Linda Martin Class Schedule

Come for a fun three-hour class to be part of making 14 varieties of specialty Holiday Cookies! They make great gifts to share as a special treat! We will gather the ingredients for each cookie ahead of time, you come make them and bake them, and when we are finished, each person will take home 16-18 dozen Cookies. We work in teams of two, so you can sign up with a friend to be a team. Sign up early & remember to bring a container to take your cookies home. Cookies are Pumpkin Pie Drops, Chocolate Dream Bars, Brandied Cranberry Drops, Bourbon Balls, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Chocolate Coconut Almond Bars, Yule Logs, Chocolate Butterscotch Clusters, Ginger Cookies, S’more Bars, Rocky Mountain Snowballs, English Chocolate Crisps, Mint Oreo Truffles and Poppy Seed Thumbprints. Note: Please see the Holiday Cookies cancellation policy.

A grill should be your friend. You can cook almost anything and achieve the lovely grilled flavors of the hot flame. Come get comfortable as we teach how to operate a gas grill with the correct temperatures & timing. Our lesson is Rosemary Skewered Grilled Shrimp Appetizer; Chargrilled Caesar Salad with Garlic Croutons; Plank Grilled fresh Salmon with Balsamic Glaze; Perfect Grilled Ribeye Steak with Brandy-Blue Cheese Sauce; Grilled fresh Vegetables with Basil & Garlic Oil; Cumin & Paprika Spice Oil Grilled Sweet Potatoes, and Homemade Lemon Pound Cake on the Grill with fresh Vanilla Ice Cream & fresh Raspberry Sauce.

It’s date night! Come so you and your partner can share a fun, delicious cooking experience with a group of couples, preparing a three course gourmet dinner! Each couple chooses their recipe, and in a couple of hours are plating their creation for the group! The lesson includes a sampling of wines with the meal. Come to prepare Seared Sea Scallop Amuse with Apricot-Jalapeno Relish; and Bitter & Blue Salad with Grilled Radicchio, Blue Cheese, & Peppered Almonds, served with Sauvignon Blanc. The entrée is Cast Iron Cooked Beef Filet Steaks with Madeira-Mushroom Sauce; Roasted fresh Vegetables with Garlic, Olive Oil, & Herbes de Provence; Blistered Shishito Peppers with Togarashi, Sea Salt, and Boursin Cheese Mashed Potatoes, served with Cabernet Sauvignon. Dessert will be Caramelized Pear & Almond Upside-Down Cakes with Sweet Mascarpone.

Ladies, here is a night that you and your girlfriends can plan to spend together. In class everyone will cook and sip cocktails. It’s a party waiting to happen! Gather your friends and come out! Our finger food menu will be Chorizo Taquito Appetizer with fresh Orange & Tomato Salsa; Lobster Egg Roll Bites with Spicy Sriracha Sauce; Pan Seared Rib Eye Steak on Mini Black Pepper Biscuits with Horseradish Cream; Creamy Wasabi Deviled Eggs with Caviar; Mini Corn Cakes with Smoked Salmon & Dill Crème Fraiche, and warm Goat Cheese Toasts with Rosemary, Toasted Walnuts, & Honey. Dessert will be Sweet Espresso-Mascarpone Tarts. We will enjoy everything with a St. Germain Martini.

Invite your partner to share a fun cooking class and evening out where you can be a team preparing an amazing three course meal with a group of other couples! This lesson is broken down so each couple chooses what they want to make. Course by course we prepare then sit down and enjoy the meal with a sampling of wines. Join us for a great evening with Shrimp & Spanish Chorizo Bite Amuse with Escarole & Manchego Cheese; Chopped Wedge Salad with Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing, Bacon, Red Onion, & Cracked Black Pepper, served with Sauvignon Blanc. The entrée will be Grill Cooked Pork Tenderloin with Rum Red Chili Sauce; Fresh Brussels Sprouts Roasted with Mushrooms & Fried Shallots; Slow Simmered Black Beans with Carrot & Cumin; Black Pepper Dinner Biscuits with Sweet Butter, served with Zinfandel. Our dessert will be Sticky Toffee Pudding with Fresh Made Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream.

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a lesson teaching how to use the ingredients, spices, sauces & flavorings that make Chinese foods favorite foods of so many! Come learn, get inspired and experience how to make Chinese food for yourself! Our lesson is Good Luck foil-wrapped Chicken Appetizer; Vegetable Pot Stickers with Garlic-Soy Dipping Sauce; General Tso’s Chicken; Chinese Hoisin Glazed Sticky Pork Ribs; Toasted Sesame Noodles; crispy Bacon Fried Rice, and New Year Almond Cookies with Rum Ice Cream & Chocolate-Rum Sauce.

Date night! This is the evening you and your partner can get away and just have fun! You’ll be joined by a group of couples to share preparing a three course meal. Each couple will cook the recipe of their choice and will enjoy it with a sampling of wine! Plan a special night and join us for Bacon-wrapped Chorizo stuffed Medjool Date Amuse and fresh Radish & Herb Salad with Lemon-Dijon Vinaigrette, served with Chardonnay. The entrée will be Bourbon BBQ Salmon; Tequila & Butter Braised Carrots; flame grilled fresh Broccoli and Roasted Green Chili Corn Muffins with Honey Butter, served with Pinot Noir. Dessert will be Deconstructed Apple Pie with Salted Caramel & fresh made Vanilla Ice Cream.

If you like to bake and want to learn more about how to make your creations turn out perfectly, this class will teach baking principals, procedures and methods that to set you on the path to becoming a good baker! Come for a fun evening to make and bake Southern Biscuits with Sausage Gravy; fresh baked Cinnamon Rolls with Vanilla Icing; Homemade English Muffins with Butter & Jam; fresh Blueberry Coffee Cake; Cranberry-Orange Scones; fresh made Apple & Pear Crostata with Toasted Almonds, and Homemade Focaccia with Olives, Parmesan, & Fresh Rosemary.

Want to plan a fun evening with your partner and be a team with a group of couples preparing part of a three course gourmet menu? This fun lesson will get you fully involved and having fun! Our lesson includes a sampling of wines with the meal. Join us for Tuna, Wasabi, & toasted Garlic Nigiri Amuse and Steak Knife Wedge Salad with Green Goddess Dressing, served with Sauvignon Blanc. The entrée is Char Grilled Bone-in Beef Short Ribs; Roasted fresh Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic, Bacon, & Garlic; Dijon-Butter Roasted Beets & Carrots with fresh Dill, and Creamy Kentucky Cheese Grits, served with Zinfandel. Dessert will be Bananas Foster Flambé with Bourbon Praline Sauce & Homemade Ice Cream.

Put some magic to work in the kitchen with a meal celebrating Love. This romantic meal, prepared for one close to your heart, makes for a special celebration! Join us for a fun evening to cook Bacon wrapped Cast Iron seared Sea Scallops with Apricot-Jalapeno Relish; Roasted Tomato-Vodka Soup Shots with Arugula Pesto; Beef Tenderloin Stroganoff with Buttered Noodles & Brunoise Carrot; roasted fresh Asparagus with toasted Hazelnuts & Lemon Zest; fresh made Sweet Butter & Herb Dinner Rolls, and Dijon Butter Roasted Carrots with Fresh Dill. Dessert will be Dark Chocolate Mousse with Whipped Cream & Shaved Chocolate.

This could be the date night you have been waiting for, shared with a special person in your life! Join our group of couples and be part of preparing a three-course gourmet dinner! We will serve a sampling of wines with the meal! Our lesson is an Amuse of Olive-Caper Tapenade on Grilled Crostini, Lemon Zest & fresh Thyme, and Hearts of Palm Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes, Salad of Butter Lettuce, Avocado & Dijon Vinaigrette, served with Chardonnay. The entrée is Slow Braised Chicken Coq au Vin with Mushrooms, Shallots, & Red Wine; Browned Butter Champagne Risotto; Cast Iron toasted Garlic Brussels Sprouts, and fresh Herb Dinner Rolls with Sweet Butter, served with Pinot Noir. Dessert will be Cherry & Apple Galette with Homemade Caramel.

Isn’t Soup one of the best comfort foods? You can enjoy it year-round! It makes all the difference when it is homemade. Come for a fun and inspiring lesson with amazing recipes for Roasted Tomato-Vodka Soup with Arugula Pesto; Shrimp Bisque with Brandy, Fennel, Saffron, & fresh Tomatoes; Classic French Onion Soup Gratinee with Caramelized Onions, Thyme, Red Wine, & Gruyere Cheese; fresh Vegetable & Pasta Minestrone; Cold Night Chicken Noodle, and Cream of Broccoli & Cheddar Soup with Garlic Croutons.