Food calendar
Published 6:46 pm Tuesday, December 11, 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. 16, $65 for pair of 1 child and 1 adult.
Christianson’s Nursery and Greenhouse: 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon; 360-466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com.
Sweet Herbal Endings, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 15 in the schoolhouse, $10, reservations required. Menu: Fennel cookies, tarragon wafers, buche de noel, yuke log cake with marzipan mushrooms and chocolate bark.
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.
J. Matheson Kitchen &Gourmet: 2609 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-258-4589, www.jmatheson.com. Registration 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, no parents allowed, $22.50 per child, registration required. Cookies made will include cut-out shortbread cookies, chocolate drop cookies and rice crispy treats.
Pacific Culinary Studio: 6915 Evergreen Way, Everett; 425-231-9239, www.pacificculinarystudio.com.
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.
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.
