Food calendar
Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, August 29, 2006
A Chef’s Kitchen: Cooking classes with professional chefs in a private setting, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted; $55, registration required; 206-406-1517, e-mail achefskitchen@comcast.net.
Cooking at Columbia Winery: Sweet Basil’s School of Cooking presents a series of wine dinners from 7 to 9 p.m., first Tuesdays. Dinners include recipes, demonstrations and wine tasting, $40. Registration required; 425-482-7348; www.columbiawinery.com.
* Contemporary Southwest, Sept. 12.
Cooking Wheatless: Learn how to prepare wheat-free meals at a home-based culinary studio in Mukilteo. Classes are 7 to 9 p.m., $40 includes recipe packets and food samples; heidi@cookingwheatless.com, www.cookingwheatless.com.
* Baking favorites III, 7 p.m. Sept. 29.
J. Matheson Kitchen &Gourmet: 2609 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-258-4589, www.jmatheson.comcq. Registration required.
* “Northwest Cuisine,” 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 12, with chef Tom Douglas showcasing recipes from his new cookbook “I Love Crabcakes”; $65.
* “Kids Get Hooked on Cooking”: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 16, hands-on with Nan Wilkinson of Pave Bakery; $20.
* “Bounty of Fall”: Butternut soup, baked apples and pumpkin bread; 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 19, innkeeper Theresa Schaudies of Gaylord House demonstrates; $35.
* Japanese cooking; 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 21, Itsgo Iwata of Osaka, Japan, demonstrates, $35.
* “Pizza Pizzazz”: pizza geared to ages 12-plus and parents; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 23 with Paula Erickson; $20 for kids, $30 for adults.
Pacific Culinary Studio: Pacific Culinary Studio, 6915 Evergreen Way, Everett, 425-231-9239 or www.pacificculinarystudio.com.
* “Contempoary Mexican”: Mango-avocado salad with bacon, blue cheese and toasted pepitas; classic tortilla soup; smoky pork and chorizo soft tacos; one-skillet apple crepes with Mexican caramel sauce; and the perfect mojito; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 14; $40.
* “Fried, Wrapped and Rolled”: three fabulous meals from one package of boneless skinless chicken breasts; noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 20: $22.
* “Art of the Butcher”: beef tenderloin, New York strip, bone-in pork tenderloin: demystify the cuts of meat, then create dishes from them; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 21; $45.
* “Five Ingredient Thai cooking”: Learn to make pan-fried garlic pork; prawns in green curry with Thai eggplant; stir-fried spicy chicken with cashew and sweet onion; seasonal white fish with three-flavor sauce; and brown sugar kobacha squash and taro dumpling in warm coconut milk; 5 tp 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23; $50.
* “Fall Harvest: the Flavors of Fall”: sweet pumpkin, maple, walnuts, apples and cinnamon; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 28. $40.
Resident Cheesemonger: 405 Main St., Edmonds; 425-640-8949. Weekly cheese tastings, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Cheese classes, 6 p.m. first Thursday of each month, free.
Sweet Basil’s in Edmonds: Reservations required for all classes. Sweet Basil’s School of Cooking, 5820 156th St. SW, Edmonds; 425-743-7438.
* “Garlic Festival,” 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 14, caponata, roasted garlic soup with prosciutto and gruyere, presto-stuffed salmon and plum cobbler with cinnamon biscuits; $39.50.
* “Steak on the Grill,” 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 21, barbecued tri-tip with caramelized red onions, herb and cheese French fries and braised green beans with tomato and fennel, and peanut butter cream tart; $39.50.
To have your cooking class or food event published, send it to Food Calendar, The Herald Features Department, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206, or e-mail it to features@ heraldnet.com.
