More than half of the class headed to Vicenza from the Rome train station. We arrived there and walked for about 15 minutes with our luggages to an all-scholar, Italian dorm in San Silvestro. Our living areas were different than those in Lucca. Rooms were set-up like an apartment style area with dishes, cooking tools, a mini stove, and a refrigerator ready. We learned that the dorm was newly renovated, thus it was just right to keep it tidy. I have a a new roommate named Emmeline, who's half Filipina and half Chamorro.
We had a tour of Vicenza, which had a larger youth population (considering that we live in one of their dorms)... Like Lucca, Italians in Vicenza frequently walk and ride their bicycles. During our tour, we saw bakeries nearby, local restaurants, churches, piazzas, and lastly a grocery store called Pam. Emme and I bought some basic ingredients for our home-made pasta. We ended up buying a Pam bag, that we could recycle, instead of paying for a plastic bag every time. We passed by the carnival near Pam, which we heard would last until the end of September...
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| [First Italian Cooked Dish] |
Emme and I discovered that we both love to cook. We therefore wanted to make a dish together using authentic, Italian ingredients. After arriving from Pam, we excitedly spread out our Italian ingredients on the long, kitchen table. We were eager to put together our juicy, red cherry tomatoes, pesto sauce, fresh, mozzarella balls (boccachini), fresh sage and rosemary, Italian pasta, and of course, the baked bruschetta. We took turns cooking, and it was fun! We first cooked the pasta and later added butter with sage and the local Parmesan cheese. Next, we heated our bruschetta and topped it with individually-wrapped mozzarella balls, chopped, red, cherry tomatoes, and some pesto. Lastly, we worked on our presentations... The pasta was made just right and the bruschetta was amazing! We both felt like true Italian chefs!
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