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.
* “Cooking With Wild Mushrooms,” Nov. 7.
Cooking Wheatless Culinary Studio: www.cookingwheatless.com or e-mail heidi@cookingwheatless.com to register or to get driving instructions.
* “Gluten-Free Holiday Favorites,” 7 p.m. Nov. 3; crusts for Quebec Maple and no-bake pumpkin-coconut pies; popovers; sage and onion rolls in lieu of traditional stuffing. 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 a year.
* Nov. 8, first courses and side dishes.
J. Matheson Kitchen &Gourmet: 2609 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-258-4589, www.jmatheson.com. Registration required.
* “West Coast Cooking,” 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 2, Greg Atkinson autographs copies of his new cookbook. Class, $65; menu includes quick and easy pseudo sourdough rolls; kabocha squash soup with roasted red pepper puree; tonkatsu with dried plum sauce and shredded cabbage; orange sunshine tart with whipped cream.
* ” Blue Ribbon Pies,” 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 4, Ron Bryan’s tips for the flakiest pie crust ever; $35.
* “Greek Cuisine,” 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 9, Anne Erickson and Andre Anna Zatirapoulous move through Greek cooking’s delicacies from Dolmathes to baklava; $25.
Kusler’s: 700 Ave. D, Snohomish; 360-568-7787; www.kuslers.com.
* “Amazingly Appetizing Appetizers,” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1 and 8, chefs Jeff and Doree Pratt, owners of A Spice for All Seasons, Stilton butterflies; gruyere and caramelized onion crostini; won ton purses; mulled wine; an encore presentation of stuffed grapes; $35.
Lombardi’s: 1620 W. Marine View Drive, Everett; 425-252-1886, www.lombardisitalian.com.
* “Dinner and wine”: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 9, Diane Symms, owner of Lombardi’s Neighborhood Italian Restaurants, and Chef Matthew Romeo celebrate garlic cuisine with a five course gourmet dinner, featuring the wines of famed Tuscan vintner Rocca delle Macie. $75, including tax and gratuity. Reservations required. The Kitchen Door: 3964 Little Dirt Road, Langley, 360-730-2322, www.thekitchendoor.net.
* “Ready for Thanksgiving”: Pie-making class, 1 to 5 p.m. Nov. 12, Deer Lagoon Grange Hall, 5140 Bayview Road, Whidbey Island. Class size limited to eight. Call or email shirlee@thekitchendoor.net to register, $95, registration is confirmed with payment.
Pacific Culinary Studio: Pacific Culinary Studio, 6915 Evergreen Way, Everett, 425-231-9239, www.pacificculinarystudio.com.
* A New Spin on “All the Trimmings”: Noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 1, $22. Tired of the same old holiday sides? Add some unexpected recipes to that holiday spread. On the menu: Asiago potato &bacon gratin; creme brulee style sweet potatoes and caramelized pearl onions.
* “Java Cuisine”: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 2, $40. A class for Northwest coffee aficionados and culinarians alike. Coffee and ancho chile rubbed short ribs, grilled flank steak with coffee and black pepper marinade, coffee-brandy crme brulee; spiced coffee with spiked whipped cream and bourbon mocha.
* “Crock Pot Gourmet’: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 8; Chef Susan Klingler shows how to make something extraordinary in the crockpot: coq au vin, Turkish lamb and pin nut balls; pork chops in orange sauce and ravioli casserole; $40.
* “Thanksgiving in Two Hours or Less”: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Nov. 9, chef and culinary instructor James White demonstrates time-saving tips with a turkey as well as the turkey, stuffing, yams, gravy and garlic mashed potatoes; $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.
* “A French Holiday With Chef Betrand de Boutray,” 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 9, asparagus with caviar and mousseline sauce, roast beef with shallot confit, port wine sauce and chestnut puree, followed by citrus custard tarts with caramelized figs; $42.50.
* “Apple Cup Feast,” 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 14; Cougar cocktails and mini-pizzas with slow-cooked beef brisket sandwiches; with purple and gold grilled potato salad, Husky slaw, Dawn cookies and upside-down butterscotch apple sour cream cake; $39.50.
Top Food &Drug store: 21900 Hwy. 99, Edmonds; 425-672-4545, www.TopFoods.com.
* 10 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 4, turkey-cooking expert Mary Clingman will talk with shoppers and demonstrate with Butterball products.
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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