Price: $75.00 Member Price: $65.00 A two-hour tasting seminar of six wines, served with crackers to cleanse the palate. We highly recommend eating a heavy snack or meal before arriving. Whether you’re new to wine or have been drinking it for years, a guided lesson in properly tasting it will open your eyes to how to enjoy it even more. This class will give you a solid foundation to explore and enjoy wine without intimidation or hesitation. You will learn…

Price: $85.00 Member Price: $75.00 A hands-on cooking class culminating in a family-style dinner served with wine and beer. Copies of Jessica's books will be available for purchase. We're pumped to welcome Jessica Battilana into our kitchen to kick off a series of classes inspired by her book and column in the San Francisco Chronicle, Repertoire. Every home cook needs an essential collection of durable, delicious, recipes for all seasons. This class will teach your four MVP recipes for cold…

Price: $100.00 Member Price: $90.00 A hands-on cooking class culminating in dinner served with wine and beer. France in the past may not have been seen as a haven for vegetarians – in fact, it was often thought that being a vegetarian meant that you didn’t eat beef. But in recent years, France has seen a shift towards a more vegetarian friendly diet. With the abundance of affordable fruits and vegetables found in local markets, vegetarian dishes have replaced meat…

Price: $75.00 Member Price: $65.00 A three hour hands on cooking class with demonstrations. Students will enjoy a light meal with wine, and take home miso to ferment at home. We are pleased to welcome Hiroko Greenberg to our classroom, as she is visits us from Nevada City, where she regularly shares her knowledge at the Briarpatch Co-Op Community Cooking School. Miso has been traditionally made at home in Japan for many years, and has entered American kitchens as a…

Price: $95.00 Member Price: $85.00 A hands-on cooking class culminating in a family-style dinner served with wine Fan of the many farmers' markets in our region? Perhaps going to them is a weekly ritual and you might already shop it like a (home) chef, looking for what’s in season. It’s also a veritable wonderland for the foodie looking to discover new flavors and favorites! Join Annelies in the kitchen as we bring color and spice to the winter table. MENU…

Price: $80.00 Member Price: $70.00 A hands-on cooking class culminating in family-style dinner served with wine and beer. If you love chili and want an excuse to eat a bunch of them while only doing the work for one, it’s time to get your chili cook-off on! Leena has hosted chili cook-offs on two different continents over the past decade, and has researched the history of chili in the U.S. At this class/mini cook-off, you’ll learn the basic rules of…

Price: $95.00 Member Price: $85.00 A hands-on baking class. Class is limited to 12 students. Alongside the tasting of baked goods, a seasonal salad will be served with wine and beer. In this new baking class, we turn our attention to our northern neighbors in Scandinavia. For the past few years, we've noticed an increase in Scandinavian culture and food in the US and we know quite a few of our community members are interested in learning more. Jennifer, our…

Price: $85.00 Member Price: $75.00 A hands-on cooking class culminating in a family-style dinner served with wine and beer. Copies of Jessica's book will be available for purchase. Struggling to get a meal on the table during that sliver of time you have between getting home from work and going to bed? Fear not—this class will equip you with a stable of sturdy, quick, recipes that will become staples (and ones your children will likely eat, too). This is a…

Price: $105.00 Member Price: $95.00 A hands-on cooking class culminating in dinner served with wine, beer, or sparkling water. Fad diets come and go, and we typically do not cover them in our classroom. However, the Keto diet is increasingly popular, and the new year motivates many people to consider diet changes. We admire the diet's approach to being mindful of eating whole, unprocessed food, avoiding foods high in sugar, and being conscious of how foods affect your body and…

Price: $105.00 Member Price: $95.00 A hands-on cooking class culminating in dinner served with wine and beer. In traditional Chinese households, food is consumed for both its taste and its therapeutic properties. In this course, Linda Tay Esposito will show us how to use some of the more “common” Chinese herbs, such as ginseng (for fortifying energy), melons (for cleansing), and fresh ginger (for “chasing” wind from the body). The art of Chinese healing foods is about balancing eneriges (yin…

Price: $85.00 Member Price: $75.00 A hands-on cooking class culminating in dinner served with wine. It's not that the accomplished Italian cooks in your life do not want to reveal their secret gnocchi recipe, it's just that they don't have one. Potato gnocchi success lies in the senses, not the pages of a book. Our resident Italian instructor, Viola, will start with a few tips on shopping and prepping and then lead you through the sensorial engagement needed to turn…

Price: $15.00 We kick off 2019's Community Dinners with a big bowl of nourishment from a new chef in our kitchen! Annie visited a Community Dinner in 2018 and her introduction to 18 Reasons inspired her to reach out to us and offer her skill in our kitchen. Her choice to cook chicken matzo ball soup is an homage to her childhood and an offering of warmth and nostalgia to guests at our table. In Annie's words: Chicken soup is…