Downtown Disney eatery hosts celebrity chef Tony Mantuano

Portobello restaurant in Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World Resort is hosting a Sicilian cooking demonstration from 1-3 p.m., May 13, 2011 with award-winning chef Tony Mantuano of Chicago's Spiaggia restaurant. The session has room for only 30 participants.

The cooking class will cover a full menu from pre-dinner cocktails to dessert including an Enoeca cocktail (featuring Aperol, a blood orange and vodka creation), caponata served with crostini, eggplant fries with tomato basil sauce, house-cured sardines, gnocchi with pork ragu and lemon marmalade with fresh goat cheese and raisin semolina crostini.

Mantuano's Sicilian Cooking Class is $49.95 per person. To register, call 407-828-8996. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis until the class is full or until Monday, May 9.

Would love to be able to attend this.

Hmmm... this is looking very interesting! Off to see what day of the week the 13th of may is!

Phooey. :( It's a Friday. :sigh: