a Nine Week Series
TUESDAY NIGHTS
Participation $500 for all 9 weeks,
or $59 for individual session
Mardi Burden 6:30 pm -10:00 pm
Location:
Burden home near La Canada and Magee Road
The Basics of Cooking is a beginning series of cooking classes
perfect for cooks who are just starting out or would like
to refresh their fundamentals. The nine week series of classes
consist of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on-classes
exploring a wide variety of culinary concepts..
Mardi has designed this series of classes to teach you good,
basic cooking skills. We will learn, create, and enjoy a new
menu each week, including a dessert of a different fresh fruit
each week, paired with a different cheese each week. The series includes: Session One: Knife Skills, Stocks, and Sauces
Session Two: Chicken and Poultry
Session Three: Fish and Shellfish
Session Four: Meat
Session Five: Starches, Grains, and Vegetables
Session Six: Egg Cookery
Session Seven: Desserts
Session Eight: Hors D’ Oeuvres with guest Chef Denis Soderman
Session Nine: Five Course Meal
Please see each particular session for more details about that
class.
Course cost includes; nine 4 hour cooking classes, all recipes,
meals,
and a certificate of completion and one guest meal for the last
session.
(You must have participated in four prior Basics classes to
qualify
for the final class)
please enroll
early to be assured of a space
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NEXT SESSION BEGINS:
JANUARY 6, 2009 TUESDAY nights
Session One:
Knife Skills, Stocks and Sauces
Participation
Mardi
Burden
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location:
Burden home near La Canada and Magee Road
In our
first week of the Basics of Cooking Series we will learn knife
skills, safe cooking practices, cooking utensils and equipment,
their names and use, and how to make chicken, veal, and
vegetable stocks. We will create
5 Foundation Sauces: Espagnole, Bechamel, Veloute, Hollandaise,
and Tomato Sauce.
The Basics of Cooking
Session One
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Session Two:
Chicken and Poultry
Participation
$59 Individual class
Mardi Burden
6:30 pm -10:00 pm
Location: Burden home near
La Canada and Magee Road
In our second week we are
going to explore chicken and poultry.
We will brine, sauté, grill, and roast chicken, turkey and Cornish
hens. We will also create a simple salad, fresh vegetables and
enjoy fresh fruit with cheese for dessert
Basics of Cooking
Session 2
$59 Quantity:
Session Three:
Fish and Shellfish
Participation
Mardi
Burden 6:30 pm -10:00 pm
Location:
Burden home near La Canada and Magee Road
In week
three of the Basics of Cooking Series we will be working
with fish and shellfish.
Our lesson
will include purchasing, handling, and preparing different
kinds of fish and shellfish. We will prepare stock, and poach,
sauté,
and grill our fish and Shellfish. And of course enjoy our
efforts with a
salad, vegetable, and fresh fruit and cheese for dessert.
Basics of Cooking
Session 3
$59
Quantity:
Session
Four:
Meats
Participation
Mardi Burden 6:30 pm -10:00 pm
Location: Burden home near La Canada and Magee Road
In
week four of the Basics of Cooking we will learn how to sauté,
braise, roast, and grill; beef, lamb and pork, and also how to
identify the different cuts. Of course we will also enjoy a meal
including salad, vegetable, and a dessert of fresh fruit and cheese.
