Drink Wine & Learn to Cook – The Italian Way

 Francesca’s Italian Kitchen to offer wine dinners and cooking classes

Temecula, CA; When you walk in the doors of Francesca’s Italian Kitchen, you know right away that you are a part of the Francesca family. When you receive the menu, you can tell that lot of thought went in to every delicious dish served. And when you receive your meal, you can taste the freshness and true Italian flair with every bite. Francesca’s Italian Kitchen opened their doors six months ago to raving restaurant reviews. Now, they are excited to share their passion through cooking classes and wine dinners.

Beginning this month, Francesca’s will host monthly events and cooking seminars. Here’s how this month’s events unfold:

• Sunday, May 11 (11:30am – 4pm): Mothers Day Specials. $15.95 per person. Champagne or Mimosa included. Menu includes choice of minestrone soup or mixed greens with cherry tomatoes, pinenuts and gorgonzola cheese; ravioli stuffed with ricotta cheese and spinach in a marinara sauce; choice of salmon with balsamic vinaigrette, mushrooms and artichokes, chicken breast with mushrooms and a cherry wine creamy sauce, veal scallopini with lemon and white wine capers or lasagna sheets with ricotta, meat sauce, marinara and basil; and either cheesecake, flourless chocolate cake or a blueberry tart for dessert.

• Monday, May 19 (6:30pm): Italian Cooking Class. $40 per person. Menu includes stracciatella, lasagna and ricotta cheesecake. • Thursday, May 29 (6:30pm): Wine Dinner. $65 per person. Menu includes misto fritto, ravioli beef, salmon, filet porcini and crčme brulee. Wines include vernaccia castellani 06, casal moro 06, chianti castellani 04, brunello innocent 01 and auereus ice dessert wine.

RSVP’s to each event can made to (951) 303-3300. Stay tuned for monthly information about events and classes at Francesca’s Italian Kitchen.

Francesca’s also offers daily lunch specials for $12. Menu items include a choice of salad or soup, a choice of ravioli, fettuccine alfredo or pesto, rigatoni meat sauce or fargalle with chicken. All lunch specials also include a beverage.

For more information regarding Francesca’s Italian Kitchen, please contact Kristi Reedy at PEAR Marketing & Public Relations at (951) 704-6896 or email Kristi@PearPR.com.

About Francesca’s Italian Kitchen: Francesca’s Restaurant was founded by Alessio and his wife Francesca in the romantic country of Italy. In 2007, they decided to begin a new life in Temecula, California and opened the authentic Italian kitchen with the help of Donna and Howard Seegar. Together they invite you to partake in the celebration of Francesca’s Italian Kitchen and dine in true Italian fashion. Francesca’s Restaurant promises to create a wholesome atmosphere with the help of a well qualified staff and will strive to make everyone feel like family.