Are you bored with the same old boneless, flavorless chicken breast and a salad? Baked fish with lemon pepper and microwaved broccoli just not cutting it? We’re all trying to cut way back on carbs but that doesn’t mean we have to cut out flavor. Get out of the rut and join us for two nights of fresh flavors, a variety of lean proteins and veggies that will keep you on track. You may be on one of the "lean and green" diets out there and this class will give you the tools and flavors to stay focused.  Each week will concentrate on a variety of inspirational and delicious recipes. 

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

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 a zucchini gratin delicious casserole and great for winter nights. Broccollini Italiano--tender baby broccoli sauteed with golden raisins and pine nuts. Roasted rainbow carrots. Scandinavian red cabbage with apple and caraway. Crispy cauliflower bites. Maybe your kids will even eat them! 

Vegetarian friendly

Ages 16 and up ok--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. 

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 roasted vegetable moussaka gratin. Chicken souvlaki skewers and yogurt and cucumber tzatziki. 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

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 marketquality/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 day 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.

Tonight is Tapas Basque style. The cuisine is worth getting to know and it goes well beyond the boarding house food of the central valley. Traditional and new cuisine spans both sides of the Pyrenees embracing Spanish and French influences. Pintxos--similar to Tapas have been the quintessential small plates of the Basque region. Pub crawls where eating is almost more important than drinking is considered a serious sport in this region. Every bars counter are laden with a variety of pintxos and montaditos. Tonight, we'll have our own crawl with chicken and mandarin orange skewers drizzled with a pommegranate glaze. Huevos diablos--fire roasted red pepper deviled egg with crisp Jamon Serrano. Txistorra sausage with blistered padrino peppers. Traditional tortilla Española--potato and onion frittata. A Spanish dessert will be served. 

Adult class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal. 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. 

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

Are you bored with the same old boneless, flavorless chicken breast and a salad? Baked fish with lemon pepper and microwaved broccoli just not cutting it? We’re all trying to cut way back on carbs but that doesn’t mean we have to cut out flavor. Get out of the rut and join us for two nights of fresh flavors, a variety of lean proteins and veggies that will keep you on track. You may be on one of the "lean and green" diets out there and this class will give you the tools and flavors to stay focused.  Each week will concentrate on a variety of inspirational and delicious recipes. 

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

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. 

Tired of the same dried out rubber flavorless chicken. Afraid of under cooking hence you over cook? Disappointed in overcooked salty supermarket rotisserie chicken? Spice up drab chicken dishes with exciting tastes and textures the whole family will love. Learn techniques for juicier, tastier, and tender chicken dishes. Get seasoning know how, techniques, tips and tricks for searing, sauteing, roasting, and grilling with several seasonal chicken dishes to add to your repertoire. Whole roasted herbed chicken--a Sunday fave! Zippy one pot chicken and rice dish. Quick stove top chicken saute. Learn to stuff a chicken breast with all kinds of things and cook it to perfection!

" I now know how to test for doneness and no longer dry out chicken!" --A Falstaff

Adult Class runs about 2 1/2 hours --You may bring wine to enjoy with the meal. 

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. 

Italian food goes beyond the red checkered table cloths and empty hanging Chianti bottles of our youth. Fresh herbs, farm fresh vegetables, hand-made pastas, braised meats in broths, and artisan cheese are foundations of phenomenal regional dishes. Tonight we'll enjoy a culinary bounty of Tuscany's famous hearty soup--ribollita. Then a tender pork loin ala focetina--cooked in a broth enriched with milk. A light as air semolina gnocchi. Seared zucchini trifolata. Dessert will be served. Bella Sera! 

Adult class--You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal.  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. 

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 bowties. 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.

  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. 

Discover the lip smacking flavors of the Caribbean! With influences from African, Indian, British, Spanish and Chinese immigrants, the food evokes images of culinary madness that all seems to come together. Tonight we'll start with our very own scratch made Jerk sauce. Small chickens will swim in a fragrant peppery marinade of allspice, ginger, and garlic before hitting the broiler. Then we’ll move onto a Jamaican “escovitch”—a sweet and savory salad of julienned carrots, red onions, and pineapple in a sweet and tangy dressing. Coconut milk infused yellow rice with pigeon peas. Sweet fried plantains. A fabulous Caribbean rum cake will be served for dessert. Can't you just hear the reggae music now?

Adult Class: You may bring wine or beer to enjoy for your meal--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. 

Those tiny delicate French filled cookies are all the rage. Shops boast a rainbow of flavors and everyday another flavor seems to pop up. Learn the secrets and how easy it really is to make your own lovely macarons with simply egg whites, almond flour and sugar. Today's class will feature a variety of flavors including a fruits, chocolate, caramel or nutella. Flavorings and coloring will be addressed. YUM! This is your chance to be the first on your block or in your office to bring some in an boast!  

Ages 13 and older ok--Class runs about 3 hours. Please do not register 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 day 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.

It's been quite cold out and nothing warms the tummy and soothes the soul like a delicious bowl of homemade soup. Add crunchy bread and it can make a rustic meal or light starter. Learn to make several healthy and oh-so-satisfying soups that will take off the chill. A light miso brothy Japanese noodle soup with baby bok choy. A lickity split roasted red pepper and tomato tortilla soup with diced avocado and cilantro. And for the more entailed, a French Onion soup with a melted Gruyere crouton. Our house favorite--roasted butternut squash with a dollop of creme fraiche and to top it off, a toasted sage.

16 and older ok!--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. 

Spend a fun evening preparing a lavish dinner of Spain’s national dish. Learn to master the layering effects and exotic aromas of saffron that complements the finest seafood, chicken, Spanish sausage and rice. Sip Chef Annette’s fruity sangria while munching on Spanish cheeses and olives with quince paste and bread. A tasty tapa of fire roasted pimentos with capers and herbs, and the crown jewel--paella. A luscious Spanish dessert will be served. Ole! 

Adult Class: Sangria will be tasted but you may bring some wine for your meal. 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. 

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. Buttermilk biscuits with honey butter and even a pizza--all done in cast iron pans! 

    Ages 14 and older OK--Class runs about 2 1/2 hrs

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.

Whisky/Whiskey how ever you spell it is venturing out of the liquor cabinet and into the kitchen. Chefs are using whiskey to enhance salty, smoky or sweet flavors.  It brings out the flavor of the sea in seafood, the smokiness of wood fired food, and the sweetness in desserts. Whether it's Bourbon, sour mash, Canadian, or a single malt Scotch, it’s amber color and multifaceted bouquet is as mysterious as the lore surrounding it. Tie on your apron and have a delicious culinary adventure. Scrumptious bacon cheddar bourbon swirls, whiskey marinated skirt steak, bourbon glazed yams topped with crunchy sweet pecans.  and a salad of pears and lettuce greens with a whiskey vinaigrette. For dessert a sinful chocolate whiskey mousse.  

Adult Class: 21 and older only for this class. You may bring wine to enjoy with your dinner --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 availability/quality. For your safely-this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

The secret to artisan pizza is in the crust. Rustic hand formed dough with a minimal amount of toppings make for bubbly, crisp and tasty pies. Get the ins and out on raising the yeast , fermenting the dough, and essential heat to get that great inner chew and a crisp crust.  We’ll be making our semolina dough from scratch, raise it, hand form it and learn to use a peel to place onto a hot pizza stone. We'll have a load of toppings will include enough to make a variety of pizza flavors such as a simple Margarita pizza, Greek olive and feta, veggie, prosciutto, pesto, artisan pepperoni, pear and gorgonzola. The sky is the limit!

Ages 13 and up ok!--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

Vegetarian  friendly!

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 day sign-ups 

Using easy to prepare recipes, seasoning and basic cooking techniques, you'll learn time saving preparation to get you on your way to cooking wonderland.

Our quintessential hands-on series pairs preparing, seasoning, sautéing, roasting, and essential knife skills with purchasing, food storage and handling to create everyday dishes at home for beginners and kitchen veterans alike  This series will focus on the seasonal harvest of main dishes, fearless sides, understanding meat cooking, soup and salads with home made dressings will also be learned. Learn loads of tips and those sacred cooking secrets that only a professional can share. Each class builds on more skills.Handy booklet with measurment conversions, cooking time charts. All recipes, food and utensils included. 

 "Fabulous and fun cooking experience. Chef Annette is a hoot yet one talented chef. Our class was thoroughly delightful." --N Harmon

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.

Whip up speedy delicious meals in a flash. Cut your cooking time in half (or even in quarters) and spruce up tired meals using a variety of scratch and ready made products that make cooking simple yet delicious and impressive. You’ll be amazed how fast you can get a healthy great tasting meal on the table. We'll make several dishes from a variety easy to find products in this very popular class. Each dish will represent a full meal or hearty main course.  Pasta, chicken, stew, soups, and more. We'll complete 4-5 dishes in this class!

 16 years of age and older ok!  Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

 "Chef Annette is a wizard in the kitchen--and we are her apprentices"  dd

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. 

Saute with your sweetheart in this romantic French cooking class with a delicate Flamishe appetizer--savory leek and goat cheese tart. A salad of baby greens with fresh strawberries and balsamic reduction dressing. Love birds--puff pastry wrapped supreme of chicken with a dollop of apricot preserve and fontina cheese.  Roasted winter vegetables. No romantic menu is complete without something chocolate--we'll be serving chocolate souffles drizzled with a raspberry coulis. Includes a "French Kiss" cocktail--Champagne with a blush of cassis. Cest' la Vie!

Cost is per person--couples register for two spaces.

Adult Class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal.

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

Fans of the PBS baking show this one is for you! The most addictive show brought new words, baking styles and names of bakes we never heard of such as hobknobs, Cornish pasties, buns. In todays class, we’ll make Mary Berry’s lemon drizzle cake, sticky toffee pudding, blueberry scones, strawberry shortberead cookies, and those adorable fairy cakes. You'll leave the class armed with hands-on experience, tested recipes, and the confidence to wow your friends and bring the best bakes to your next Great British Baking Show viewing party. Let’s Bake!

Ages 13 and up--Class runs about 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. 

Calling all sushi fans! Learn the creative art of sushi making. Take a hands on journey as you learn to make perfect sushi rice then rock a nigiri and roll a California roll, spicy tuna, inside out, crunch rolls, hand roll, or invent your own.  Learn the sauces that make the rolls pop with flavor and eat to your hearts content! Find out where to purchase sushi grade fish, nori (seaweed), rolling mats, condiments, and garnishes so you can make your own sushi party at home. Eat, drink, and kampai!

Adult Class: You may bring beer or sake for your meal. 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. Please note you must eat what you make in class. We cannot allow you to take the sushi home. 

Cost is for all three classes--no individual day 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.

Are you bored with the same old boneless, flavorless chicken breast and a salad? Baked fish with lemon pepper and microwaved broccoli just not cutting it? We’re all trying to cut way back on carbs but that doesn’t mean we have to cut out flavor. Get out of the rut and join us for two nights of fresh flavors, a variety of lean proteins and veggies that will keep you on track. You may be on one of the "lean and green" diets out there and this class will give you the tools and flavors to stay focused.  Each week will concentrate on a variety of inspirational and delicious recipes. 

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

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. 

Vietnam is one of the hottest travel and food destinations. A cultural mix of history the cuisine is influenced by invaders and neighbors. Chinese brought stir-fires, and chopsticks. Mongolian invaders brought beef and French colonization brought bread, coffee and pastries and goes way beyond Pho and Bahn Mi.

Tonight, will dig our chopsticks into Loc Loc beef aka ‘shaking beef’—a savory stir fry served with glass noodles. Bánh xèo a sizzling crepe stuffed with shrimp, bean sprouts and served with customary fresh mint, cilantro and basil leaves. Pork belly skewers with cucumbers and a caramelized sauce. A crisp green papaya salad with lime citrus dressing.

Adult Class: You may bring some wine/beer to enjoy with your meal. 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. 

There’s something so comforting about bread baking and the knowledge that you made it yourself. Cast iron conducts heat evenly and just about any type of bread, rolls, pizza, and even cake can be baked in a cast iron skillet or griddle. Where yeast or baking powder raised you can put your trusty cast iron skillet to work with these sweet and savory breads. Today's class we'll bake up an Amish onion poppy seed bread. A rustic olive garlic and herb bread. Irish soda bread studded with raisins. Caraway seed rye and sweet cinnamon buns. 

Class runs about 3 1/2  hours long.--Ages 13 and older ok! Please do not register under age 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. 

Laissez les bons temps rouler with a taste of New Orleans. Tonight we'll take the Mardi Gras festivities up a notch and celebrate good ol' gulf coast food with a Pickled shrimp cocktail with a traditional remoulade sauce. Slow simmered Creole chicken and sausage jambalaya. Lightly creamed greens. Zippy fried corn with crispy bacon. And what else but banana's Foster for dessert!  

Adult class: You may bring wine or beer to enjoy with your meal. 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. 

Fans of the PBS baking show this one is for you! The most addictive show brought new words, baking styles and names of bakes we never heard of such as hobknobs, Cornish pasties, and Scottish cream buns. In todays class it's all about sponge cakes. The queen of sponge cakes--the Victoria Sponge and a Medeira cakes use a traditional UK batter sponge recipes. Genoise or American style sponge cakes will make lemon curd with torched meringue or a champagne mimosa stack. Why we don't have these amazing bakes here in the US is beyond me!! You'll leave the class armed with hands-on experience, tested recipes, and the confidence to wow your friends and bring the best bakes to your next Great British Baking Show viewing party.  Let’s Bake!

Ages 13 and up--Class runs about 3--3 1/2 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. 

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 availablity.

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

"Half way through dinner my husband said, this is so much better than any restaurant." --G Harris

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. 

Are you bored with the same old boneless, flavorless chicken breast and a salad? Baked fish with lemon pepper and microwaved broccoli just not cutting it? We’re all trying to cut way back on carbs but that doesn’t mean we have to cut out flavor. Get out of the rut and join us for two nights of fresh flavors, a variety of lean proteins and veggies that will keep you on track. You may be on one of the "lean and green" diets out there and this class will give you the tools and flavors to stay focused.  Each week will concentrate on a variety of inspirational and delicious recipes.  

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

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 or broccolini with golden raisins and pine nuts. 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.

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. 

Time for raviolis and tortellini. In this workshop, we'll make a rich egg pasta dough and roll out into long sheets to be filled with luscious cheeses, poultry fillings and vegetables then cut and mold them into all kinds of shapes and sizes. It's easier than you think and after a few turns you can become a ravioli making machine. You'll mix, crank it out, fill, fold and seal. We'll make a few sauces to go along with them and sit down to a wonderful plate of handmade pasta pillows. Freezing will be discussed because who wouldn't love a freezer full of homemade ravioli ready to cook at a moments notice for family dinners or entertaining? Today we'll make a chicken and leek ravioli with a light spinach sauce and a Pumpkin tortellini with browned butter sage sauce.YUM! 

13 and older OK--Class runs about 2 1/2 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. 

Dim sum is a fun way to eat but sometimes the wait time at a dim sum house can be agonizingly long. Tonight we'll make a festive menu using traditional Chinese ingredients. Ground pork and ginger potstickers with soy lime dipping sauce. Puffy baked bao buns filled with a light ground meat and lap xuong sausage. Fresh flat rice noodle with hoisin soy sauce and stir fried gai lan--Chinese broccoli. Shrimp toast. 

Adult Class: You may bring wine/beer to enjoy with your meal--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 availability/quality. For your safely-this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Those tiny delicate French filled cookies are all the rage. Shops boast a rainbow of flavors and everyday another flavor seems to pop up. Learn the secrets and how easy it really is to make your own lovely macarons with simply egg whites, almond flour and sugar. Today's class will feature a variety of flavors including a fruits, chocolate, caramel or nutella. Flavorings and coloring will be addressed. YUM! This is your chance to be the first on your block or in your office to bring some in an boast!  

Ages 13 and older ok--Class runs about 3 hours. Please do not register 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. 

For thousands of years, herbs and spices have served as currency, medicine and, most importantly, the culinary “foot print” of ethnic cuisines.  Fresh vs. dried and how they can transform simple veggies and bread toppings to complex flavors in stews, rice and pasta dishes. Find out how to transform your dishes with a few herbs and spices that can stand alone or go together. In this class we’ll discover the world of seasoning with herbs and spices by tasting, toasting, grinding, experimenting and cooking with them. We’ll make a few blends and a several dishes. Tonight's class will make an Asian spiced stir fry. Grilled cocoa spice rubbed salmon. Zucchini carpaccio with a melange of fresh herbs. And an amazing compound butter to go with pasta, veggies or various proteins. Includes comprehensive herb/spice booklet for you to take home. You won't go home hungry! 

Ages 16 and up ok--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 availability/quality. For your safely-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 delcious meal of roasted vegetable quesadillas, pickled red onions, mixed vegetable-salsa salad and a baked fruit dessert. You won't go home hungry!

"This class changed my life" -C Feazel

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

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

 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 to make fail proof pies for spring! Get the "crust musts" and professional tips and techniques for making and baking pies. We'll be making doing some 'blind baking' crusts for a bliss inducing banana cream pie. A traditional Southern buttermilk pie, and Fresh strawberry frangipan. pie. Yum!

Ages 13 and up--Class runs about 3--3 1/2 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. 

French food goes beyond rich sauces but rather encompasses light broth soups, braised meats, and vegetables. There are robust and delicate dishes. Boost your culinary prowess with our French themed menu. Delight your palette tonight with salmon pinwheeled with fresh herbs. Pomme Anna--crispy potato cakes. Green beans with herb butter and shallots. Butter lettuce salad with a silky lemon citronette, goat cheese, candied walnuts, and garnished with fresh chives. For dessert, blueberry browned butter tart with a dollop of nutmeg cream. Cest la vie!

Adult class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal. 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

Spend a fun evening preparing a lavish dinner of Spain’s national dish. Learn to master the layering effects and exotic aromas of saffron that complements the finest seafood, chicken, Spanish sausage and rice. Sip Chef Annette’s fruity sangria while munching on Spanish cheeses and olives with quince paste and bread. A tasty tapa of fire roasted pimentos with capers and herbs, and the crown jewel--paella. A luscious Spanish dessert will be served. Ole! 

Adult Class: Sangria will be tasted but you may bring some wine for your meal. 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. 

Calling all sushi fans! Learn the creative art of sushi making. Take a hands on journey as you learn to make perfect sushi rice then rock a nigiri and roll a California roll, spicy tuna, inside out, crunch rolls, hand roll, or invent your own.  Learn the sauces that make the rolls pop with flavor and eat to your hearts content! Find out where to purchase sushi grade fish, nori (seaweed), rolling mats, condiments, and garnishes so you can make your own sushi party at home. Eat, drink, and kampai!

Adult Class: You may bring beer or sake for your meal. 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. Please note you must eat what you make in class. We cannot allow you to take the sushi home. 

Sicily’s culinary heritage evolved from the many cultures who stopped at this centralized Mediterranean island from the Berbers of North Africa, Jews and Arabs from the east and a host of other visitors who brought with them their culinary delights. Fresh orange and fennel salad--with hand rolled bread sticks. Pasta al forno alla messinese--rich doppiettes of thinly sliced eggplant wrapped around pasta, tiny meatballs, salami, egg slices, and fresh mozzarella topped with a light tomato sauce. Biancomangiare with biscotti for dessert. Bella Sera! 

Adult class--You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal.  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. 

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 bowties. 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.

  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.