Enrica rocca biography examples
So let me introduce myself: my name is Nicoletta, Venetian born and raised still living in the city, precisely in the Castello district, and....
VENICE--Enrica Rocca, native of Venice, resident of London, returns to her handsomely appointed loft in the Dorsoduro and gives cooking pointers to paying guests.
"The recipe," she says offhandedly, "is a modern concept."
Is this serious advice or another example of the Italian gift for stylish improvisation? "Just put good things in, good things will come out," she continues. Were this truly the case, she'd be out of work.
But she continues: "The ingredient most often lacking is common sense."
And there, in a nutshell, is the reason for cookbooks, for the popularity of TV cooking shows and glamorous cooking-school vacations (a business I've got a stake in, truth be told): a lack, not just of common sense but of confidence.
Enrica started running cooking classes to make a living when, as she admits, she didn't even know ten recipes.
We're in what used to be the laundry of her family palazzo, a short walk from the Accademia bridge. A butler in a tuxedo pours prosecco while Enrica and a couple of volunteers help with the risotto. Carnaroli, not arborio rice, two to three ounces per perso