The Cook’s Nook Calendar
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(back to calendar)Sneaky Healthy Eating (from Thin & Healthy's Total Solution)
Kathy Walline and Colleen Woker - Thursday, March 25- 6:00 p.m. - $20.00Can you keep a secret? We can help you get your family to eat their veggies tonight without a fight. How? By using this simple strategy for hiding healthy foods in your family’s favorite meals. We will show you how to hide the foods that are super-rich in nutrients inside popular dishes. With recipes like Honey BBQ Chicken Nuggets, Triple Stuffed Potatoes and Brainy Brownies, your family will begin to eat the fruit, vegetables, and whole grains that will fortify their bodies and have no idea they are doing it.
Cinnamon Rolls, Chocolate Babka, and Breakfast Bread
Joyce Enfeld - Saturday, March 27 - 12:00 p.m. - $25.00Learn to make an unbelievably easy yeast dough that will make a variety of holiday breads. It’s so easy, you can do this one with your eyes closed (almost) using a new technique that will amaze the novice or experienced bread maker. Joyce was even amazed the first time she made this dough. You won’t want to miss this one.
Cake Decorating 101
Michelle Unruh - Tuesdays March 30, April 6, April 13 - 6:00 p.m. - $30.00Have you been wanting to learn how to decorate a cake? The Cake Lady will be here to show you how to ice cakes and make basic borders. She will also show you how to pipe on flowers and animals, how to set up tier cakes and make scallops and scroll work. This will be taught throughout the three sessions.
Decadent Dinners
Debbie Meyer-Gore - Thursday, April 8 - 6:00 p.m. - $35.00Debbie Meyer-Gore, author of the popular cookbook Good Friends Great Tastes, presents her favorite recipes for entertaining. Learn to make Stuffed Chicken in Phyllo with Herbed Cheese Sauce; Pasta with Chicken, Cream and Creole Spice; and Salmon with Shallots, Spinach, Shrimp, and Andouille in Puff Pastry. Once you’ve tasted these, they’ll become family favorites!
Salmon, Spinach, and Super Flavors
Debbie Meyer-Gore - Friday, April 9 - 10:00 a.m. - $35.00Debbie Meyer-Gore, chef, cookbook author and speaker promotes a message of quality food that tastes good. Enjoy her favorite flavors and ingredients. Honeyed Salmon with Asian Slaw, Pasta with Mascarpone and Vegetables, Tilapia with Okra and Tomatoes, and Tumeric Turkey and Spinach Salad. Plus she’ll have a decadent dark chocolate pots de crème for dessert!
Girls' Night Out
Chef Alli - Friday, Oct. 9 - 6:00 p.m. - $30.00Indulge your inner diva! We’re have a cooking party at the Cook’s Nook. Wear your jammies (if you like), sip cocktails and enjoy some DELISH appetizers as Chef Alli sautés, stirs, and spices up a great menu of party hors d’ oeuvres you’ll love to recreate for your friends at home. Come relax, laugh and have fun with food – it’s the perfect Friday night antidote us girls NEED! Wear your favorite jammies – we will vote for our favorites and prizes will be awarded. The menu will include: Sugar and Spice Shrimp, Grilled Salmon Crostini Towers with Key Lime Butter, Chocolate-Dipped Cheesecake, Stuffed Strawberries, Savory Sausage Pecan Tarts……….just for starters! Generous tastings of all appetizers, cocktails and complete recipes will be included for take home, too.
Homestyle Southwest
Chef Alli - Saturday, April 10 - 10:00 a.m. - $30.00Join Chef Alli for another comfort food class, this time with delicious Southwest flair and flavors. The menu will include Scallop and Shrimp Seviche, Fried Corn Cakes with Mango Pico de Gallo, and Oven Roasted Diablo Pork with Sweet Potato Mash. For dessert, we will enjoy Almond Cookie Tacos with Spiced Fruit – YUM! Generous tastings of all dishes we prepare in class along with one glass of wine, and complete recipes for take home are all included!
Knife Sharpening
Clark Stone - Thursday, April 15 - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Does your cutlery drawer have a few dull knives? This is your chance to bring them in and have our Wüsthof representative professionally sharpen them for you. There will be a small fee of $2.00 per knife.
Knife Skills
Clark Stone - Thursday, April 15 - 6:00 p.m. - $10.00
Please join our Wüsthof representative for a hands-on knife skills class. He will teach you everything from how to hold a knife properly to cutlery care.
Fillo, Filo, or Phyllo
Barry & Meta West - Saturday, April 17 - 10:00 a.m. - $30.00
No matter how you spell it, this flaky pastry is the basis for mouth-watering savory and sweet dishes. You’ll banish any fears you might have of working with the paper-thin leaves as the Wests help demystify this classic Greek dough. Barry and Meta will demonstrate how to handle the dough and a variety of shaping techniques as they work their way through appetizers, and entrées….and, of course, dessert! You’ll also learn the how-to’s of preparing a scrumptious fudgey chocolate sauce and other meal accompaniments.
Backyard BBQ and Smoking Skills
Jack Lee & Marlin Unruh - Saturday, May 1 - 10:00 a.m. - $35.00Do you have a grill or smoker just waiting for the spring weather to arrive? Jack and Marlin are ready to help you brush up on your grilling and smoking skills. They will show you different methods for beef, pork and chicken, and, as always, Bev and Rosa will have some great side dishes to serve along with their meat. You will not leave hungry after this class.
June
(back to calendar)Mexican Cooking for Kids
Brenda & Laura - Monday, June 14 - 10:00 a.m. for ages 5-8 - 2:00 p.m. for ages 9 and up - $25.00¡Hola, amigos! Come and learn to cook Mexican foods! We’ll have fun and easy recipes for your whole family to enjoy. ¡Olé!
July
(back to calendar)Italian Cooking for Kids
Brenda & Laura - Monday, July 12 - 10:00 a.m. for ages 5-8 - 2:00 p.m. for ages 9 and up - $25.00Make Mama Mia proud and learn to make a delicious and nutritious Italian dinner!