Most of the masterclasses cover specific foods such as pasta, gnocchi and risotto. These explain the best ingredients to choose for the dish, how to prepare and cook the dish in a classic Italian way, and ideas for serving it in many different ways. There are also masterclasses on preparing ingredients such as dried beans and globe artichokes and short recipes for classics such as marinades and salad dressings. All of these are accompanied by more then 200 recipes, approximately 30 of which are new and the rest are taken from favourite Ursula Ferrigno cookbooks - Truly Italian, Bringing Italy Home, Italy Sea to Sky, Trattoria and La Dolce Vita.