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Students in the Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island at VIU stretch their talents with some pasta making as they prepare for a special Italian dinner (sold out) on Nov. 7. Shown are (front l-r): Michael Soja, Aybar Tan, and Elizabeth Meers, and (rear l-r) Emmett Pelzer and Ena Muilenberg.
October 30, 2014 - 10:00am
Culinary students at Vancouver Island University (VIU) will be celebrating the cuisine of Italy during World VIU Days Nov. 3 through 7. Students and the public are invited to learn about the global Slow Food Movement and its Italian connections with Italian Chef Marcella Ansaldo at a free presentation Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 4 to 6 pm in Building 356, Room 109.
Chef Ansaldo operates the Giglio Cooking School in Florence, Italy. Chef Debbie Shore, head of the Vancouver Island Culinary Institute at VIU, visited Chef Ansaldo with a group of Culinary students on a Study Abroad trip in May, and extended the invitation to Ansaldo to visit VIU. Another group of Culinary students will return to Florence and Tuscany in May 2015.
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