Join pasta maker Chef Leta for an afternoon creating gorgeous pasta utilizing egg-based doughs embossed with herbs & edible flowers. Everyone will start by making their own pasta dough, then learn some techniques for incorporating different seasonal items, then let their creativity flow as they create edible, stained glass like pasta shapes! We’ll also talk about different types of pasta doughs, cover info on sourcing the best ingredients, and get plenty of hands-on time to shape.

What to expect:

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

• Our dough will contain wheat flour, eggs, herbs and edible flowers. Our filling may include dairy. Please contact us before registering if you have an allergy or intolerance to these ingredients.

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

• Wine, beer and kombucha available for purchase.

• Class will end with 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.