Canning seminar: 6 to 8:30 p.m. July 22, Arlington Hardware & Lumber, 215 Olympic Ave.; 360-435-5523; $5. Learn from a pro how to do your own water-bath canning, pressure canning and more. Registration required.
Culinary Events Northwest: 425-231-9239; www.culinaryeventsnw.com. Lessons 6:30 to 9 p.m at Albert Lee, 18620 33rd Ave. W., Lynnwood, unless otherwise noted.
• Dressed to thrill: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 20, $40. Main dish summer salads, with Culinary Events director Leslie Lightner. Full-bodied meal-sized salads with unusual collections of ingredients, such as scallop salad with avocado, white corn and sweet onion or grilled flank steak and potato salad.
• Grilled summer fruit and vegetable sides — 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 21, $48. Partial hands-on class, limited to 20. Chef Dawnula Koukol teaches an array of grill-worthy foods and the seasonings, marinades and finishing touches, including tempeh and nectarine skewers with chipotle-honey glaze; stout-marinated seitan and pineapple skewers; and grilled fresh fruit and cake kabobs with apricot-cinnamon glaze.
• Pioneer and Klesick farm tours and grilling excursion: 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 30, $85. Shuttle provided from Lynnwood to Stanwood for a tour of both farms. Then Chris Starkenberg offers an outdoor grilling class featuring products of Pioneer and Klesick farms. Menu includes tenderloin tips diablo; pork medallions wrapped in bacon; roasted spicy sweet corn; and twice-baked potatoes.
• Buckle, Crisp, Cobbler: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 3, $48. Partial hands-on class, limited to 20. Carol Marty, owner of Carol’s Creative Confections, teaches easy and elegant recipes for fruit-filled desserts, such as blueberry vanilla crisp, plum-nectarine buckle, raspberry-rhubarb biscuit cobbler and peach brown betty.
Pacific Culinary Studio: 6915 Evergreen Way, Everett; 425-353-6468; www.pacificculinarystudio.com.
• Small summer plates and wine cocktails: 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 28, $55 (hands-on). Menu includes basil-dressed melon and prosciutto with black pepper-orange mascarpone; rum glazed shrimp and mango; green curry cashew sauce with chicken satay; pear and vanilla mimosa.
• Seafood on the grill: 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 29, $55 (hands-on). Class will feature alder-smoked wild salmon. Also shrimp kebabs with blackberry sauce and cracked Dungeness crab with herbed garlic butter.
Sweet Basil’s School of Cooking: 5820 156th SW, Edmonds; 425-743-7438.
• Staff’s picks for our favorite meals: 7 to 9 p.m. July 21, $44.50. Includes shrimp crostini al limoncello, pesto-stuffed chicken breasts with cherry tomato sauce and tangerine semifreddo with salted almond brittle.
Tutti a Tavola Cooking School: 425-785-1286; www.alltothetable.com. All classes are $30 per adult, 7 to 9 p.m. and taught by Joan Autry, unless otherwise noted. They are held at Le Gourmet Depot, 110 Cedar Avenue, Suite 102, Snohomish, 360-217-7145, www.legourmetdepot.com. Registration at either phone number.
• Girls’ night: July 21. Call for menu.
• Walking the farmers market: July 28. Check out what looks good at the Snohomish Farmers Market, bring it back to the kitchen and prepare it for a meal. Ingredients may include fresh meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, berries, vegetables and legumes. Explore what’s seasonal, how to check for freshness and learn how to shop on your own. (This class is offered several time during the summer, with changing menus.)
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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