Prep work is easy once you've learned how to select, use and maintain the most important tool in your kitchen--the knife!

After a thorough review of knife fundamentals, you'll learn various cutting techniques essential for building the confidence needed to slice, dice and mince your next masterpiece! Bring your own chef's and paring knives for the class. (2hrs 45min)

Learn how prepare the antipasti, primi, secondi with contorni and dolci of Puglia, often recognized as the heart of Mediterranean cuisine. Your meal will include orecchiette with sausage and broccolini and roasted cauliflower with lemon and olives, along with a suitable starter and dessert.

The class is about 3 hours long and includes a regional Italian wine served with your supper and a brief lecture on the culinary history of the region.

Enjoy savings by purchasing the series with the class on January 27 (Sardinia) and the February 24 class (Lazio) or select this individual class to fit your schedule. (See "Class 709".)

Edible aphrodisiacs?  Dare to prepare a meal with seafood, avocado, strawberries, honey and chocolate. You and your sweetie will learn how to make a beautiful scallop appetizer to enjoy with a fruit-and-greens salad, pan-roasted chicken with honey and almonds and a to-die-for chocolate dessert. We'll spill the beans about the amorous reputation of the ingredients. Sparkling wine will accompany your meal.  (3 hrs)

Kids, come bake with us on President’s Day. Learn how to make a cookie crumb crust (cherry pie, anybody?), decadent brownies, cream puffs and cupcakes. Please enjoy lunch before arriving for class. (about 2.5 hrs)

Our winter series on Regional Italian Cuisine concludes this evening with Lazio (Rome). Learn how prepare the antipasti, primi, secondi with contorni and dolci, starting with a pizza bianca, then enjoy chicken saltibocca, fried artichoke hearts, pasta all' Amatriaciana and a light dessert.

The class is about 3 hours long and includes a regional Italian wine served with your supper and a brief lecture on the culinary history of the region.

Enjoy savings by purchasing the series with the class on January 27 (Sardinia) and the February 10 class (Puglia) or select this individual class to fit your schedule. (See "Class 709".)

Prep work is easy once you've learned how to select, use and maintain the most important tool in your kitchen--the knife!

After a thorough review of knife fundamentals, you'll learn various cutting techniques essential for building the confidence needed to slice, dice and mince your next masterpiece! Bring your own chef's and paring knives for the class. (2hrs 45min)

Delve into the world of cookie magic, where you can make everything from edible jewelry to cookie bacon and eggs!

Enjoy an informative hour with Julia Usher as she shows you tools, tips and techniques of cookie decorating suitable for the novice to experienced cookie artisan.

During this program, Julia will demonstrate a number of decorating techniques. A few lucky members of the audience will join her during some of the program. She'll be on hand after the class to answer questions and autograph her new book, Ultimate Cookies, one of the best decorating books we've seen in years--maybe ever--with luscious photos, dozens of recipes and carefully illustrated details to help you make perfect cookie masterpieces. 

Julia is a celebrated pastry chef and food writer. She is a James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards finalist and a Director of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Usher has designed desserts for Better Homes and Gardens, Fine Cooking, Bon Appétit, and Modern Bride, as well as for the book Vera Wang on Weddings.

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