Events

We are getting a jump start on the holiday season! In this great bake & take class we’ll make fall specialty breads to enjoy at home or use for gift giving! Come be part of baking seven varieties of breads including: Apple Cinnamon; Honey Oat; Bacon, Cheese Beer Bread; Luscious Lemon Loaf; Pumpkin Ginger Bread; Southwest Corn Bread, & Dill Bread. Each person will take home an assortment of freshly baked Bread. You could invite a friend to share the experience! Come enjoy the fun and share it with the special people in your life!

Learn to make your grill your friend! This lesson will show how to control the temperature, placement and timing of grilled foods as well as how to grill a complete meal. Master grilling with a lesson of Butter & Garlic Grilled Shrimp Scampi Appetizer; Flame Grilled Chipotle Caesar Salad with Cornbread Croutons; Perfect Grilled Steak with Vidalia Onion Rings; fresh Salmon on the Grill with Key Lime Butter; Char Cooked fresh Vegetables with Basil Oil, and Grilled Potatoes with Watercress & Blue Cheese. Dessert will be Grill-cooked Bananas Foster with Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream & Butter-Rum Sauce.

Treat yourself to lunch and a DEMONSTRATION that will inspire your inner Italian! Learn from a pro the Italian way of cooking this menu of Sheet Pan Lasagna and Garlic Bread Puffs. Dessert will be Sporcamus! (Cream filled Puff Pastry).

Invite your partner to join you for a fabulous evening learning to prepare a delicious gourmet meal. Couples will work together to prepare their choice of recipe as part of a three-course meal. Come have fun cooking together, enjoy a great meal, and a sampling of wine with the courses. Learn Grilled Shrimp Scampi on Garlic Toast Amuse and grilled Romaine Salad with Buttermilk-Peppercorn Dressing, served with Pinot Gris. The entrée will be Garlic & Herb Roasted Pork Tenderloin with fresh made Basil & Balsamic Red Wine Sauce; Toasted Garlic pan seared Broccolini; Tequila & Butter braised fresh Carrots, and French Dinner Rolls from scratch with Sweet Butter, served with Merlot. Dessert will be Flourless Chocolate Cappuccino Cake with Espresso Zabaglione. Priced per Couple.

We’re taking comfort food and turning it into holiday fare which can be used for your own enjoyment and entertaining! Join us for a DEMONSTRATION lesson with our sales rep friends from Oregon and Phoenix. Our menu is Spinach and Shells in a Cream Sauce, Porcini Grilled New York Steak; Shrimp Scampi; Perfect Dauphinois Potatoes and Vanilla Brioche Bread Pudding. They bring us some of our favorite merchandise including Heritage Steel Cookware and Cutlery; Mu Kitchen Linens; RSVP Gadgets, Kitchen Tools and more. We’ll use their products to show how easy these comfort dishes are to prepare!

We are getting a jump start on the holiday season! In this great bake & take class we’ll make fall specialty breads to enjoy at home or use for gift giving! Come be part of baking seven varieties of breads including: Apple Cinnamon; Honey Oat; Bacon, Cheese Beer Bread; Luscious Lemon Loaf; Pumpkin Ginger Bread; Southwest Corn Bread, & Dill Bread. Each person will take home an assortment of freshly baked Bread. You could invite a friend to share the experience! Come enjoy the fun and share it with the special people in your life!

When it’s time to entertain, put these recipes in your game plan and you’ll have an array of crowd-pleasing foods. Come for a fun and instructive lesson of Wild Alaskan Smoked Salmon Shooters with toasted Pumpernickel; Grilled Vegetable Platter with Herb Dressing; Roasted Turkey Tenderloin Crostini with Cranberry, Blue Cheese Crumbles and Marjoram; Air Fryer crispy Potatoes with Romesco Sauce & Garlic Aioli; Sautéed Shrimp & Candied Bacon Sliders, and Triple Berry Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Tarts & Chocolate Pecan Palmiers. We’ll enjoy our meal with Pumpkin and Dark Rum Milkshakes.

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 learn! Our lessons will be:

• Week 1 – Braising & Poaching – applications of using liquid added to the cooking process in order to create moist, tender and flavorful foods; locking in flavors as they gently simmer and combine.
• Week 2 – Salads & Side Dishes – Creative use of Vegetables, elevating and transforming with balanced flavors; using advanced techniques to enhance the natural flavors of each ingredient. Focus on achieving appealing textures.
• Week 3 – Intermediate Breads and Pastries – Exploring the baking process of yeast, sourdough and quick breads. Creating traditional Pastries using French baking techniques; Puff Pastry and Phyllo; implementing advanced baking techniques and principles.
• Week 4 – Bowls & Stir-Fries – Mastering wok cooking, gaining an understanding of Asian fresh ingredients, Spices, and Sauces. Using the combinations of “bowl food” choices to make complete meals in one dish.
• Week 5 – World Comfort Foods – Lesson of beloved, home-style dishes from around the globe using techniques of pastry shaping, sauce creation, spice balancing and texture creation.
• Week 6 – The final challenge will be a Chopped Class - working in teams to create a meal with few recipes; rather using the knowledge gained in classes to prepare from a market basket of ingredients. Teams will be evaluated for creativity, flavors, presentation and use of ingredients provided.

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 learn! Our lessons will be:

• Week 1 – Braising & Poaching – applications of using liquid added to the cooking process in order to create moist, tender and flavorful foods; locking in flavors as they gently simmer and combine.

We are getting a jump start on the holiday season! In this great bake & take class we’ll make fall specialty breads to enjoy at home or use for gift giving! Come be part of baking seven varieties of breads including: Apple Cinnamon; Honey Oat; Bacon, Cheese Beer Bread; Luscious Lemon Loaf; Pumpkin Ginger Bread; Southwest Corn Bread, & Dill Bread. Each person will take home an assortment of freshly baked Bread. You could invite a friend to share the experience! Come enjoy the fun and share it with the special people in your life!

Come learn about classic French cuisine & how it is used in modern times. This fun lesson teaches classic French techniques with contemporary recipes. Come for fun and learn Tomatade (Sun-Dried Tomato Spread); Chicken Provencal; Chive Salmon with Remoulade (Pan-seared Salmon seasoned with Chive Oil and served with a Sauce of Mayonnaise, Lemon, Dijon Mustard, Capers, Chives, matchstick Apples and Celery); Gnocchi a la Parisienne with Arugula, Tomatoes, and Olives (Pate a Choux Dough, Poached and then Pan-Fried); French Lentil Salad, and New Potatoes with Mimolette (aged French Cheese). Dessert will be Rice Pudding with Caramel Cream and Almond Praline.

The concept of Dim Sum translates to “touching heart” and is traditionally defined as small foods served at tea-time. Most often wrapped in bite sized buns, Dim Sum is made with Beef, Fish, Pork, Chicken and Veggies, gently steamed and served as an assortment. They make wonderful cocktail party foods! Come for a fun lesson & learn the technique for Crab Angel Dim Sum; Steamed Vegetable Pot Stickers with Soy Dipping Sauce; Shrimp & Vegetable Crispy Eggrolls; Pork Bun Dim Sum with Chili Oil; Steamed Chicken & Cilantro Wontons; Pork & Mushroom Shumai Dumplings, and Chinese Almond Cookie Dessert.