La Cucina Italiana Cooking Class – Sept 13, 2012
Every issue of La Cucina Italiana that comes across my desk is like candy for the eyes. The photos are so tantalizing. I have been pouring over these beautiful issues to prepare for our La Cucina It...
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Garden to Table Cooking Class, August 9, 2012
My first tomatoes, seeded by compost popped up unexpectedly. Surprise! I’ve been watching tomatoes grow all over my yard. Last week I enjoyed the first fruit they birthed. My tomatoes sproute...
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Mango Chili Ginger Cobbler – a Fireworks Display!
Mango Chili Ginger Cobbler - a fireworks display! Prep 20 mins Bake 50 mins Eat 1:10 hours Move over Peach and Blackberry Cobblers. Here's a new twist on this old-fashioned dessert. A Mang...
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Cucumber Ribbon Salad with Goat Cheese & Pepitas
Cucumber Ribbon Salad with Goat Cheese and Pepitas Cucumber Ribbon Salad Prep 10 mins Wait 20 mins Eat 30 mins A Cucumber Ribbon Salad with Goat Cheese and Pepitas is pretty with fresh ingr...
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Summertime & the Living is Easy Cooking Class – July 19, 2012
Boiled Shrimp with Remoulade Sauce You cannot help but hum the music to these words "Summertime and the Living is Easy" from Porgy and Bess, which made its way back to a Broadway stage earlier this...
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Chicken Curry stars in Foods of India Cooking Class
Authentic Indian Chicken Curry Authentic Indian Chicken Curry Prep 10 mins Wait 30 mins Cook 20 mins Eat 60 mins Learn how to make an authentic Indian Chicken Curry just like the one fr...
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Roasted Eggplant Salsa = Indian Baingan Ka Bharta
Prep 10 mins Wait 15 mins Cook 40 mins Eat 55 mins Indian Baingan Ka Bharta is a roasted eggplant salsa and a flavorful appetizer served with naan bread. Eggplant often gets a bad rap. On i...
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Mango Lassi – an Indian Smoothie for Summer!
Prep 5 mins It's Mango Season! When I found mangoes 4 for $1 at my local Von's store, I knew it was time for Mango Lassis at our Indian Cooking Class. Then I went to Camp Blogaway, where the Mang...
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Knife Skills Cooking Class – June 14, 2012
Learn how to cut open a mango + More at Knife Skills Class Knife Skills are the single most important cooking class I have ever taken. Years ago when I was in Culinary School, this class changed ev...
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Foods of India Cooking Class – May 9, 2012
Indian spices in elegant silver tins. I had the fabulous pleasure of cooking with my Indian neighbor, Zenith in October. Zenith has a natural touch when it comes to cooking. She has a silver tin ...
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