{"id":107,"date":"2009-02-01T16:26:42","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T16:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp_genova\/?p=107"},"modified":"2009-02-01T16:26:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T16:26:42","slug":"class-update-lots-of-exciting-times-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/class-update-lots-of-exciting-times-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Update: Lots of exciting times ahead!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/images\/old\/6a00d8341f728c53ef0111683a5225970c-800wi.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC_8403\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341f728c53ef0111683a5225970c \" src=\"\/images\/old\/6a00d8341f728c53ef0111683a5225970c-250wi.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; width: 240px;\" \/><\/a> &#0160;Unfortunately my upcoming Food and Travel Writing course at UBC is full.&#0160; I will teach it again in May and June, or there is an intensive version of it slated over five days the third week of July.&#0160; If you really want to take the course now, the online version of Food and Travel Writing is now a go.&#0160; Visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/reg.cstudies.ubc.ca\/session_info_2.cfm?groupid=AW&amp;description=Writing%20Centre%20Course&amp;sessionid=AW608%5D\">link<\/a> to register and join in the fun.<\/p>\n<p>I still have room in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvcs.uvic.ca\/StudentSite\/CourseDetails\/index.aspx?sectionid=39683&amp;SectionCourseID=39662\">Exploring Local Foods<\/a> course that begins in the third week of February, offered through the University of Victoria but taught at the Thrifty Foods Cooking and Lifestyle Centre in Victoria.&#0160; The Centre has a fully-equipped kitchen so that means cooking and tasting our way through some great local food products.<\/p>\n<p>I will also be teaching a course called, &quot;Living a Local Food Life&quot; at the Duncan campus of Vancouver Island University each Thursday night in April.&#0160; Registration isn&#39;t online yet but you can contact the VIA Continuing Studies Faculty for more info by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/viu.ca\/ccs\/programareas.asp\">this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/old\/6a00d8341f728c53ef010536ffddaa970b-800wi.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_8121\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341f728c53ef010536ffddaa970b \" src=\"\/images\/old\/6a00d8341f728c53ef010536ffddaa970b-120wi.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" \/><\/a> Last week my Coffee Talk day-long course at the Drum Roaster Cafe in Cobble Hill was a great success.&#0160; Thanks to all the Drum Roaster staff, especially owner Geir Oglend, for making this a very informative and entertaining session.&#0160; If you are interested in taking a class like this, which includes learning about the history of coffee, production methods, tasting, pulling espresso shots and even how to properly steam your milk for cappuccinos, send me a <a href=\"mailto:don@dongenova.com\">note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/old\/6a00d8341f728c53ef010536ffceba970b-800wi.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Judy Witts Francini and Don Genova\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341f728c53ef010536ffceba970b \" src=\"\/images\/old\/6a00d8341f728c53ef010536ffceba970b-250wi.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; width: 240px;\" \/><\/a>I&#39;m very excited to welcome my friend from Italy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divinacucina.com\" target=\"_blank\">Judy Witts Francini,<\/a> to Vancouver Island at the beginning of March. Judy is an ex-pat American who has lived in Tuscany for over 20 years now and teaches people how to cook great Italian food from that region.&#0160; Judy and I will teach a special class on Monday, March 2nd, a real Tuscan menu, at the Thrifty Foods Tuscany Village store in Victoria.&#0160; Spaces will go quickly for this one, so just visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/thriftyfoods.com\/ourservices\/cknglf_classes_mar.html\">Cooking and Lifestyle Centre<\/a> website for registration info.<\/p>\n<p>So, hope to see you soon at any (or many) of these courses!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160;Unfortunately my upcoming Food and Travel Writing course at UBC is full.&#0160; I will teach it again in May and June, or there is an intensive version of it slated over five days the third week of July.&#0160; If you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/class-update-lots-of-exciting-times-ahead\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}