About this Event
Join us for a special May 2026 meeting of BOLD FORK BAKE CLUB!
Here’s how it works: Everyone will prepare a bake from ITALIAN COOKIES by Domenica Marchetti. Then, you'll get to hear from the author about her inspiration for the book. Prior to the event, you’ll receive a spreadsheet to list your chosen dish.
Then we’ll gather in the shop and share a feast! We’ll talk through the process of procuring ingredients, challenges and unexpected pleasures of the baking process, and many other things related to ITALIAN COOKIES.
If you purchase a copy of the book from us with your ticket, we will email you as soon as your book is ready for pick up. We ask that you bring two dozen cookies (and you'll get to take two dozen home!)
ABOUT THE COOKBOOK
This definitive Italian cookie cookbook has 100 authentic recipes, including baking hints and techniques, plus regional stories and a list of Italian bakeries.
Italian Cookies: Authentic Recipes and Sweet Stories from Every Region is a beautiful, comprehensive guided tour of Italy’s regions by cookies and cookie stories. With recipes steeped in history and tradition, the book capitalizes on two major continuing food trends: our love of everything cookies and our love of everything Italian.
From Lombardy’s meringue-like Amaretti de Gallarate to Tuscany’s crunchy twice-baked Cantucci; Abruzzo’s rustic Pizzelle to Sardina’s fennel-scented Anisetti, the reader will discover cookies for every taste and occasion. Directed to the home cook, the book will also include recipes for sweet essentials including candied citrus, amarene (sour cherries preserved in syrup), pastry cream, homemade almond (and hazelnut and pistachio) paste, and pasta frolla—the buttery pastry that forms the foundation of many Italian cookies. Sections on ingredients, equipment, and basic techniques make this book accessible to all.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Domenica Marchetti is a professional recipe developer and cooking class instructor who has taught all over the country and online. She also leads occasional small-group culinary tours and food writing workshops in Italy. Domenica is the author of numerous books on Italian home cooking, including The Glorious Pasta of Italy; Preserving Italy: Canning, Curing, Infusing, and Bottling Italian Flavors and Traditions; and Williams-Sonoma Everyday Italian. A former newspaper reporter who earned her master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University in New York, Domenica has published articles and recipes in many publications, including The Washington Post, Eating Well, Food and Wine, and in Italy, La Cucina Italiana and Sale e Pepe. She also writes the popular weekly recipe newsletter “Buona Domenica.” Italian Cookies is her ninth cookbook. She splits her time between Abruzzo, Italy, where her family is from, and Alexandria, Virginia.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Bonnie Benwick worked as a journalist in the DMV for four decades, much of it spent at The Washington Post, retiring in 2019. During her 15-year Food section tenure, she wrote the “Dinner in Minutes” column and established its test kitchen. She edited The Washington Post Cookbook: Readers’ Favorite Recipes (2013). As a freelance editor and recipe tester, Bonnie is involved in cookbook production; upcoming titles include “Spanglish” by Monti Carlo and “Carla Bakes” by Carla Hall. She teaches classes at the Hill Center; serves as culinary adviser for RealFoodforKids.org, on the board of Les Dames d’Escoffier Washington DC Regional Chapter, and more.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bold Fork Books, 3064 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 7.73 to USD 40.00
