Food Calendar

Central Market: The culinary education department offers free cooking classes each Thursday. Sign up on the clipboard at the kiosk located in the produce department. 15505 Westminster Way, Shoreline; 206-363-9226.

Everyday Eats: Cooking classes require registration. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park; 206-366-3333, www.everydayeats.com.

“You Can Do It!” with various staff members, 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays, through March 27, $225.

Kids Tex Mex dinner, 1 p.m. March 21, $35.

Sushi made easy with Seppo Farrey, 6:30 p.m. March 24, $50.

Casbah cooking with Erika Lamoureux, 6:30 p.m. March 25, $45.

Everything Tea: “Tea Drinker’s Hall of Shame” with tea etiquette instructor, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 20. Talks are every half-hour. 1015 B First St., Snohomish; 360-568-2267.

The Kitchen Door: Registration required. Classes at The Chinook Center and Whidbey Institute’s Thomas Berry Hall, Whidbey Island; 360-730-2322, www.thekitchendoor.net.

Learn knife skills with Shirlee Read and Donna Gerhart of “The Compleat Cook,” 6 to 8:30 p.m. March 23, free.

Olives Gourmet Foods: Weekly cheese tasting, noon to 4 p.m. every Saturday. Free. 107 Fifth Ave. N, Edmonds; 425-771-5757.

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

Entertaining with appetizers with Brett Bumgarner, noon to 1 p.m. March 17, $20.

“The Make Ahead Party” with Betsy Rogers, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 18, $50.

The artisan pantry with Pamela Sheldon Johns, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 19, $65.

“New World Italian” with Tom Rhyneer of Lombardi’s Cucina, 5 to 7 p.m. March 20, $50.

Quick and thrifty with Brett Bumgarner, noon to 1 p.m. March 24, $20.

Shoreline Community College: Cooking classes offered by the Continuing Education Department of SCC. Classes are $35, registration required. SCC, 16101 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle; or Central Market, 15505 Westminster Way N., Shoreline. For registration, call 206-533-6700.

Sno-Isle Natural Foods Co-op: All classes held in the classroom at Sno-Isle Natural Foods Co-op and are free, unless otherwise noted. 2804 Grand Ave., Everett; 425-259-3798.

Controlling cravings with Karl Mincin, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. March 24, $10.

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

A special menu and tasting with Pamela Sheldon Johns, 7 to 9 p.m. March 18, $39.50.

Pasta with Pamela Sheldon Johns, 7 to 9 p.m. March 23, $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.