Why Small Businesses Matter in Wilton: Cucina Casalinga

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Why Small Businesses Matter

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You're IT Cucina Casalinga!

Three questions with Sally Maraventano, founder of Cucina Casalinga.

Why did you start your business?

I started my business in 1981 when my last child was three months old.  I am a language teacher by profession but started cooking by the age of 10 in my very traditional Sicilian American family.  From the beginning my classes were in my home kitchen where I can share all of my family recipes for my students, teaching adults and children from the very beginning.

Best selling product/service?

Our Cooking Classes and the home-style atmosphere in my beautiful Italian kitchen, and the camaraderie around my table.

How many local businesses do you use to support your business (products and services) and can you name them?

We frequent The Village Market. In addition, Dave of Wilton Photos has restored some of my fantastic family photos, including a beautiful photo from my grandparents and their five daughters in their Italian bakery on Arthur Avenue in 1926.

More about Cucina Casalinga

Cucina Casalinga is a home-based Italian cooking school that offers daytime and evening cooking classes.  Homestyle, hands-on lessons are the specialty of Sally Maraventano who opened her school more than 25 years ago in her small kitchen on Sharp Hill Road in Wilton.
Today classes, followed by sit-down luncheon or dinner with wine and dessert are held in Sally’s state-of-the-art kitchen on Drum Hill Road in Wilton.  A wood-fired Tuscan oven from Reggello Italy sits on the patio with a formal herb garden and fountain nearby.  In warm weather, students dine al fresco on the patio surrounded by bougainvillea, fig and lemon trees – a little bit of Italy, in Connecticut.

HamletHub thanks Fairfield County Bank for making our Why Small Businesses Matter series possible! 

 

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