Discover the secrets of French cuisine, perfect your knife skills, and master the art of making homemade pasta in Cooking Techniques classes in Chicago.
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Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Get an early start on your holiday menu planning. In this hands-on class, local food blogger and cookbook author Emily Paster will teach you how to make ahead and preserve a zesty orange-ginger cranberry sauce that is perfect for your holiday feast or edible gifting using local, seasonal, Wisconsin cranberries. The class will also cover the how-tos of water-bath canning, a safe and easy method of home food preservation, including safety and...
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Learn to eat more seasonally and locally throughout the year by canning, fermenting, dehydrating, and freezing. You will practice step-by-step methods for water-bath canning and fermentation. Safety concerns and equipment needs will be discussed.
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
The way to keep your cool when hosting Thanksgiving is to rely on make-ahead side dishes. In this demonstration cooking class, you will discover how to simplify your holiday with inventive Thanksgiving side dishes that you can make in advance. Recipes include a kale and butternut squash galette (which can double as a main course for vegetarian guests), balsamic-glazed pearl onions, and a shredded brussels sprouts salad with pecans.
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Explore Cooking & Baking Private Group EventsJoin us for the first in a series of cooking classes based on cookbooks! Led by cookbook aficionados Ava Monique George Stewart, Maribeth Heeran and Jennifer Berman, we’ll be exploring a different cookbook each month, starting with Michael Ruhlman’s newest volume—How to Roast. The class will feature: A hands-on class preparing a meal of several of the instructors’ favorite dishes from the book. Tips and suggestions for...
Sauces can often distinguish your dish. Not only do they add moisture, but they can add tons of flavor and visual appeal. In this hands-on class, we’ll go beyond the classic “mother sauces” and explore how to get saucy in our home kitchens. We’ll even walk away with a sauce or two to take home.
Have you exhausted your ideas for flavor combinations, or do you simply want to play with some new ones? In this class learn how to combine flavor-boosting ingredients to instantly transform your dishes. We’ll work with some classic flavor combos and some you may have never thought to put together. We’ll end the class enjoying a sit-down meal at the community table to savor the new flavors we’ve created!
Join us for the next class in a series of cooking classes based on cookbooks! Led by cookbook aficionados Ava Monique George Stewart, Maribeth Heeran and Jennifer Berman, we’ll be exploring a different cookbook each month. Next up: Chef Thomas McNaughton's Flour + Water: Pasta The class will feature: A hands-on class preparing a meal of several of the instructors’ favorite dishes from the book. Tips and suggestions for creative...
Join us for the next class in a series of cooking classes based on cookbooks! Led by cookbook aficionados Ava Monique George Stewart, Maribeth Heeran and Jennifer Berman, we’ll be exploring a different cookbook each month. Next up: a wonderful primer on Chinese cooking from Fuchsia Dunlop- “Every Grain Of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking” The class will feature: A hands-on class preparing a meal of several of the instructors’ favorite...
Love eating brunch but intimidated by the thought of cooking it for your friends and family? Come to this hands-on class and learn how to duplicate some of your favorite brunch dishes at home. We’ll cover the basics of cooking eggs and teach you to make the perfect egg frittata, breakfast tostadas and even brunch cocktails. We’ll all sit down together to enjoy a delicious brunch and leave with confidence to create brunch at home with ease.
What better way to kick off a great weekend than by sharpening your knife skills in the kitchen? In this hands-on class, you’ll learn how to use your knives and other time-saving kitchen utensils with ease and confidence. We know that chopping can get exhausting and work up an appetite, so we’ll finish at the farm table to enjoy a lovely meal made with all our practice cuts. Join us in an evening of confidence-building in the kitchen! This class...
Peterson Garden Project @ 5917 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL
Discover how food shapes culture and how conflict shapes food. In this hands-on cooking class, we’ll explore how iconic dishes from cultures around the world—from Burma to Ethiopia, Syria to Haiti—were created or affected by social or political unrest. Hands-on, BYOB. At the end of class, we’ll share the meal we’ve created at our community table. Feast of Resistance Series: July 26 – Nepal & Burma August 2 – Haiti August...
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Did you know your tapioca dessert comes from a root? Learn the plant taxonomy of things right in your kitchen. Explore the different parts of a plant that are edible such as fruit, roots, stems, shoots, and seeds, and how these end up on your plate as a nutritious meal.
Making fresh pasta is easier than you think and well worth your time and effort. Learn to make two kinds of fresh, homemade pasta: a basic egg pasta dough suitable for rolling into sheets for lasagna or cutting into fettuccine, and a semolina dough for hand-formed pasta such as orecchiette. A stand mixer and countertop pasta roller are helpful for this class, but not necessary. A full ingredient list, preparation instructions, and recipes...
A-List Startenders @ 4401 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL
We believe that knowledge is power--Introducing our Essential Mixology course. Whether you have no experience, have taken a bartending course, or are experienced in bartending - this class is for you. Take part in our highly interactive course where you will build and enjoy your very own creations. This 2 Hour crash course in mixology will have you entertaining your guests/ clients in no time. We will take you on a mind blowing excursion...
Inflammation is said to be the root of a vast number of chronic disease. In this class, learn about foods that soothe inflammation and heal our bodies. We’ll sit down to a meal around the community table that we make during the class, and you’ll take home some amazing recipes to add to your anti-inflammatory eating plans. This class is BYOB!
Taught in partnership with Monica Yearwood, Ayurveda Expert, Hamsa Center. Part 1: Learn & Taste the Foundations of Ayurvedic Nutrition Learn the foundations of ayurvedic nutrition and healing foods for the spring season that are good for all types. In this workshop we will learn: Why the spring season is the best time of year to cleanse the body What foods are naturally cleansing for the lymphatic system What spices naturally...
During a “lean times” when Elizabeth was transitioning jobs, she fell back on the basic cooking fundamentals to stretch her food dollars. She quickly learned that she could have people over and feed them a nice meal cheaper than it would be to pay for a sitter and meal out. Entertaining on a budget is easy once you have a little know-how. This class will be a hands on cooking class preparing an entire meal, teaching you a lot of technique that...
Learn to make yogurt, yogurt cheese balls and frozen yogurt. You’ll get to take a yogurt starter home with you.
Did Santa bring you one for Christmas? Or do you have one in the closet still in the box? Well now is the time to bring it out and learn what you have been missing. A pressure cooker allows you to prepare healthy, wholesome, delicious meals in a fraction of the time. Inexpensive cuts of meat become tender and juicy, grains and beans can be cooked daily without long cooking and stirring. Beautiful broths and soups can be made on a weekly basis. We...
Peterson Garden Project @ 5917 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL
Homemade vinegar is a fun and easy way to get started with fermentation! In this demo class, instructor Greg Tefs will walk you through making your own vinegars at home using two different techniques (whole fruit method and mother starter method). He’ll demonstrate three different flavors of vinegar pineapple, black currant, and apple cider and demonstrate creative condiment recipes using each of those vinegars. We’ll also...
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