This class will offer you a valuable set of culinary techniques to move you along in your kitchen education. 

• Knife Skills
• Cooking Meat to Perfection (Pan-Roasted Chicken)
• Making Flavorful Pan Sauces (Classic Chicken Gravy)
• Roasting Vegetables (Roasted Potatoes + Seasonal Vegetables)
• Blanching Green Vegetables (String Beans with Lemon Gremolata)
• Cooking Leafy Greens (Swiss Chard with Lemon and Garlic)

Everything you ever need to know about choosing, storing, sharpening, holding, and using the most important tool in the kitchen. We will have 8-inch chef's knives for you to practice on, but you are also welcome to bring your own knife. 

• Included in the price is a * knife sharpening stone of your own *, which we will teach you how to use flawlessly before you leave. 
• And so you have something to cook (and eat!) with all your expertly chopped ingredients, we'll also make a meal to share at the end of class, usually a minestrone soup or a vegetable stir-fry.

Learn to make some of your favorite Korean restaurant dishes while exploring the ingredients and cooking techniques that make Korean food so invigorating and delicious.

• Kimchi Mandu (pan-fried pork and kimchi dumplings)
• Doenjang Jjigae (richly-flavored stew with tofu, zucchini and rice cakes)
• Japchae (sweet potato glass noodles with vegetables) 
• Kimchi Fried Rice

This class will offer you a valuable set of culinary techniques to move you along in your kitchen education. 

• Knife Skills
• Cooking Meat to Perfection (Pan-Roasted Chicken)
• Making Flavorful Pan Sauces (Classic Chicken Gravy)
• Roasting Vegetables (Roasted Potatoes + Seasonal Vegetables)
• Blanching Green Vegetables (String Beans with Lemon Gremolata)
• Cooking Leafy Greens (Swiss Chard with Lemon and Garlic)

Knead, roll, boil, and bake your own authentic NYC style bagels and chewy soft pretzels! We'll provide plenty of cream cheese, smoked salmon, and yellow mustard for proper enjoyment. 

• Hand-Rolled Bagels (assorted flavors)
• Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels

A crash course through the breath-taking array of cooking techniques, flavors, spices, and ingredients that make up some of the world's great culinary regions.

Each week we will explore what makes different parts of the world so unique in their culinary styles and flavor profiles, designed to help you  elevate your everyday cooking with a broader set of flavor-building and -balancing tools.

Each class includes a full sit-down meal at the end so you can enjoy everything you cooked.


START DATE + REMAINING CLASS DATES:

• Tuesday, May 19, 6-9pm + 5/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16 - Chef Erica Wides

WEEK #1:…

This class is designed to be the end-all-be-all for your seasoning questions. We cover all of the following, and cook up a variety of different dishes that incorporate these techniques:

• ​Identifying every herb and spice available to you in the supermarket 
• When to choose herbs vs. spices
• Food pairings (what herbs/spices pair well with what meats, vegetables, starches, fruit)
• Medicinal properties
• Where to buy
• How to store

To highlight these teachings, we'll make a spiced rice pilaf, Indian lentil dal with aromatic butter, and fattoush (a Middle Eastern chopped salad with spiced pita chips and fresh…

Tacos made from homemade corn tortillas are unbeatable. And believe us when we say they are ridiculously easy and fun to make. We'll fill them with all kinds of delicious ingredients and you will look forward to your excuse to throw a taco party. 

• ​Guacamole en Molcajete (made in a mortar and pestle)
• Homemade Masa Corn Tortillas
• Three Taco Fillings: Spice-Rubbed Skirt Steak, Green Chile Chicken, and Poblano-Zucchini-Mushroom
• Pickled Red Onions

When you start with duck, you can't go wrong. Learn how to use every part, from the breast to the legs to the all-important drippings.

• Crispy Duck Breast with Cherry-Thyme Jus
• Duck Confit (legs cooked in rendered fat to lusciousness)
•      over Frisee Lettuce Salad
• Crisp Potato Galettes Cooked in Duck Fat
• Quick Duck Stock

Learn the secrets to using Indian spices and cooking techniques, so you can make all of your Indian restaurant favorites at home. 

• ​Saag Paneer (with Homemade Paneer)
• Morgh Chole (Chicken and Chickpea Curry)
• Lentil Dal with Spiced Butter
• Cilantro-Mint Chutney
• Steamed Basmati Rice

This hands-on, skills-based series covers all the basic skills you'll need to feel comfortable and creative in the kitchen.
 
We'll focus on each cooking technique, using multiple ingredients to drive it home, so you leave confident to cook up most any food in your own home kitchen.

Each class concludes with a full sit-down meal where you and fellow classmates enjoy everything you cooked.

WAITLIST:
If none of the start dates work for you, please join our general Boot Camp Waitlist. We'll alert you when new sessions are added. If you don't want to wait, please consider our DIY Culinary Boot Camp op…

We will explore all the different ways to create flavorful sauces for different types of food, from classic “mother” sauces and pan sauces to vegetable and herb purées.

• Sauces for Vegetables (vinaigrette variations + beurre blanc)
• Sauces for Meat (pan gravies)
• Stand Alone Sauces (vegetable and herb sauces: romesco sauce + fresh green herb sauce)