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Past Events

past solare events

Below is a list of past Solare events.

<a id="Solare-Pasta-Cooking-Class"></a>Cooking Class: Fresh Pasta from Scratch and Ravioli

November 25 - Cooking Class: Fresh Pasta from Scratch and Ravioli

 

Solare’s pasta is made fresh every day – in our kitchen. This is an opportunity to see exactly how Executive Chef Denice Grande makes that happen! She will teach you all the right techniques to enable you to make the best “pasta fresca” and perfect ravioli and more.  This is a hands-on pasta making class where you will learn the classic dough techniques and so much more.

The lesson is held in our kitchen and is “hands-on” and not a mere cooking “demonstration”.  The fun starts at 10:30am at Solare with an Italian-style coffee of your choice. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.  Important: Please wear closed toe shoes.  Class size is small and intimate and limited to approximately 10 students.  $95++/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. It’s fun!  Reserve today.

You sign up for a Solare Cooking Class with Tock.    Click here – and select the Class you’d like.

If you have any questions, please call us at 619-270-9670 or email us here.

-Randy and the Solare Team

 


Solare is Closed on Thanksgiving Day 2023

November 23 - Solare is Closed on Thanksgiving Day 2023

Ciao! Solare is Closed on Thanksgiving Day to allow our team to spend time with their families and friends.

We are Open again at 12pm noon for lunch on Friday, November 24 — 619-270-9670

-Randy and the Solare Team


<a id="Solare-Pizza-Cooking-Class"></a>Cooking Class:  Authentic Pizza from Scratch

November 11 - Cooking Class: Authentic Pizza from Scratch

 

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make pizza in the authentic style from the renowned city of Napoli? How about a tasty Sfincione from Sicily; Focaccia from Liguria? Here is your perfect opportunity.

Pizza Chef Brian will guide you through each step – starting with making the dough from scratch. This is very HANDS ON – you are learning to make pizza and not just watching someone else show you. Each student will take home extra dough to show off their pizza making skills that evening at home!

The lesson is held in our kitchen and is “hands-on” and not a mere cooking “demonstration”.  The fun starts at 10:30am at Solare with an Italian-style coffee of your choice. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.  Important: Please wear closed toe shoes.  Class size is small and intimate and limited to approximately 10 students.  $95++/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. It’s fun!  Reserve today.

You sign up for a Solare Cooking Class with Tock.    Click here – and select the Class you’d like.

If you have any questions, please call us at 619-270-9670 or email us here.

-Randy and the Solare Team


<a id="Solare-Lasagna-Cooking-Class"></a>Cooking Class: Lasagna from scratch

October 21 - Cooking Class: Lasagna from scratch

 

Baked pasta … Lasagna!   This lesson dedicated to traditional Italian baked pasta – with a focus on the best Lasagna. The incredible one-of-a kind, Chef Maria, and Executive Chef Denice Grande teach you how to master the technique of baking pasta, and everything you want to know about lasagna.

The lesson is held in our kitchen and is “hands-on” and not a mere cooking “demonstration”.  The fun starts at 10:30am at Solare with an Italian-style coffee of your choice. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.  Important: Please wear closed toe shoes.  Class size is small and intimate and limited to approximately 10 students.  $95++/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. It’s fun!  Reserve today.

You sign up for a Solare Cooking Class with Tock.    Click here – and select the Class you’d like.

If you have any questions, please call us at 619-270-9670 or email us here.

-Randy and the Solare Team

 

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More Details:  Lasagna, one of the most celebrated of the Italian food staples, has a long and luxurious history. The term “lasagna” comes from the Greek word, “lasagnum,” meaning dish or bowl. The ancient Greeks used baking dishes of that name, which they eventually transferred to the Romans. The Romans, who ended up using the same style of dish, also developed a type of food which they used the term “lasagnum” for: it was served in said dish, with layers of a pasta-like food with other fillings in-between. With the extent of the Roman empire, this new “lasagnum” dish spread all across Europe, eventually reaching Britain, where it was published in the very first cookbook.

any decades, the early form of lasagna once again surfaced. The early Italians changed the name from “lasagnum,” to “lasagna,” which is the current form. Over the years, the word “lasagna” began to change definitions; the word previously referred to the serving dish it was baked in, but began to simply mean the delicious pasta meal in the dish itself. In modern cooking terms, it now means layers of thin pasta, with meat, cheese, and tomato sauce squeezed in between. Lasagna sure has come a long way.

 


<a id="Solare-TasteofPointLoma-2023"></a>Solare at Taste of Point Loma

October 19 - Solare at Taste of Point Loma

We are delighted to announce that we will be at the annual “Taste of Point Loma”. Join Solare and the San Diego Yacht Club for the 11th annual Taste of Point Loma featuring food and drink from many of the local favorite restaurants, wineries, breweries and more. The event goes from 5pm to 8pm. Solare is participating!   Click here to purchase a ticket.


<a id="Solare-Bertani-Wine-Dinner-2023"></a>Italian Wine Dinner with Bertani Estate

October 15 - Italian Wine Dinner with Bertani Estate

This is a first! We are having a Wine Dinner next Sunday – and it’s starting at 1pm.

Yes, a Sunday afternoon dinner – great wine and a pairing menu from Chef Denice – and you have the rest of the afternoon and evening to relax and do other fun things.

This is “An Afternoon in Verona” with Bertani Estate winery. Bertani was founded in 1857 (166 years ago) and is one of the first wineries to create the legendary Amarone wine.

Exec Chef Denice is designing a 4-course pairing menu that features the cuisine of the Veronese region.

Details:

  • Sunday October 15
  • 1pm Reception 1:15pm Dinner
  • We are highlighting the Bertani Amarone, Valpolicella Superiore, Ripasso, and more
  • $96
  • The price includes 5 select Bertani Estate wines and the 4-course Veronese dinner that Chef Denice Grande is designing
  • Click here for a short video describing the dinner
  • Bertani Estate was just named the “2023 Winery of the Year” by Italy’s Gambero Rosso

Here is a very good video that Bertani Estate created. Really describes the wines and viniculture around Verona.

RSVP by calling 619-270-9670 or clicking here to send us an email.

I am thinking this will be a fun Sunday afternoon!

-Randy and the Solare Team


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