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Past Events

past solare events

Below is a list of past Solare events.

<a id="Solare-Italian-White-Truffle-Dinner"></a>Italian White Truffle Dinner - Incredible!

December 12 - Italian White Truffle Dinner – Incredible!

Italian White Truffles are here … Italian White Truffles are here!

RSVP via email or phone (619-270-9670) asap – this is a rare opportunity.

Yes, we are in the heart of White Truffle Season — we are announcing this amazing dinner to highlight these freshly hand-foraged truffles from the countryside of Italy. You know we love doing Truffle Dinners … the combo of the truffles with Exec Chef Denice Grande’s dishes … wow!   

Here are the details:

  • Italian White Truffle Dinner
  • We are in the heart of the season 
  • We just received large beautiful White truffles
  • 4 full courses of Italian White Truffles!  Very Rare opportunity!!
  • Exec Chef Denice Grande is designing the final menu
  • $188 includes the 4-course White Truffle Dinner
  • Tuesday, Dec 12
  • 6:30pm

See this 15 second video of one of the big truffles we received:  https://youtube.com/shorts/a1vUQ5sIKSw

And everything needs to be perfectly timed … as the great Italian truffles are freshly foraged by hand and are air shipped to arrive no more than a day or two before the dinner.  And they are so aromatic and delicious. 

Click here to check out an article on Italian White Truffles that I wrote.

Hope to see you at the dinner!

-Randy and the Solare Team


<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.


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