Entertain friends and family this holiday season with three delicious Spinasse dishes that you’ll be able to make from home.

During Spinasse’s Savory Italian Holiday Meals cooking class (November 28, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.), you’ll have the opportunity to share a glass of wine, taste the dishes and ask chef Jason Stratton lots of questions about the best dishes for holiday entertaining and his award-winning cooking techniques.

Class includes: wine, tastings, and recipes. Space is limited to 10 guests. $75 per person.
For reservations, call 206.251.7673.

As a unique opportunity, diners will be able to enjoy a spook-tacularly tasty Halloween Brunch at Spinasse from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 31. The kitchen will be serving up some of Chef Jason Stratton’s morningtime favorites.

Dishes include:
Scrambled Eggs with Crème Fraiche and Smoked Steelhead Roe
Thin, Herbed Frittata with Roasted Cauliflower and Prosciutto di Parma
Soft Polenta with Crispy Pig’s Trotter and Poached Egg
And pastries from Chef Carrie Mashaney

Add a satisfying Bloody Mary to fortify against the ghouls, goblins, vampires, witches and zombies roaming the streets that day!

For reservations, call 206.251.7673.

Recognizing what food-loving Seattleites have known since Cascina Spinasse opened its doors in 2008, Bon Appetit magazine recently listed the country’s top 10 places for pasta and named Spinasse among them.

“Eating at the wood-topped bar with a view of the kitchen and sharing family-style hand-cut egg pasta with butter and sage at this Capitol Hill standout is about as close to Piedmont, Italy, as you’ll get without a passport.”

To read the article in its entirely, click here.

OpenTable.com, the online real-time dinner reservation website, announced the winners of its 2010 Diners’ Choice Awards for restaurant most “Fit for Foodies” this week, including Seattle favorite, Cascina Spinasse.

The designation, which is awarded to 50 restaurants, is derived from more than 7 million diner reviews across the country. Restaurants that scored the highest from September 2009 to August 2010 were considered most Fit for Foodies.

Spinasse is one of three local restaurants to receive the award. Others include Mistral Kitchen and Tilth.

For more information about OpenTable and the Diners’ Choice Award, click here.