{"id":13708,"date":"2014-01-28T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vinesleuth.com\/uncorked\/?p=8555"},"modified":"2014-01-28T17:56:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T23:56:09","slug":"shop-and-cook-with-monica-pope-and-maurizio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/shop-and-cook-with-monica-pope-and-maurizio\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop and cook with Monica Pope &#038; Maurizio Ferrarese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toque-to-toque-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8559\" alt=\"Toque to toque 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toque-to-toque-1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>In Houston and in the market for some fun?<\/h2>\n<p>A few years ago I invited a friend to join me for a private cooking lesson with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quattrorestauranthouston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maurizio Ferrarese of Quattro at Four Seasons Hotel Houston<\/a> and the two of us had a blast sipping sparkling wine and learning how to make fantastic risotto, among other things. (Risotto Parmigiana is one of my husband&#8217;s very favorite things. And Maurizio even showed me ways I could do some of the steps in advance for when I want it to taste like I&#8217;ve been stirring all afternoon in the kitchen, but I really haven&#8217;t.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, this weekend, on February 1, Maurizio is joining forces with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparrowhouston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monica Pope of Sparrow Bar + Cookshop<\/a> for\u00a0 a day of culinary surprises for those wanting an ultimate Houston luxury foodie experience&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For $599, you and a guest get to spend a day with Monica and Maurizio! You&#8217;ll:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn how to pick the best produce from Urban Harvest Farmers Market in the morning<\/li>\n<li>Chop, dice and taste with a cooking class at Sparrow<\/li>\n<li>Relax after a &#8216;tough&#8217; day of shopping and cooking in your room at the Four Seasons (That&#8217;s one of my favorite spots for luxurious staycation getaways in Houston, by the way.)<\/li>\n<li>Indulge in a multi-course dinner prepared by the talented twosome that evening at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can you imagine what you can learn&#8211; and what you&#8217;ll taste, with Monica Pope and Maurizio Ferrarese as your guides? It&#8217;s bound to be magic!<\/p>\n<p>Sound\u00a0 like something you&#8217;re up for? Click over to the Four Seasons Offers page to learn more or book your spot for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\/houston\/offers\/farmers_market_package\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Chefs Go Local package<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Houston and in the market for some fun? A few years ago I invited a friend to join me for a private cooking lesson with\u00a0Maurizio Ferrarese of Quattro at Four Seasons Hotel Houston and the two of us had a blast sipping sparkling wine and learning how to make fantastic risotto, among other things. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632,623,633],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-houston-wine-scene","category-mtb-archive","category-w4m-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}