Join me as I uncover the secrets of all the Italian dishes whose flavors linger in my mind and taunt me when I am away from Italy.

I am excited to share with you the results when I return to Chicago and start practicing what I learned.

Visit the cooking school: www.apicius.it

According to Wikipedia, Apicius was a name applied to three celebrated Roman epicures, the most famous of whom, Marcus Gavius (or Gabius) Apicius, lived under the early Empire and is said to have written two cookbooks. Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apicius

I hope you will write and let me know how you're doing. I am also happy to eat and drink on your behalf, so send me ideas for things to try and recipes to discover.

Let the fun begin!