Everyone loves soup, but when was the last time you had real homemade soup? In this two session class, you’ll start by learning how to make the foundation of all great soups: great stocks. The class will make white and brown chicken stocks, vegetable stock, fish fumet, veal stock and Japanese Dashi. On day two, you’ll take the stocks you made and learn basic techniques of soup making, creating different soups from each type of stock. Learn how to use your imagination to create new favorites that will keep you warm and healthy all year. 

Tuesday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 23, 6:30 - 9:00 PM, $100.00 per person for both classes, That’s $45.00 off our regular price!

Discover some of the wonderful things that can be done with one of the most versatile and economical food products in the kitchen. We will show you how to properly prepare French and American omelets, hard boiled, poached and shirred eggs, frittatas, and more. Learn the role eggs play in cooking and baking and how to avoid common mistakes.

Tuesday, March 30; 6:30 - 9:00 PM
$75.00 per person

Tibetan Momos, Chinese Sui Mai, Pot Stickers and Har Gow, Italian Tortellini and Gnocchi, Japanese Gyoza, American sweet and savory dumplings, Polish Perogies and Indian Samosas are a few of the variations of those delightful pieces of dough we call dumplings. Cultures from all over the world have been flavoring and wrapping foods in dough for thousands of years. Come join us to explore how this inexpensive, satisfying modular food can be used for simple meals as well as entertaining your friends. Beer and wine will be available for purchase by the glass.

Tuesday, April 27 6:30 - 9:00 PM
$75.00 per person

Do you cringe when you see a cleaver?  Wish your Wusthof worked on its own?  You’re not alone!  This class will help you do away with your knife anxieties and teach you the basics of cutting and chopping.  Here, you’ll learn the parts of a knife, purposes for common knives, and basic knife cuts.  Learn how to be safe and avoid accidents.

Tuesday, May 11; 6:30 – 9:00 PM
$60.00 per person

This class is for the culinary challenged. Take this three-class crash-course in no nonsense survival basics of the kitchen. Discover which tools your kitchen can and can’t live without. Learn new words like chop, slice, dice, mince, fry, sauté, broil, grill, simmer, boil and poach. Learn basic techniques you can apply with what you have on hand to create simple, tasty, everyday meals without a recipe. You will leave these classes with a basic working knowledge of your kitchen and make it through a whole week without visiting a restaurant. Beer and wine will be available for purchase by the glass.

Wednesdays, May 12, 19 and 26; 6:30 - 9:00 PM 
$225.00 per person for the 3-week series

This class is reserved for customers who purchased Groupons last summer. At least 15 people must sign up in order for us to run this class. We currently have less than 15 signed up.  To redeem your Groupon and sign up for the class, please call the events office at 773.276.937. Please have your registration number when you call.  All reservations are final.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 6:30-8:30 PM

We constantly receive questions from home cooks about how to make sauces to complement everyday meals.  We all have experienced how a particular condiment or sauce can transform a good dish to a really great, memorable one.  But let’s face it, classic butter and cream based sauces popular on restaurant menus are great indulgences, but are not appropriate for regular, everyday healthy dining.

Come join us in a hands on treatment on alternatives to traditional sauces.  Experience the fresh, clean taste of pestos, relishes, salsas, chutneys and vegetable coulees, all made without high saturated fats.  Our focus will be on items that can be made quickly at home to complement simply prepared meats, fish and poultry, as well as their use in vegetarian dishes.  Wine and beer will be available for purchase by the glass.

Wednesday, June 2 ; 6:30 - 9:00 PM
$75.00 per person

Let us help you master one of the more daunting culinary tasks for home cooks: entertaining guests before noon!  Learn how to prepare and make time-honored favorites like popovers and stuffed French toast as well as impressive Dutch baby pancakes, the perfect Bloody Mary and more.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010; 6:30 - 9:00 PM
$75.00 per person