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. 

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. 

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. Fried feta coated with sesame seeds and drizzled with honey. 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. 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.

Let's kick off the grilling season! Argentina is known for beef prepared on parrillas—grills, but there's more to Argentine cuisine than beef. We’ll keep the Southern California year round grilling season going with this delicious cuisine. We'll start off with mini picadillo filled empanadas--meat filled turnovers. Then get the grilling going with a grilled skirt steak with our infamous traditional homemade chimichuri sauce. Argentine sausages, potatoes and veggies fragrantly grilled Gaucho style on rosemary skewers and served with an aromatic cilantro garlic rice. An Argentine dessert will be served. Go Meat!  

"I thoroughly enjoyed myself and had fun Lots of fun" -C Cutrone

Adult Class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal. Wine suggestion: Argentinean Malbec. 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. 

Introducing 90 minute classes for those with not a lot of time and want to focus on healthy "plant based" seasonal recipes in line with vitality and longevity. People who eat more plant based diets tend to live longer and healthier lives. Tonight's class will focus on three seasonal grain recipes with fresh vegetables, herbs and spices for delicious winter dishes. This is a vegetarian class. 

 16 years of age and older ok!  Class runs about 90 minutes.

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 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

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. 

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 arugula 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. 

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, blackberry scones, 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--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. 

Laissez les bons temps rouler! with a taste of New Orleans. Tonight we'll take the festivities up a notch with a Vermouth poached shrimp cocktail in a traditional remoulade. 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 marketquality/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

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. 

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

Eating “tapas” style is all the rage it can spice up any occasion and add a taste of romance and fun. These very popular small dishes may be from land or sea and can be simple or complex. Tonight's menu a Catalan coca--griddled flatbread with Spanish Chorizo, Manchego cheese, roasted zucchini, olives and sweet peppers. Albondigas del cordero—traditional Spanish meatballs stuffed with pine nuts, pickled grapes and served with garlicky cavalo nero greens. Seared eggplant with a mint, honey and sherry vinaigrette. And a traditional tortilla Española--potato onion omelette. OLE!

 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. 

"I enjoyed myself and had Lots of fun The entire group got to know each other, shared stories, drank wine and were dining together by the end of the class. What a fantastic night out"! --E Duston

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 it’s 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. This class will cover how to season and care for this cookware while making pan seared steak. Crispy kale, Brussels spouts and potato hash. Amazing fluffy buttermilk biscuits with honey butter and even pizza.

Ages 14 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.

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. Puffy baked bao buns filled with a light ground meat and lap xuong. Fresh flat rice noodle with hoisin steemed gai lan--Chinese brocoli. Lemongrass shrimp toast with sesame seeds. 

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!  Valentine designs included! 

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. 

Saute with your sweetheart in this romantic French cooking class with a delicate Flamishe--savory leek and goat cheese tart. A salad of baby greens with fresh strawberries and balsamic reduction dressing. Herb roasted Cornish hens with a medley of heart warming roasted winter vegetables. And no romantic menu is complete without something chocolate--we'll be serving chocolate profiteroles filled with vanilla custard and drizzled with a raspberry coulis. Inlcudes a "French Kiss" cocktail--Lillet blanc apertif on ice 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

Saute with your sweetheart in this romantic French cooking class with a delicate Flamishe--savory leek and goat cheese tart. A salad of baby greens with fresh strawberries and balsamic reduction dressing. Herb roasted Cornish hens with a medley of heart warming roasted winter vegetables. And no romantic menu is complete without something chocolate--we'll be serving chocolate profiteroles filled with vanilla custard and drizzled with a raspberry coulis. Inlcudes a "French Kiss" cocktail--Lillet blanc apertif on ice 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

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. 

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 peppe, and hand pinched bowties. We'll make some sauces to go along and have a nice meal. Mangia! Vegetarian Friendly  “I can’t wait to go home and impress my friends!” --N Cremins

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/availablity. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Emilia-Romagno is knows for some of the best food in Italy. Proscuitto di Parma ham, Parmesano Reggiano cheese and Modena's famous balsamic vinegar.  We'll start with Romagna fagottini di proscuittto di parma--little Parmesan filled prosciutto pouches. Salad of mixed greens, pears and candied walnut with a balsamic vinegar. Meatballs filled with pine nuts, and golden raisins, and scented with a touch of orange zest. A pile of papardelle with pancetta, lemon, and dark greens. Giant crostini. And for dessert the deep dark chocolate ferra torta terinina 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. 

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

Making an entire meal in just one pot/pan is perfect for weeknight dinners. They are incredibly easy, use some of the same ingredients used in other meals and cut down on prep and best of all--clean up. It’s a fresh, made from scratch meal that will be on the table before you know it. One pot/pan, easy clean up! Eaten as is or add a salad. They are easy enough to get your kids making them and they are great warmed up for lunch the next day. Tonights menu: Greek style meatballs with lemon zucchini rice. Chicken and yakisoba noodles with garden veggies. A hearty smoked sausage, potato and Tuscan kale stew. Italian chicken sausage with pasta and fresh basil. Yum!

16 years of age 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. 

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. 

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--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. 

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 artesian cheeses are foundations of phenomenal regional dishes. Tonight we'll enjoy a culinary bounty of roasted artichokes stuffed with garlic, herbs and Parmesan. Hand made ravioli filled with, leeks and ricotta served with wine braised Italian sausages, caramelized onion and grapes. Giant crostinis. A luscious Italian 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. 

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.

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 caccio e pepe with percorino Romano--we will be making the pasta from scratch. Slurp up garlicky sautéed cicoria greens served 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. 

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. 

Szechuan cooking is known for its hot and spicy dishes such as kung pao but it goes further than that. The flavors can be intense but exceptionally flavorful. Let's celebrate the Chinese New Year of the dog with a traditional menu of hot and sour soup, dry fried green beans, kung pao chicken, and dan dan noodles.

Adult Class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal--Class runs about 3 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, 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--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. 

 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.

Korean cooking has finally gone "global" and has made a big splash on the fusion scene. Traditional restaurants are found all over LA area. Let's go "Gangnam Style" tonight KFC--Korean fried chicken--super crunchy, sweet, sticky, and spicy. No Korean table is without beef--grilled kalbi beef ribs marinated with Asian pear, garlic, soy and sesame oil served with steamed rice. Pa Jun--savory pancake with green onion and kimchi. Keeping with tradition, meals are served with a delicious array of banchan--tiny little dishes. Due to time constraints some of the ban chan will be pre-made/purchased such as fermented kimchee, creamy Korean potato salad and a few others. We will make Korean cucumber and radish salad in rice vinegar. These little dishes are seasoned-spicy, sweet & sour, and salty and the 5th taste UMAMI to stimulate the appetite.  

Adult Class: you may bring beer/wine/soju 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 menu items may change due to market quality/availablity. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Get yourself into a pickle! Pickling is a magical preservation method and culinary art that not only extends a food's shelf life and makes vegetables taste delicious and healthy. Pickling is a global phenomenon which has hit new trends in todays foodie community. Every culture has had to find ways of preserving a harvest to be able to get nutrients during times when they were not available.In this class we will explore quick pickling, brining, and some hot water canning/processing. Bread and butter pickled cucumbers chips. Bright purple pickled beets and cauliflower. Sweet and spicy dilly beans, and more. Learn just how easy it is to craft these delicious food items for entertaining and savoring. All ingredients supplied for this class. We'll taste some in class and you'll go home with some as well. 

Ages 14 and older ok. Class runs approximately 2 1/2--3 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/availablity. This is a working kitchen you will be standing much of the time. Please wear close 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.

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. 

Close your laptops and open your ovens! In this class we'll roll up our sleeves and learn a combination of traditional and new baking techniques for yeast leavened breads easily made at home--without a bread machine! Learn a versatile basic rich yeast dough which can be molded into various white loaves and rolls, panne bianca, or sweet breads like pecan stickies. We'll also be making a delicious wheat and flax loaf and an Italian focaccia. We'll taste the labors of our work and a bit to take home. Yum!

Adult and teens 13 and up ok  Class runs about 3 1/2--4  hours long.

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. 

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 it's all about sponge cakes. The queen of sponge cakes--the Victoria Sponge and a Medeira cakes use a traditional UK batter sponge. Lemon curd Genoise roulade with toasted merengue. Battenburg sponge cake. 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. 

Unravel the secrets of exotic Thai cooking. Learn to create with confidence and where to shop locally for exotic Southeast Asian ingredients. Rice paper rolls with shrimp and julienne vegetables--peanut dipping sauce. Rich and spicy yellow curry chicken with jasmine rice. Pad see yew noodle with gail lan--Chinese broccoli. 

“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

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.