Main Courses

Knife Skills 101

Besides your hands, a knife is the most important kitchen tool. Be a more efficient home cook and master some knife skills with different kinds of knives. Besides mincing, dicing and slicing, learn other valuable knife cuts to expand your repertoire. Also learn how to select and care for your knives.

Cooking from Your Pantry

Learn how to shop for ingredients in your grocery store and stock your pantry so that you will always have something delicious to eat. You will learn the important ingredients you should have in your refrigerator and pantry and learn some simple and fast meals.

Stewing and Braising

Comfort food like stews and slow cooked meats can look like daunting projects, but they are simply some key steps that turn humble ingredients into sumptuous feasts. Learn the difference between stews and braises, plus the common procedures in both techniques to make them part of your cooking repertoire.

Basic Bread Baking

If you love bread and have always wanted to make a batch at home- you’ll enjoy this class. You will learn about different types of bread, the key ingredients and techniques that make bread baking a special skill, plus some important tools that bread bakers should have in their kitchen.

Stocks and Basic Soups

The foundation for soups and countless sauces, stock making is broken down into simple steps so the home cook can master this fundamental kitchen skill. After making stocks, learn how to create some fundamental basic soups that add variety to the home cook’s menus.