Jan D’Atri Class Schedule

This is a lesson on one of the most delicious and elegant sandwiches ever! A classic that is enjoyable everytime. Our DEMONSTRATION will show how to make it perfectly step-by-step! Come have a lunch you’ll Love! Our lesson is a Classic Monte Cristo Sandwich with a Jammy Dipping Sauce, served with Rainbow Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing. Dessert will be Harvey Wallbanger Cake with Chantilly Cream.

If you like to bake, this class will teach you how to bake a moist Cake; cut and layer your Cakes; decorate Cakes with Russian and traditional tips; use gel food colorings, and prepare Icings. Our impressive Cake line-up is Elegant Dacquoise Cake (French Delicacy with Meringue Layers and Buttercream Icing); Pink Champagne Mini Cakes with Icing Roses; Red Velvet Cream Cheese Roulade (Swiss Roll Cake)with Vanilla Whipped Cream, and Personalized "Wow" Cake (mixing food colors & Batter to create designs).

When you can make soup from scratch, you have a way to make a perfect meal any day or time of year. Come for an inspiring lesson on Soup and Bread making with Breads nicely matching for outstanding combinations! Our lesson is Authentic Wonton Soup with Eggless Gluten Free Cloud Bread; Tuscan Tomato Basil Bisque with Homemade Ciabatta Bread; Lasagna Soup with Garlic Knots; Ina Garten's Chicken Pot Pie Soup; Twisted & Glazed Sweet Dessert Bread, and Five Minute Egg Drop Dumpling Soup with Homemade Ritz Crackers.

Making Sourdough Bread is an art and for many a passion! All of the steps to successful Bread creation will be taught in this start to finish experience. Join us & learn to create a Sourdough starter. You’ll learn to feed and store it; then proof, form, score and bake a variety of Sourdough Breads. Finally, how to trouble-shoot Sourdough starter and bread challenges. From there we’ll make Rich, Dark Cherry, Raisin and Walnut Sourdough; Cheese & Jalapeno Sourdough; Rosemary, Roasted Garlic & Kalamata Olive Sourdough; Delicious Dill Sourdough; Sourdough Salt Baguettes; Mediterrranean Focaccia, and Ciabatta.

We are going to have so much fun celebrating Valentine’s Day in this class! Everyone will get to make special Valentine treats to share later with family and friends! If you are aged 8 or above, come learn to make these special Valentine creations including: Double-Colored Valentine's Day Rice Krispie Hearts; Class Valentine's Day Candy Conversation Hearts; Saltine & White Chocolate "English Toffee" with Pink & Red Hearts; Heart-Shaped Homemade Pizza Pockets; Heart Shaped Chocolate Pancakes with Homemade Maple Syrup; Yummy Egg Salad Sandwiches and Heart-Shaped Hard Boiled Eggs.

We are gathering to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the sweetest, most delicious way - making Valentine Cookies! We will work in teams of two making, baking, and decorating Cookies that will become take home gifts! We will bake delicious soft Sugar Cookies and use gel food colorings to make Royal Icing; then we will pipe borders, write, make shapes and flood each cookie with colors. Each person will design and decorate her own cookies! The class includes supplies of piping bags, tips, and a coupling to take home.

We are inviting you to join us for a one-hour DEMONSTRATION to learn a menu that will become a new favorite – filled with many delicious flavors! These specialties will delight anyone you share with. Come for a lesson of succulent breaded and pan sauteed Pork Chop Casserole baked with Buttery Cinnamon Apple Chunks, served with melt in your mouth Garlic & Butter Mashed Potatoes. Dessert will be Berry Cobbler with Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream.

This special class combines foods that are natural aphrodisiacs in a menu you can enjoy preparing for your sweetheart! When the cooking is done, we are not responsible for the next chapter! Come for a fun and enlivened class to learn Homemade Ricotta with Ancient Olive Oil & Balsamic Reduction; Heirloom Tomato & Basil Bruschetta on Homemade Sourdough Bread; Homemade Cheese & Spinach Ravioli with My Momma's Bolognese Sauce; Soppressata Pizza with Calabrian Chiles and Hot Honey; Savory Italian Potato, Fontina & Zucchini Crumb Pie; Mushroom & Mascarpone Risotto, and elegant Tiramisu.

We are gathering to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the sweetest, most delicious way – making Valentine Cookies! We will work in teams of two making, baking, and decorating Cookies that will become take home gifts! We will bake delicious soft Sugar Cookies and use gel food colorings to make Royal Icing; pipe borders, write, make shapes and flood each cookie with colors. Each person will design and decorate her own cookies! The class includes supplies of  piping bags, tips, and a coupling to take home.

Learning to make Cheese is an amazing experience as you watch the Cheese Curds develop and the Cheese take shape. We will learn the techniques and make four Cheeses. From there we will prepare a recipe from each that makes a great fresh Cheese treat! Come for a delicious and inspiring lesson to learn Homemade Ricotta; Homemade Mozzarella; Homemade Kefir; Homemade Cheddar Cheese; Homemade Queso Fresco. Our recipes are Easy Cheddar Dip with Homemade Pretzel Bites; Mozzarella Schnitzel; Ricotta Bruschetta with Dried Figs, Prosciutto & Honey; and Cheesy one-hour Sourdough Bread.

The foods of Southern Italy, like their northern counterparts, are made from ingredients grown and produced locally. So many great flavors from this region make these specialties so loved! Come for an authentic Italian lesson with the from scratch methods for each specialty. Our lesson is Classic Sicilian Arancini with Dipping Sauce; Savory Strudel of Scaccia (a cross between Lasagna & Calzone); Pasta alla Norma (Pasta with Eggplant, Marinara & Basil); Orecchiette ("little ear" Pasta shape) with Ragu; Braciola alla Messina (Seasoned, Stuffed & Skewered Beef Bites); Sfogliatella Santa Rosa (filled & laminated Pastry Dough), and My Sicilian Papa's amazing Cannoli.

Making Sausage from scratch is not a casual thing. There are a number of steps to turning out wonderfully flavored, perfectly formed links and patties. Learn from an expert how to make Sausage on your own. Our lesson teaches how to make it from scratch beginning with grinding the meat, seasoning it, and stuffing it with casing. In our lesson we will make Italian Sausage, Chorizo, Breakfast Sausage and Chicken Apple Sausage. From these Sausages we will make Italian Sausage, Peppers & Onions on homemade Slider Rolls, Breakfast Sausage with Buttermilk Biscuits & Gravy, Sausage Stuffed Deep Fried Olives, Skillet cooked Pasta with Sausage, Basil & Mustard, and Chorizo & Spanish Rice Skillet.