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* Be sure to ask for your
FREE
Most Passionate
Cooks Club
card during class.
We will punch it for each class you attend thereafter.
12 punches earns you
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a 9 Week Certificate Series
SATURDAYS
INSTRUCTORS:
Mardi Burden
Bob Burden
Location:
Burden home near La Canada and Magee Road
The original Basics of Cooking is a beginning to
advanced series of nine cooking classes perfect for cooks who
are just starting out or would like to refresh their
fundamentals.
Every class will feature discussion, demonstrations, and
hands-on-learning exploring a wide variety of culinary concepts.
Mardi has designed this series of classes to teach you good,
basic cooking skills. You will learn, create, and enjoy a new
menu each week while practicing the techniques and knowledge
that have been presented. Our meals include entrees, sides and a dessert of a different fresh fruit
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
Session Nine: Five Course Meal
Please see each particular session for more details about that
class.
Course cost includes; 9 cooking classes, all recipes,
meals,
and a certificate of completion.
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please enroll
early to be assured of a space
You may sign up for individual
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Original Basics of Cooking Full
Course
9 WEEKS Just $500 SAVE $$
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NEXT SESSION BEGINS:
JANUARY 7,
2012
Session One:
Knife Skills
Participation
$59
Mardi
Burden Saturdays 1 pm -
4:30 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,
Knife skills are essential to great cooking. This class teaches
you how to use your knives correctly. You learn what the cooking
terms, small dice, julienne, etc. mean, and also
how to make
these precise cuts. While we are chopping we will also be making
either Minestrone or Southwestern Gazpacho (depending upon the
season) to enjoy as our meal!
Please bring your
8-inch chef's knife to class. (If you do not
have an 8-inch
chef’s knife we can provide one for you).
Our sharpening service
is available during class.
The cost is only $3 per blade
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Session Two:
Chicken and Poultry
Participation
$59 Individual class
Mardi Burden
Saturdays 1 pm - 4:30 pm
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
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Session Three:
Fish and Shellfish
Participation
$64 Individual class
Mardi
Burden
Saturdays 1 pm - 4:30 pm
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.
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Session
Four:
Meats
Participation
$64
Mardi Burden Saturdays 1
pm - 4:30 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.
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