Welcome, Italian food fans!

The purpose of the group is to hold Italian dinner feasts, to learn how to prepare regional Italian dishes, drink Italian regional wines, as well as to celebrate life. We also attend movies occasionally. Each dinner features the cooking and wines of a particular region of Italy. There are so many regions and recipes that we could go on forever and never duplicate a dinner!

We are currently partnering with the Columbus Italian Club to hold the dinners in their facility. We will work out the dinner menu and assign dishes to be cooked by the participants, or do it ourselves. We need both 'eaters' and 'cooks'. Some dishes cannot easily be transported, so they have to be cooked in the club kitchen.

I wish to emphasize this is not a 'pot-luck' sort of arrangement, nor should it be confused with 'fine dining'. Some cooking skill is required as the dishes are not always going to be familiar ones. The group is intended for those who are not professional cooks or wine buffs. Conviviality and pleasure are always the main focus. The dinners will normally be held during autumn through early spring months.