October Class Schedule

People love Ina Garten’s cooking because it feels elegant but approachable. Her recipes are easy enough for the home cook and special enough to serve guests. She uses familiar ingredients and lets the flavors shine; her comfort foods feel inviting but refined. In this lesson, we will learn Warm Spinach Artichoke Dip; Caesar Salad Dressing with Broccoli & Kale; Seared Salmon with Spicy Red Pepper Aioli; Shrimp & Linguine Fra Diavolo; Cauliflower & Celery Root Purée; Steak Fajitas, and Peach Almond Torte. We’ll enjoy our buffet with an Ultimate Bloody Mary cocktail.

The focus of this class is to learn how versatile an air fryer is to cook anything! Come for a helpful, instructive lesson to make a wide variety of dishes easily and quickly made for your family! We hope you will end up loving your air fryer as much as we love ours! Our air fry lesson is Salmon with Sticky Honey Soy Glaze; Shrimp Fajitas; crispy Chicken Katsu; Hamburger Patties; Chicken Cordon Bleu, and Pumpkin Pie Pastry Twists.

We are getting a jump start on the holiday season in this class. We will learn to make a variety of wonderful fall specialty breads to enjoy at home or use for gift giving! Be part of baking seven varieties of breads including: Apple Cinnamon; Brazilian Cheese Bread, Cranberry Walnut Bread; Luscious Lemon Loaf; Pumpkin Gingerbread; Southwest Corn Bread, & Dill Bread. Each person will take home an assortment of freshly baked Bread. Enjoy the fun and share it with the special people in your life!

Explore the rich, comforting flavors of Northern Italy at the perfect time of year. October’s harvest sets the stage for elegant regional specialties which makes this class so special. Learn techniques unique to these Italian recipes including Chicken Valdostano (chicken breast with wine, mushrooms & prosciutto); Eggplant Ziti Parmesan Casserole; Ricotta Gnocchi with Marinara & Mozzarella; Chicken, Italian Sausage & Basil Risotto; Grilled Steak Florentine with Gorgonzola & Pine Nut Butter, and Sauteed Shrimp with Lemon and Garlic over creamy Polenta. Dessert will be Tiramisu Cups.

Come embrace the fall harvest and this special time of year to celebrate fresh fall ingredients, cozy flavors, and the fun of cooking something comforting as the weather begins to change. Learn more about the hands-on cooking methods of roasting, baking, braising, and seasoning to build the deep flavors of fall. This fun amazing menu is Butternut Squash on Toast (crisp bread topped with braised and mashed squash, jammy onions and maple syrup); Sweet Potato Soup with Bacon and Chives; Charred Herb and Garlic Chicken Thighs; Herb and Caper Stuffed Pork Tenderloin; Caesar Brussels Sprouts; Risotto with Cabbage and Pancetta, and Maple-Pumpkin Stack Cake.

Learn to create your own outstanding Sushi at home! This class will make you comfortable buying fish for sushi, making sushi rice, rolling, then preparing an amazing array of sushi for your enjoyment and next outrageous sushi party! Learn all the tricks to successful sushi making. Our lesson is Tempura Shrimp Roll with Avocado & Green Onion; Nitro Roll with Sriracha, Ahi, Cucumber & Pickled Ginger; Veggie Sushi Roll with Spicy Dipping Sauce; Ahi, Ginger, & Avocado Inside-Out Roll; Smoked Salmon, Jalapeno, & Cream Cheese Maki; Nigiri with Salmon, Wasabi & Lemon zest, and Sweet Dessert Nigiri with Coconut Rice, Mango, & Crystallized Ginger with Rum-Chocolate Drizzle.

Take yourself out for lunch and bring a friend to share the experience! Come to enjoy and learn to prepare this deeply flavorful menu. Our DEMONSTRATION lesson will treat you to Pork Tenderloin Smothered in Onion and Mustard served with Maple-Glazed Brussels Sprouts. Dessert will be Vietnamese Iced Coffee Ice Cream & Palmieres.

Make this a date night with your partner & enjoy a fun evening cooking together! You will learn a fabulous three-course meal in a shared experience prepared by a group of couples. As a team, you and your partner will work together, then when the cooking is done, we will enjoy it with a sampling of wines. Our menu will be Avocado Toast Amuse with Pan Roasted Grape Tomatoes & Sweet Balsamic Syrup and Baby Spinach, Butter Lettuce & Fresh Mushroom Salad with Tarragon-Dijon Vinaigrette, served with Sauvignon Blanc. The entrée is Grill Cooked Mahi Mahi in Lobster-Cream Sauce; Roasted shaved Zucchini with Garlic & Freshly Grated Parmesan; Agave Glazed fresh Carrots, and Smoked Gouda twice cooked Mashed Russets, served with Pinot Noir. Dessert will be warm Peach & Blackberry Cobbler with Fresh Made Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. Priced per Couple.

Cupcakes are perfect to celebrate special occasions. There are endless flavor choices, they are a perfect dessert, they are easy to eat and can have beautiful presentations. Learn to make these treasures for your own gatherings and parties. This lesson will teach you to rival any bakery with an array of great tasting and beautifully decorated cupcakes. Our lesson is Crunchy Top Butter Cupcakes with Caramel Icing; Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting; Italian Cream Santa pull-apart Cupcake Cake; The original Chocolate Hostess Cupcakes; Almond Amaretto Cupcakes with Amaretto Buttercream, and Lemon Lime Cupcakes with Meringue Cactus Topper.

The best Tamales are made at home with recipes that have stood the test of time. Here is a great lesson teaching how it’s done the traditional way. Starting with fresh Masa, we’ll fill the husks ; make each filling, assemble in Corn Husks, and steam them until they are done perfectly! Come for a great lesson to learn how easy it is to create Tamales you can’t get enough of! Our lesson will be Salmon Tamales; Red Chile Chicken Tamales; Green Corn Tamales; Pulled Pork Tamales; Blue Corn Tamales; Texas Masa Chile; Chocolate Chess Pie with Masa Crust and Crumble, and Pozole de Cacao (Refreshing Chocolate Drink).

This is your chance to learn to make pasta from scratch - mixing, kneading, stretching, cutting, and cooking to a beautiful, light conclusion. Come have fun and experience how it’s possible to make the best fresh pasta in a short time! Our lesson is completed with a fabulous variety of sauces. Join us for a fun, delicious morning with our lesson of Creamy Garlic Parmesan Steak & Linguini; Sweet Potato Gnocchi topped with Brown Butter Sauce with Sage and Walnuts; Homemade Spinach Pasta Noodles with Basil Pecan Pesto; Hearty rustic Sausage and Vegetable Ragout over Farfalle Pasta; Creamy Sun-dried Tomatoes & Shrimp with Cellentani Noodles, and Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna Roll-ups with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce.

If you have experience as a cook and want to learn more about the finer points of cooking, or have taken our Essence of Cooking Series, this class is your next step in developing your cooking skills! Come for this Six-Week series to cook and add to your culinary knowledge! Our lessons will be: Week 1: Braising & Poaching; Week 2: Dinner Party Salad & Side Dishes; Week 3: Intermediate Breads & Pastries; Week 4: Asian Noodles, Bowls & Stir-Fries; Week 5: World Comfort Foods; and Week 6: Mystery Basket Cooking Challenge.