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A FESTIVE FALL TEA
One Night
Brandy Chandler
Join us for this
fun, festive fall tea with all new pumpkin treats and ideas.
Enjoy the fresh flavors of the fall!
Learn new tips on setting that special table to delight
your guests. Taste
and try the new recipes to enhance your palate.
Come have an evening of fun and enjoy meeting new
friends. Take home a
door prize and/or gift!
Don’t miss out on this tea Party and a night you will
always remember! A
$15 materials fee will be payable to the instructor the night of
class.
Class size limited to 15.
Wednesday, October 27
6:30-8:30 p.m.
$10**
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AROMATIC ODYSSEYS – ASIA
One Night
Andree Fucci, CA, DRM
Discover the joys
of world cuisine as we travel around the globe immersing
ourselves in the aromas, flavours, textures and foods of distant
cultures. Asian
cuisine is noted for being one of the healthiest, most delicious
and exotically diverse in the world.
We’ll be introduced to a unique palette of Asian aromas,
tastes, colors and some truly funky ingredient and flavor
combinations that will open up a world of enticingly edible
possibilities.
Explore exotic fruits and flavors like adzuki bean, black
sesame, cardamom, cilantro, galangal, kaffir lime, lemongrass,
lychees, palm sugar and sticky black rice.
Learn how to add healthy Asian freshness and flavors
while we flip our concepts of what food and cooking is all
about. Come open,
ready to have fun and develop creativity in the kitchen while we
travel throughout Asia.
After our journeys, we’ll sample a sublime selection of
exotic delicacies such as Indonesian Chicken Satay Sticks, Thai
Coleslaw and Ginger Lime Fruit Salad.
No passport required!
A materials fee of $15 is payable to the instructor the
night of class which includes recipes and tips.
Andree Fucci is an Internationally Certified
Aromatherapist and her love of world cuisine developed as a
global traveler who’s lived in Australia, France and Montreal.
Wednesday, October
13
6:30-9:00 p.m.
$10**
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CHICKEN WITH A GOURMET SAUCE FOR EVERY NIGHT
One Night
Amy Kantor, Chef and Co-owner
The Omelette King Catering
Back by popular
demand! Wondering
how restaurants make those “killer” gourmet sauces for chicken?
You too can create menu classics such as chicken marsala,
ala vodka picatta, ala orange and chicken scarpiello, in
minutes. Join local
caterer Amy Kantor to find out how!
Dinner will never be the same for family or company!
A materials fee of
$16 payable to Amy Kantor should be included with your
registration. Class
size limited to 15.
Tuesday, October 5 6:30-9:30 p.m. $10**
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CREATIVE
COOKING WITH YOUR OWN HOMEGROWN HERBS
One Night
Suzanne Balet Haight
Susan Dugan
Join Suzanne and
Susan for this fun-filled evening preparing and eating a meal
made with fresh homegrown herbs.
Not only will you enjoy eating the fruits of your labor,
you will also make your own container herb garden so you can
share these great foods with your family too!
Learn tips on preserving
your herbs for winter so you can have fresh flavor all year
long! Materials fee
of $24 payable to the instructor includes not only your meal,
but the container herb garden products as well.
Class size limited to 15.
Tuesday, October 12
6:30-9:30 p.m.
$10**
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ENOTECA
EXPERIENCE
One Night
John and Cathy Lanci
Formerly Lanci’s Ristorante
Enjoy an atmosphere
of Italian nightlife as we prepare a number of small plates
enoteca style. In
many Italian cities, large and small, establishments offer
samplings of wine accompanied by food.
While we cannot offer the wine sampling, suggestions will
be provided for you to experience at home.
John and Cathy Lanci will prepare 3 savory dishes and one
dessert. These
dishes will demonstrate the ease and speed of creating your own
enoteca wine bar for your guests.
Recipes and wine pairing suggestions included.
A $15 materials
fee payable to John Lanci should be included with your
registration.
Class size limited to 25.
Monday, October 18 6:30-9:00 p.m. $10**
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FUN WITH
PHYLLO DOUGH
One Night
Amy Kantor, Chef and Co-Owner
The Omelette King Catering
Back by popular
demand…Greek phyllo lamb lasagna with tomatoes, herbs and feta.
Sounds difficult, but it is easy working with this
versatile thin pastry dough.
We’ll also make original apple strudel using some of our
great fall bounty of Macs and Empires, and the holiday crowd
pleasing appetizer of brie cheese wrapped in phyllo with
raspberry preserves.
A materials fee of $16
payable to Amy Kantor should be included when sending in your
registration.
Class size limited to 15.
Tuesday, October 26
6:30-9:30 p.m.
$10**
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PENNY-PINCHING YOUR WAY TO SCANDALOUSLY GOOD FOOD
One Night
Dolly Adriatico
Do you really want
a rosemary-garlic-red onion-parmesan focaccia tonight but don’t
want to create a big gap in your weekly food budget?
(make your own for about 60₵)
Do you really love that spice blend, but feel guilty
paying almost $5.00 for it?
(make your own for under 50₵).
Learn how to get better use from your crock pot and
create delicious stews/soups/sauces and even desserts.
Learn when and how to skimp/substitute on ingredients
while creating gourmet-worthy meals. Come join us for an evening
filled with tasty treats and ideas for maximizing food storage,
saving money, time and maybe even your sanity while preparing
deliciously frugal goodies right in your own kitchen - great
recipes included.
Choose to refuse paying top dollar for foods that you can simply
and cheaply re-create at home! Materials
fee of $12 payable to instructor the night of class.
Wednesday, September 29 6:00-8:30 p.m. $10**
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SOUP’S ON!
One Night
Amy Kantor
Stretch your food
budget with soup in these lean economic times.
We’ll put up a pot of three traditional favorites, all
vegetarian: mushroom
barley in a rich golden broth with beer and sherry, butternut
squash with cream and a dash of hazelnut liqueur and minestrone
with several bean varieties and plenty of veggies.
Bring your own microwaveable containers for taking some
home.
Materials fee of $16 payable to Amy Kantor should be included when
sending in your registration.
Limit 15.
Tuesday, November 2 6:30-9:30 p.m. $10**
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THAI FOR DUMMIES
One Night
Amy Kantor
Exotic, yes.
Difficult, no!
Pad Thai, with its piquant, nutty flavor, has delighted
and intrigued American restaurant goers since the 90’s.
But the dish of rice noodles, eggs, shrimp and chicken
(and loads of veggies), is not that hard to make.
There will be two bonus entrees:
Thai Coconut Curry with green chili paste and Noodles in
a Secret Spicy Peanut Sauce.
Several unique seasonings in each dish will open your
palate to entirely new dining options.
A materials fee of $16 payable to Amy Kantor should be included when
sending in your registration.
Class size limited
to 15.
Tuesday, October 19 6:30-9:30 p.m. $10**
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THE AROMATIC KITCHEN
One Night
Andree Fucci, CA, DRM
Discover culinary secrets to add a zesty burst of aromas and
flavors to your meals.
Learn new ways to prepare food using essential oils and
herbs and spices to create excitement, add taste and nutritional
benefits. We are
what we eat. Learn
how to improve digestion, cleanse and detoxify our liver,
kidneys and skin simply by using the therapeutic properties of
these fragrant ingredients in our meals.
Fresh, fragrant and above all fast, we’ll discover easy
to prepare dishes that maximize flavor and pleasure.
Learn professional secrets and short cuts.
This class will change the way we perceive and prepare
our meals. We’ll
prepare and savor a splendidly simple selection of wonderfully
aromatic and flavorful dishes like:
Minted Carrot Salad, Lexie’s Famous Louisiana Black Bean
Soup and Lavender Shortbread Cookies.
A materials fee of $15 is payable to instructor the night
of class which includes recipes and tips.
Andree Fucci is an Internationally Certified
Aromatherapist who learned the art of fine cooking from her
French mother, who emphasized always using the finest, freshest
ingredients. She has
worked in some of the finest restaurants in the Capital Region
and Sydney, Australia and her cooking style is best described as
Global Fusion.
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