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Monterey County Weekly Article
(April 5 - 11, 2007)
Pre-Spring Training
I don’t know if you’ve ever met Chef Alessio Giannuzzi of Il Fornaio. He’s a gregarious, fun-loving guy who loves to have a good time, especially when it comes to sharing his knowledge of and love for Italian food. He is launching Chef Alessio’s Tuscan Cooking Classes, a series of hands-on cooking classes recreating dishes highlighting his hometown region of Tuscany. All classes include a five-course menu and are prepared alongside Chef Alessio in the kitchen at La Giostra Ristorante in Monterey using the freshest local ingredients. Italian wines accompany the menu and the cost is somewhere in the $100 dollar range, which includes a morning reception and coffee, three-hour class and recipe book, the five-course meal with wine and commemorative apron. Class is limited to 12 guests so call 238-5553 or visit foodwineandfun.com.
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The Carmel Pine Cone
(March 30 - April 5, 2007)
Take your pick: Il Fornaio or Il Pianaccio
Locally renowned for his light-as-air gnocchi and mastery of the wood-fired oven, Chef-Partner Alessio Giannuzzi of Il Fornaio hosts food and wine tours to his home town of Pistoia in Tuscany several times each year...
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The Monterey County Herald
(April 23, 2007)
A TASTE OF TUSCANY
So many people asked Alessio Giannuzzi for tips on where to go, eat and stay in his native Tuscany that he figured he might as well take them himself.

I had so many guests, customers, friends saying 'I'm going to Italy, where should I go?" said Giannuzzi, executive chef at Carmel's Il Fornaio restaurant. He would give them advice and later ask if they followed it and how it turned out.

They would say 'Yes, I did find the place. It was OK,'" he said. "They didn't have the full experience."

They were hampered by not knowing the language, getting stuck in traffic, moving too quickly from one hotel to another, not connecting with the land or the locals, he said.
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