Santorini is a famous travel destination, a romantic getaway with dramatic landscapes, intriguing dishes and warm Greek hospitality. We’ll celebrate this islands culinary gems with a unique style of vegetable moussaka gratin. Grilled lamb marinated in lemon, garlic, and Rosemary. Herbed rice pilaf and a traditional yogurt and cucumber tzatziki. Home made hummus with roasted garlic. Santorini boasts a salad of fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and shallots seasoned with capers, fresh parsley, mint, and oregano dressed with lemon juice and olive oil--topped with feta cheese. A dessert of semolina custard wrapped in buttery phyllo drizzled with an orange scented syrup will be served.

Adult Class: You may bring wine or beer to enjoy with your meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees wear FACE MASKS during class. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops.

Decorating cakes in more modern styles are the new trend. Create your own style with different new techniques you'll learn today. Start with learning how to level, fill, crumb coat, and frost smooth sharp edges. Learn how to decorate your sweet treats with basic techniques of simple-to-pipe flowers, rosettes, petals, leaves, and borders using a variety of decorating tips and colors. Learn to use decorating bags. Best color gels will be discussed. We’ll supply the tools, a premade 6 inch cake, and everything needed to work with and a pink box for you to take your masterpiece home. "A party without cake is really just a meeting"-Julia Child.

Ages 13 and older ok. Class runs about 2 1/2--3 hours--Please do not enroll underage children.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Cost is for all three classes--no individual class sign-ups 

Each week builds on the last geared to the needs of each group. 

 "Chef Annette takes the angst out of the kitchen and makes it a playground".  D Kaufman

Adult Class--Runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Unravel the secrets of exotic Thai cooking. The addictive five flavors of this cooking--sweet, sour, salty, spicy and bitter, are what makes it so unique. Learn to create with confidence and where to shop locally for exotic Southeast Asian ingredients. Shrimp steamed in banana leaves. Thai chicken curry sate with peanut sauce. Grilled crying tiger beef with a Thai pineapple cucumber salad. And everyone's favorite Pad Thai. 

“I learned so much about different Thai ingredients I have never known how to use. Class was fun and food was great!” --C Robertshaw

Adult Class: You may bring wine or beer to enjoy with your meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees wear FACE MASKS during class. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Chefs and cooks swear by it, and somehow it had lost its way among the non-stick generation, but a resurgence of this affordable and time-tested cookware is once again celebrated as America’s favorite. Known for its great heat conduction and it's ability to sear, sauté, braise, caramelize, and bake--this trusty cookware can take you from breakfast to dinner and dessert. Class will cover how to season and care for cast iron.  Our menu will be pan seared steak. Crispy kale, Brussels sprouts and potato hash. cast iron baked corn bread with honey butter and even pizza--all done in cast iron pans! 

If you have a 12 or 14 inch cast iron pan you can bring it and we can tell you how to properly season it. 

    Ages 16 and older OK--Class runs about 2 1/2 hrs

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees to wear FACE MASKS during class. Classes are taken at your own risk.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops.

Cost is for all three classes--no individual class sign-ups

Each week builds on the last geared to the needs of each group. 

 "Chef Annette takes the angst out of the kitchen and makes it a playground".  D Kaufman

Adult Class--Runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Do you feel a tug on your line to eat more fish? Fish makes a perfect quick healthy meal in minutes without too much fuss. Don't be afraid to cook fish! Learn what to look for when purchasing and how to cook to perfection. We'll make a variety of 4-5 fish dishes-- baked, sauteed, grilled, pan fried and/or poached to add to your repertoire. Some will have sauces, others may have a rub, Use of citrus, herbs and spices to make yumulicious and fabulous fish.  Fish and recipes will be determined by market availability.

16 years of age and older OK--Adults may bring wine to enjoy with meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees wear FACE MASKS during class. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Peruvian cuisine — has much to offer beyond that tasty rotisserie chicken. Boasting over 3,000 varieties of potatoes, 300 varieties of aji (chili) peppers, a multitude of seafood from the coast and highland meats of the Incan past are abundant. These indiginous ingredients have been supplemented with ingredients and flavors of Spanish conquerors, Europeans, Africans, and more recently Chinese and Japanese immigrants. Simply put Peruvian food is a global feast for the senses. Tonight we’ll be making papa rellena--meat filled potato croquette with a salsa criolla--red onion salad marinated in 'leche de tigre", an infusion of lime juice, aji amarilla, and cilantro. Traditional lomo saltado--a home-style beef stir fry with veggies and potatoes. We'll also be teaching you the secret to that spicy Aji verde--green sauce. A dessert will  be served. Muy delicioso!

Adult Class: you may bring wine/beer to enjoy with your meal--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees wear FACE MASKS during class. 

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Conjure up the sights and smells of food cooking as you walk the streets of Mumbai. Every country has its ‘Street Food’ and in India roadside stalls and carts hawk savory delicacies called Chaat. Delicious small plates We are taking this concept into our kitchen with zippy crisp potato samosas. Fun chicken Frankies with a tad of heat and cool cucumber raita. Fried onion bhagi (think Indian style bloomin' onion) a real crowd pleaser. Lime scented basmati rice with a fresh mango salad. YUM!

 Adult Class: You may bring wine or beer to enjoy with your meal.  Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees wear FACE MASKS during class. 

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Knife skills are the most important part of cooking. They are the 'wheels' of motion in the kitchen and make cooking less a chore and more a joy. Get the cutting edge info on knives and learn which 'tools of the trade' and double duty gadgets are necessary as you learn what to buy and when to sharpen. slice, dice, peel, julienne, and chop to make a meal delicious meal of roasted vegetable quesadillas, pickled red onions, mixed vegetable-salsa salad and a baked fruit dessert. You won't go home hungry!

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees to wear FACE MASKS during class. 

16 and older OK and Vegetarian friendly--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Cucina Romanesca is as colorful as it’s past. Gutsy pastas, gnocchi, and simple contorni--vegetables cooked with garlic abound in this "Eternal City". Tonight we'll celebrate this cuisine with tacchino saltimbocca alla Romana—turkey cutlets speared with prosciutto and fresh sage leaves sauteed in a white wine and shallot reduction sauce. The infamous cacio e pepe with freshly grated pecorino Romano--we will be making the pasta from scratch. Slurp up garlicky sautéed cicoria greens. Roman salad with giant crostinis. A luscious dessert will be served. Hail Caesar!

Adult Class: You may bring some wine for your meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees to wear FACE MASKS during class. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Learn how easy it can be to make fresh pasta at home. Did you know that handmade pasta is considered an artisan food? Get ready to play with your pasta as you make magic from the basic ingredients of semolina, flour, and eggs. Let your sticky fingers and bursts of laughter create an impressive and luxurious fettucini. Spaghetti caccio pepe, and hand pinched bowtie pasta. We'll make some sauces to go along and have a nice meal. Mangia!

Vegetarian Friendly  

13 and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours. Please do not enroll underage children.

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees to wear FACE MASKS during class. 

  Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

We hear it every day but it’s easy to forgo veggies when they aren’t prepared well, flavorless and mushy. Learn ways to incorporate them into main and side dishes that will cut down but not cut out carbs so you still feel satisfied. Make veggies part of each dish in a meal rather than a soggy or plain steamed side dish. Tonight’s class we’ll make zucchini gratin--a delicious casserole and great for winter nights. Broccollini Italiano--tender baby broccoli sautéed with golden raisins and pine nuts. stuffed artichokes. Crispy cauliflower bites. Maybe your kids will even eat them! 

Ages 16 and up ok--class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

COVID19: We have cut down our class sizes and are requiring all students/attendees wear FACE MASKS during class. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops.