August Cooking Classes

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August 1st, Friday                

Café Lunch

Demonstration              $24.00
Mardi Burden               11:00 am-12:00 pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

Bring a friend along to enjoy a casual and tasty lunch menu of Shrimp Tostadas with Fresh Melons with Lime/Yogurt Sauce for dessert.
All of our café lunches include; Mixed Green Salad with Vinaigrette,
Bread, Iced Tea and Water.

Café Lunch

August 5th, Tuesday               
             

Intermediate Basics of Cooking: Session Six:
Bread Making

Participation                 Individual class $59.00
Mardi Burden               6:00 pm -10:00 pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

In session six of the Intermediate Cooking Series we will discover the joys
of bread baking, including classic French Baguettes, Rustic Pain au Romarin, Pita Bread, Pretzels, and Focaccia and Flatbreads. We will
make a meal of our fresh breads, a Mixed Green Salad with Lemon Sorbet for Dessert.

Basics of Cooking Session 6

August 6th,   Wednesday Morning
                   

Basics of Cooking
Session Two: Poultry

Participation                 Individual class $59.00
Mardi Burden               10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

In our second week we are going to explore Poultry. We will brine, sauté, grill & roast our chicken, Cornish hens, and turkey. We will also create a simple salad, fresh vegetables, and enjoy fresh fruit and cheese for dessert.

Basics of Cooking

August 6th, Wednesday

Great Grilled Fish                  

Participation                 $59.00
Mardi Burden               6:30 pm-8:30 ish pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

Come learn to prepare great grilled fish! We will make Garlic Grilled Halibut, Ahi Tuna, and Whole Fish, with Husk Grilled Corn, Mixed Green Salad with Fresh Herb Vinaigrette and  Icy Orange/Lemon Sorbet for dessert.

Great Grilled Fish

August 7th, Thursday

Basics of Cooking: Session Six: Egg Cookery

Participation                 Individual class $59.00
Mardi Burden               6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

In the Basics of Egg Cookery we will learn to poach, soft boil, hard boil, beat, whip and bake, and souffle our eggs. We will serve them with a
Mixed Green Salad, Steamed Vegetables, and fresh fruit for dessert.

Basics of Cooking

August 12th, Tuesday
                 
Intermediate Basics of Cooking: Session Seven: Vegetarian Cooking & Stir Fry

Participation                 Individual class $59.00
Mardi Burden               6:00 pm-10:00 pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

In session seven we will learn how to prepare healthy vegetarian meals; including some classic French potato recipes including Pommes Anna,
and Potato & Turnip Purees, Zucchini Spaghetti, Stir Frying vegetables.
We will enjoy our vegetables with steamed white rice and Watermelon Sorbet.

Intermediate Basics of Cooking

August 13th, Wednesday Morning
               
Basics of Cooking: Session Three: Fish & Shellfish

Participation                 Individual class $59.00
Mardi Burden               10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

In week three we will be working with fish and seafood. The lesson plan
will cover, purchasing, handling, and preparing different types of fish and shellfish.
We will prepare fish stock, and poach, sauté and grill our shellfish.
We will complete our meal with a Mixed Green Salad with Lemon-
Thyme Vinaigrette, and Fresh Fruit for dessert.

Basics of Cooking Session Three

August 13th, Wednesday

Healthy Lo-Fat Cooking with Fresh Foods

Participation                 $49.00
Mardi Burden               6:30 pm - 8:30 ish pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

Summer is the perfect time to add more fresh vegetables to our diets.
There is an abundance of vegetables in our gardens and in the markets.
Our lo-fat menu includes grilled tomato appetizer, Grilled Chicken with Mint/Caper Sauce, Herbed Green Beans, Zucchini “Spaghetti” (made with
a Japanese vegetable slicer), Tomato, Onion, and Avocado Salad with
Basil Vinaigrette, and Lemon-Thyme Sorbet for dessert.

August 14th, Thursday

Basics of Cooking: Session Seven: Desserts

Participation                 Individual class $59.00
Mardi Burden               6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Burden Home near La Canada and Magee Roads

WE will explore the wide world of sweets this week and learn to prepare some basic dessert favorites including cheese cake, genoise with
chocolate ganache frosting, choux pastry, and chocolate soufflés.
This session we will also enjoy grilled chicken, with a Mixed Green Salad with Sherry Vinaigrette.