Food calendar

  • Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:00pm
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A Chef’s Kitchen: Classes with professional chefs, 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, 7 to 9 p.m. first Tuesdays. Includes recipes, demonstrations and wine tasting, $40. Registration required; 425-482-7348; www.columbiawinery.com.

* Noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3, holiday music, tasty treats and wine tasting, free.

Cooking Wheatless Culinary Studio: www.cookingwheatless.com or e-mail heidi@cookingwheatless.com to register or to get driving instructions.

* 10 a.m. to noon, Dec. 2: Gluten-free yuletide favorites: Dark and moist gingerbread, orange-raisin panettone bread, chocolate-peppermint cookies and pecan snowball cookies; $40.

Culinary Arts Society: Meetings 6:30 p.m. Camano Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island; 360-387-0222. Membership $10 a year, members must enter three dishes in year.

J. Matheson Kitchen &Gourmet: 2609 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-258-4589, www.jmatheson.com. Registration required.

* “Homemade Bread,” 6 to 8 p.m. Nov.15, Paula Erickson’s homemade breads can be made with anyone’s kitchen equipment; $30.

* Maryana Vollstedt signs copies of “Meatloaf: Recipes for Everyone’s Favorite,” noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 16, free, open to public.

* “Cuisine from The Herbfarm Restaurant,” 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 18, Jerry Traunfeld’s menu includes dilled celery; pear and hazelnut salad; chestnut-sage soup, marjoram mushroom bread pudding, lavender crusted duck breast with huckleberry sauce; pumpkin bay tart with praline cream; $71.50.

Kusler’s: 700 Ave. D, Snohomish; 360-568-7787; www.kuslers.com.

* “Turkey Dinner Special,” 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 16; chef James White shows how to debone and cook the turkey, turn stock into sauce, make stuffing, fresh sweet potatoes and vegetables, and cranberry sauce; $50.

Pacific Culinary Studio: Pacific Culinary Studio, 6915 Evergreen Way, Everett, 425-231-9239, www.pacificculinarystudio.com.

* “Savory Crepes,” noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 15; roasted autumn vegetable crepes, moo shu pork crepes and chicken and mushroom crepes; $22.

* “Food and Wine Pairing for the Holidays,” 6:30 to 8:30 Nov. 16; matching courses with domestic and imported wines; $45.

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.

* “What Makes Brie a Brie,” Nov. 16.

Sweet Basil’s in Edmonds: Reservations required for all classes. Sweet Basil’s School of Cooking, 5820 156th St. SW, Edmonds; 425-743-7438.

* “Tree-Trimming Party,” 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 30; cranberry sparking cocktails, spicy popcorn munch, spinach and chicken mostaccioli casserole, with winter fruits in Madeira and a seasonal salad, followed by cranberry orange cheesecake with chocolate crust; $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.

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