"Il cibo era delizioso!"

About a month ago, Kim and I joined my Japanese teacher at a cooking class that was put on by Iwaki's International Association. We decided to attend because the teacher was this lady Maria, an older woman from Australia who is a teacher at Iwaki's GEOS (a company similar to Amity). Maria's family is from Italy, but she moved to Australia when she got married. She speaks fluent Italian, and we thought it would be fun! My Japanese teacher spent some time in Europe in her younger days, so she always speaks quite a bit of Italian! Sugoi ne?!


Maria teaching our group some basic Italian phrases before we got started.


The cooking room in Iwaki's Bunka Center (culture center where we take Japanese lessons)


Maria sensei, yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

Kim and I were the only non-Japanese housewife taking the class

Demonstrating

Fritatta step 1

Hahaha, my teacher is saying, "Whoa Kimberly that's a lot of cheese!!!"

Fritatta-a little burnt


My sensei


Mixing flour and pumpkin to make gnocci...Tottemo kantan da yo

Kabocha no gnocci wa dekimashita!!


Potato and pumpkin gnocci with bolognaise sauce (that we made from scratch!!!)

Oishii katta kana...?

Fritatta end product

Garlic and olio spaghettini

Kahlua, egg yolks, and sugar glaze

Warm glazed pears for dessert!

Arrevaderci Maria! Arigattou ne!