Today's Deal:$25 For An Italian Cooking Class From Chef Tiziana At Fuel For The Soul ($50 value)

“Kula!” “Comido!” “Vitto!” “La Nourriture!” “Essen!”

No matter what you call it, food is the universal language that requires no translation. When it comes to food, the message is always ‘I care’, ‘You are important to me’ and ‘You are loved.’

Fuel for the Soul in the Treasure Valley has been saying ‘I love you’ (or ‘ti amo’) to us for a while now, via their family-made, artisan prepared sweet & savory gourmet foods, which are found in a selection of the Valley’s finest markets & cafes. Part of the slow food ‘rivoluzione’ against the uniformity and compromised quality of fast food, Fuel for the Soul focuses on the simple, pure, and basic while preserving the culinary traditions of the past. Their equation is this: Food equals love and life.

You can taste the love in their Regular or Gluten-Free ‘Bureks’, which are a Turkish version of a calzone. They’re handmade, natural, and healthy…preservatives don’t come anywhere near these works of art. Fillings include Mushrooms & Goat Cheese, Pizza with Kalamata Olives, and Cheese, Herb & Eggs. It’s perfection in a puff. The same quality and perfection can also be found in their Crostata d’Italia, a Northern Italian style dessert treat, their seasonal Tartes & Quiches, as well as their exclusive Gluten Free Prepared Pie Crust. This is the slow-food alternative to fast food, made by community-based, real people.

“It’s just us!” says co-owner, Joel, “We’re keeping it a small, personal company.”

So personal that co-owner, Chef Tiziana, in an effort to cement her connection with the community she so caringly prepares scrumptious products for, is now offering special cooking classes to the public, to convince others over to ‘cross over’ to the slow food movement, too. Fuel for the Soul has a current cadre of groupies and you can be one of them! Right now Fuel for the Soul is offering a special CitySmart deal of a $25 Italian cooking class (a $50 value!) with Chef Tiziana. So come on… ‘attraversiamo’…or, in other words… ‘Let’s cross over.’ Viva la rivoluzione!