Cesarine Cooking Classes and Market Tour in Genoa

Cesarine is a network of Italian home cooks, known as cesarine, who host cooking classes, dining experiences and market tours in private homes across Italy. Its booking site lists several experiences in Genoa, the capital of Italy's Liguria region. Listings seen include a Genoese pesto sauce in the mortar class at €149 (about $171) per guest, a pesto and cheese focaccia class at €203 (about $233) per guest, and a private market tour of the Mercato Orientale, Genoa's main covered food market, at €189 (about $217) per guest. The pesto classes take place in a host's home in the city, where the cook demonstrates the traditional method of pounding basil, garlic, pine nuts and cheese in a marble mortar. The focaccia class covers the thin, cheese-filled style associated with Recco and the Ligurian coast. The market tour is a private walk through the Mercato Orientale, where a local guide introduces fresh produce, fish, cheeses and cured meats. In general these formats lean savoury, with the focaccia and pesto as the central dishes. Format, host, language, duration and price change by listing, so the current page at cesarine.com should be checked before booking. Durations, menus, what is included in each price, such as food, drinks and recipes, and the group size were not available from the search result and are not stated here. Hosts are private individuals rather than a single restaurant or school, so each class takes place in a home kitchen and the pace is usually relaxed and conversational. Cesarine experiences typically allow guests to flag dietary needs through the booking page, but how substitutions are handled depends on the host and the specific listing, so allergies, vegetarian or gluten-free requirements should be raised at the time of booking. Visitors usually wear comfortable clothing suited to working at a kitchen table, and bookings are made directly through the Cesarine site.