Join Leta Norton, chef and pasta maker extraordinaire, for an evening of mixing, rolling, shaping and eating delicious pasta! In this hands-on pasta class we’ll cover creating colorful doughs infused with fruit and vegetable purees, and using tools to add texture and visual interest. 

What to expect:

• Class will include all instruction, tools, recipes and ingredients.

• We’ll be making a dough with eggs, flour, plus fruit and vegetable purées.

• There will be some demo, and lots of time for hands-on pasta shaping.

• Wine, beer and kombucha are available for purchase.

• Class will end with generous samples of pasta, and each participant will leave with a box of the pasta they made during class.

About our instructor:

Leta Merrill is a chef, mother, teacher, and pastaia. She discovered her love of pasta as a child over Sunday suppers at her Sicilian great-grandmother’s home. She decided to follow her passion for food and cooking and enrolled at the Oregon Culinary Institute. Upon graduating, she took a job as pasta cook at Union Square Cafe in New York, one of the city’s most popular restaurants. There, she honed her skills, grew a thicker skin, and continued her passion for pasta. Leta now lives in Portland, and spends her time cooking, eating, traveling, teaching pasta workshops, and preparing pasta from her designer kitchen. You can follow her work, sign up for workshops, and order custom pasta via her website and follow her adventures in pasta on Instagram @pastamaia.