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Umami in Winter Vegetables

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Umami has been described as the “fifth taste.” Learn new techniques including specialized knife cuts and how to work with sushi rice, and apply these to recipes that bring out the umami in winter vegetables.  Assist in cutting vegetables to use in the featured recipes that highlight this savory taste sensation, such as Mushroom Stroganoff over Cabbage “Noodles” and a California Roll Salad. Students will sample the dishes made in this...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Pasta

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Master the art of making fresh pasta. You will learn techniques for mixing and rolling pasta dough from scratch to use in chard- and cheese-stuffed ravioli with herb butter sauce and linguine with jumbo cheesy meatballs. Take home a batch of ravioli. Alcohol will be served in this class.

(122) All levels 21 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Garden Party Apps

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Spend a fun night exploring delicious recipes perfect for outdoor entertaining. As you make corn fritters with aged cheddar, zucchini-cilantro soup shooters, tomato crostini with whipped feta, scallion crepes with roasted eggplant filling, and shochu watermelon lemonade, learn knife cuts, crepe-making, and frying, braising, and marinating techniques.  Alcohol will be served in this class; participants must be 21 years of age or older.

(122) All levels 21 and older
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$112
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Hands-on Cooking: Knife Skills

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Improve your knife skills by practicing mince, dice, julienne, and chiffonade cuts in this cooking class.  You will cut up vegetables for a classic rice pilaf, and watch how to prepare, cook, and carve a classic roast chicken. Take home a portion of prepped, uncooked vegetables.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-On Cooking: Stir Fry Party

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Stir-fry recipes are an easy way to incorporate flavors, colors, and textures into meals. Learn to cut ingredients in consistent sizes for quick cooking. Featured recipes include:  cauliflower and maitake mushroom orange-cilantro salmon with bok choy Kung Pao chicken white and brown rice blend.  Alcohol will be served in this class; participants must be 21 years of age or older.

(122) All levels 21 and older
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Brines, Marinades, and Rubs

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Get ready for summer grilling with enhanced flavors in the form of spice rubs and marinades in this cooking class. Taste the difference the process of brining has on meat, and take home a batch of sage-garlic brine to use at home. Taste and take home recipes for spicy ribeye with salsa butter and chicken artichoke kabobs. In addition, participants will mix up batches of provençal herb rub and fragrant chili rub to put the sizzle in their grilled...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Gingerbread House

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Assemble and decorate a gingerbread house in this cooking class. Learn how to make royal icing and use a pastry bag. As students decorate, a light dinner will be prepared featuring liptauer cheese spread with pumpernickel, beet, horseradish, and apple salad with poppy seed dressing, and mushroom stroganoff with cabbage and buttered noodles. Decorations will be provided; students are encouraged to bring additional candies to add to their 4- x 6- x...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Dough Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

This cooking class features recipes and techniques from the dough chapter of Michael Ruhlman’s Twenty.  Learn to mix, knead, roll, and cut yeast, pie, and cookie doughs for recipes such as Dutch-oven bread, cinnamon buns, mushroom gruyere quiche, and Scottish shortbread.  Take home overnight cinnamon buns and pie dough. Lunch will be served during class.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Demo Cooking: Mexican Vegetables

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn to incorporate a variety of Mexican flavors and spices into vegetable dishes in this cooking class. Enjoy a light lunch of jicama avocado salad, tamal Azteca, and chayote squash with guajillo dressing.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Demonstration Cooking: Warm-Season Veggies

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover recipes and techniques for preparing fresh summer produce. You will learn four different preparation methods: roasting blanching marinating sautéing to create: eggplant with bell pepper vinaigrette roasted pepper and tomato bake stir-fried corn and beans marinated cucumbers with chili and peanuts

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Demo Cooking: Instant Pot

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Find out how to get the most out of your electric pressure cooker or instant pot. You will learn how pressure cooking works, what makes contemporary electric pressure cookers safer and easier to use than the previous generation of machines, and the advantages of cooking various foods under pressure.  Featured recipes include the best-ever hard-boiled eggs; rice with vermicelli; and cod with tomatoes, olives, and capers. 

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Pies and Tarts

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Explore the basics of two types of pastry dough in this cooking class—a traditional flaky crust for sweet and savory pies as well as a sweet tart dough for a rich and crisp dessert base. Practice the different preparation, rolling, and shaping of both types.  Learn how to make:  Luscious lemon curd filling a bacon, arugula, and tomato quiche a summer fruit pie for dessert.  Take home two individual seasonal fruit tarts and...

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Spring Desserts

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

New! Indulge your sweet tooth in this cooking class, featuring tasty desserts incorporating bright spring flavors.  You will make and take home a portion of each recipe: coconut macaroons lemon ginger ice box pie Almond cherry biscotti

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Greek Party

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Explore Greek flavors and ingredients in this fun cooking class. You will prepare and enjoy vegetarian moussaka, country salad, lamb meatballs with tzatziki, and swordfish skewers with ouzo bbq sauce. Learn to use phyllo dough to make an apple baklava. Alcohol will be served in this class.

(122) All levels 21 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Quick Family Dinners

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Whether you are looking for something for a busy weeknight or weekend, these three easy, flavorful dinners will bring the family together.  Each recipe requires simple preparation but is still loaded with nutrition and flavor. You will learn how to make broccoli and beef stir fry, a hot noodle salad with every color in the rainbow, and chicken and olives paired with a green salad and sourdough bread.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Cooking with Beer

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

In this cooking class, discover the applications of beer’s yeasty, bittersweet, slightly acidic character. Learn to use it as marinade and braising liquid, how it adds depth and flavor to a variety of different types of recipes, and how its carbonation adds lift to batters. Featured recipes include Beer and sriracha almonds Beer-battered onion rings Beer-braised carrots Carbonnade (Belgian beef stew) Beer and mustard pulled turkey Stout...

(122) All levels 21 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Sauces

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

French culinary techniques identify five foundational sauces. In this hands-on cooking class, prepare and taste classic and contemporary sauces such as dark roux, béarnaise, butter and cream reductions, and discuss variations for recipes such as New Orleans creole chicken, filet of beef au poivre with béarnaise sauce, roasted beets with horseradish cream sauce, and vegetable medley with beurre blanc.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Braising Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Breaking down a chicken and braising the parts saves money and imparts tons of flavor. You will cut up a whole chicken, take home the breasts, use the backbone and wings for stock, and braise the thighs and legs in an assortment of recipes: coq au vin, chicken vesuvio, Chinese red cooked chicken, and chicken chile verde. 

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Hands-on Cooking: Big Batch Chicken

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Celebrate Grandparent’s Day with a traditional French onion roast chicken.  You will learn how to use leftovers from this classic supper to create modern dinners of Thai chicken pizza, chicken chile verde, and mu shu chicken wraps.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Demo Cooking: Farmers’ Market Finds

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Do you love to shop at farmers’ markets or have a subscription to a CSA but are not quite sure how to use all of the unusual fruits and vegetables that you find? In this demonstration cooking class, instructor Emily Paster shares her approach to farmers’ market shopping and provides suggestions on how to branch out from familiar crops like corn, tomatoes, and zucchini.

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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