We checked out Matt Abdoo of Pig Beach’s pop up class at the De Gustibus Cooking School inside Macys in Herald Square. Here, they always have a new chef teaching a class. Matt is simply the coolest guy ever. We felt like we were having a one on one dinner with him as he spilled all his family’s cooking secrets to the patrons. It is super interesting that during this class we mixed mediterranean cuisine and italian cuisine, but we aren’t complaining. On a different note, Pig Beach in Brooklyn is a really fun BBQ spot in the summer to sit outside at the picnic tables and drink a cold beer. All of the wine pairings were from the Lenz Winery. The highlight of this was how charismatic Matt was, with his story telling about his grandma cooking the Sunday sauce when he was younger! And they were the best meatballs we’ve ever tasted.