Heart2Heart really admires Gaita Fores! She has so many things to share with us. She tells us all about her experiences, her food trips in Italy, her secret techniques, her cooking gadgets, her sources and we can just listen the whole day.
Gaita also announced that she will soon be opening:
Another Cibo in the new Youth Zone that Powerplant Mall in Rockwell is developing. Kids can now make their own pizzas and it will be a place for the parents and children to hang out in.
A Champagne bar called Luso in Greenbelt 5.
And a Gastroenoteca di M in Pasong Tamo
all before Christmas!!!!
WOW!!!! She is so busy expanding her business all because of the demand of her loyal followers! Watch out for all of these!
Again, Mothers Club was fortunate to have her as guest chef. It is becoming an annual event and also to celebrate Cibo’s anniversary. All the recipes are easy to make and the beauty of it all is that they are all HEALTHY so do try them!
One thing with Gaita is she always makes sure that when she does something, she does it the REAL way. She told us that she actually went with her staff to Italy to learn the Italian way of making pizza. She made sure she did it correctly before she put Pizza in her menu. When it comes to Ingredients, she tries as much as possible to patronize our LOCAL products.
Thanks again of course to our lovely host, Mimie and to our beautiful emcee, Tisha
The Mothers Club team- Mimie, Dina, Vaya and Ola
Use Healthy broth instead of OIL – you can freeze it for storage and just bring it out when it is time to cook
Gaita taught us how to make healthy stock – VEGETABLE STOCK – healthier than using chicken which still has some fat
2 carrots, 2 whole onions and a few stalks of celery
Use onion leeks instead of white onions if you want a sweeter taste in your dish
Gaita said that you can use part canned tomatoes in your dishes and mix it with fresh tomatoes. Only use the Italian ones because she knows for sure that they can their vegetables at its FRESHEST stage
Gaita said that she patterned this dish from a restaurant under the Spanish Steps in Rome. I like it very very much. The smoked tanguinge has a bacon taste so it is a good alternative to bacon which is very unhealthy 🙂
website: Ristorante “34”
Don’t make olive oil smoke or it gets carcinogenic
When boiling pasta, do not use oil or olive oil- the reason your pasta sticks is because it is overcooked
Always put salt while cooking your pasta to give it taste but not too much
This recipe is fro Trattoria Garga in Florence. Gaita said that the owner and chef of the restaurant is a very entertaining chef-he shouts orders, bangs sauce pans and he even sings in his restaurant!
website: Trattoria Garga
This recipe I also really like. Very simple, yummy and very healthy! Gaita said that this recipe was made by a mother who wanted to make baby food for her child.
In Italian Cooking, onions are always cooked before the garlic
Save your pasta broth- you can use that to reheat your leftover pasta noodles
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Hi! Tita Geraldine Aguirre pointed me to your website. Your photos look great! It’s nice to run into you on the blogosphere… come stop by my blog, http://www.bonggamom.blogspot.com. (BTW I’m Tita Cri’s daughter 🙂
Hi Rica! On behalf of Mothers’ Club I want to thank you for the comprehensive article and wonderful pictures on the demo of Gaita! This will be very helpful for all those who were not able to attend, and even for those who were there but missed some tips. I passed on your blog to many of them..
Best regards,
Mimie
Hi, Rica!
I have to say this is a real labor of love. The pictures are brilliant and I guess you can’t help it that they come out so well. But to type up the recipes… my. Thanks! and best!
Celia
just stumbled upon your blog. i love love love gaita fores’ cooking. i love cibo and cafe bola. she made this pasta that i used to order all the time but she stopped serving it–the spaghettini valentina. was hoping it was one of what she taught you as i was scrolling down the page. hee. 🙂