Come learn how to make fresh pasta shapes and sauces with Daniela at Il Laboratorio. Classes are hands on and end with a pasta tasting.
About this Event

Learn how to make pasta like a tiny Italian Nonna (or Nonno). Master the art of crafting homemade pasta dough and learn how to make pasta shapes.

We will being with making a fresh egg pasta dough. Next, you will learn how to thin out the dough and form it into 3 pasta shapes.

At the end of the class, we will eat what we make with 3 sauces.

Menu
Fresh Egg Pasta dough
Farfalle - Pistachio & Spinach Pesto

Garganelli - Tomato & Burrata Cheese Sauce

Sorpresine - Lemon Cream 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.

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

Daniela is a 1st generation Italian American who moved to NC from Clearwater, Florida where she grew up in her family’s Italian market. That is where Daniela grew a love for baking, cooking and hospitality. She now owns her own businesses Ds Corner Kitchen, where she offers weekly meal prep services. She also owns Baked By D and loves keeping Italian traditions alive by offering classic Italian baked good. Having baked a long side her Italian mother for most of her life, she is excited to share everything she’s learned over the years with people who attend her Italian cookie classes.

****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 or email through eventbrite for cancellations.