Food calendar
Published 3:51 pm Tuesday, December 4, 2007
A Chef’s Kitchen: Classes with professional chefs, private setting. Unless otherwise noted, classes are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., cost is $55, registration required; 206-406-1517, e-mail achefskitchen@comcast.net.
Gingerbread houses, hands-on with Debbie Bodal: 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 8 or 16 (choose one session), $65 for pair of 1 child and 1 adult.
Christmas cookies, hands-on with Hope Sandler, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 10, $65. Menu: Lemon-lavender shortbread, chocolate cloud cookies, Linzer cookies, chocolate and almond-dipped sandwich cookies, giant chocolate-toffee cookies.
Culinary Arts Society: Meetings 6:30 p.m. second Wednesdays, Camano Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island; 360-387-0222. Membership $10 per year; members must enter 3 dishes a year.
Food editor Braiden Rex-Johnson appears in free events at:
5 to 6 p.m. Dec. 7, Hotel Vintage Park, 1100 Fifth Ave., Seattle; 206-624-8000.
6:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 7, Queen Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Ave. N., Seattle; 206-283-5624.
7 p.m. Dec. 10, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park; 206-366-3316.
J. Matheson Kitchen &Gourmet: 2609 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-258-4589, www.jmatheson.com. Registration required.
Holiday cookie contest, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 8, categories include family recipe cookie, bar cookie, incredibly easy cookie, and death by chocolate cookie, 2 dozen required.
“Twelve Days of Christmas” scavenger hunt celebration, 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 12, 425-258-2287.
Kids’ holiday cookie exchange, hands-on, 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 15, class limited to 10, geared for ages 8 to 12, $22.50 per child, registration required.
Pacific Culinary Studio: 6915 Evergreen Way, Everett; 425-231-9239, www.pacificculinarystudio.com.
Seasonal Serendipity with Leslie Lightner, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 6, $25. Menu: Curried apple and zucchini soup, turkey scaloppini with tomato arugula salsa, organge sherried sweet potatoes, buttermilk biscuits and pear crisp with crumble topping.
Sweet presentations hands-on with Hope Sandler, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Dec. 12, class limited to 16, $48. Topics include chocolate techniques, cooked sugar techniques, utilizing sauces, stencils and powders to decorate plates and more.
Holiday cocktails and little bites with Conni Brownell, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 13, $40. Menu: Mulled wine with griled scallops wrapped in sage and prosciutto, orange drop martini with spicy shortbread bites, Diablos with caramelized onion and goat cheese galetts, calvados champagne cocktail with pork tenderloin and red onion-balsamic marmalade on toasted banquette slices.
Pita King Bakery: 2210 37th St., Everett; 425-258-4040, www.pitakingbakery.com. Connie Eden leads traditional Lebanese cooking classes, with recipes, demonstrations and hands-on experience. Call to register.
Resident Cheesemonger: 405 Main St., Edmonds; 425-640-8949; www.residentcheesemonger.com. Cheese tastings, noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Cheese classes, 6 to 7:30 p.m. third Thursdays, free.
Sweet Basil’s in Edmonds: Reservations required for all classes. Unless otherwise noted, classes take place 7 to 9 p.m., Sweet Basil’s School of Cooking, 5820 156th St. SW, Edmonds; 425-743-7438.
Holiday entertaining, Dec. 11 and 13, $42.50.
Sweet Basil’s at Columbia Winery: 14030 NE 145th St., Woodinville; 425-482-7348. Reservations required for all classes. Unless otherwise noted, classes are 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., $55 per person.
Teatime tips: 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. Dec. 9, Everything Tea shop, 1015 First St., Snohomish; features tea and food pairing ideas and more; reservations requested; 360-568-2267, www.yourcupoftea.org.
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.
