Meanwhile, we have a full schedule of cooking classes underway during August. It's not too late to plan an evening out this summer! Access the August Schedule and details for each class here.
Monday, August 8th ● Mac McBride - Sullivan University - Lexington Campus ● "Honoring Heirloom Tomatoes" ● $45.00 ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● Demonstration Class It's that wonderful time of year; when vines in the garden are heavy with sun ripened heirloom tomatoes of all shapes, sizes and colors! Learn how to turn these beauties into divine dishes. Menu: Homemade Bloody Mary ● Heirloom Tomato Marmalade on Fresh Baked Bread ● Pan Sauteed Lump Crab Cakes with Heirloom Tomato-Sweet Corn Relish & Citrus Remoulade ● Heirloom Tomato & Avocado Salad with a Lime Herb Vinaigrette Dressing ● Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Smoked Heirloom Tomato Jalapeno Vinaigrette served with Roasted Heirloom Tomato Risotto ● Heirloom Tomato Sorbet
Saturday, August 13th - SOLD OUT! ● Mike Cunha - Sullivan University & Limestone ● "Date Night" ● $65.00 per couple ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● Hands On Class! ● Menu: New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp ● Seared Breast of Chicken with Seafood Creole Sauce ● Bourbon Bananas Foster over Vanilla Ice Cream
Wednesday, August 17th ● John Plymale - Porcini ● "It's State Fair Time" ● $45.00 ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm Demonstration Class ● When the state fair comes to town, responsible adults become playful children, spending their days and nights exploring the many exhibits, riding rides, playing games of chance but most of all, throwing caution to the wind and indulging in those treats only found at the fair. Why let this be the only time you can enjoy these treats? Learn to make them in our own kitchen to the delight of your family! Menu: Corn Dogs with Homemade Green Tomato Ketchup ● Grilled Italian Sausages smothered in Peppers & Onions ● Grilled Corn on the Cob with Herb Butter ● Caramel Apples ● Funnel Cakes with Fresh Pineapple Sauce ● Lemonade Shake Ups ● Peanut Butter Fudge and who knows what else may be in store!
Friday, August 19th ● David Moeller - Sullivan University ● "Date Night" ● $65.00 per couple ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● Hands On Class! ● Menu: Saffron Risotto with Melted Leeks and Crisp Bacon ● Seared Scaloppini of Chicken with Oven Dried Tomato & Blue Cheese Veloute ● Lemon Curd Tarts with Marinated Strawberries and Sweet Cream
Saturday, August 20th ● David Moeller - Sullivan University ● $45.00 ● "Advanced Sauce Techniques" · 11:30 - 2:00 pm ● Hands On Class! Sauces can transform a plain piece of chicken, steak or pork into an entree you would be proud to serve to a special guest. Learn how sauces pair with different foods, learn about contrasting flavors as well as sauce finishing techniques. Once you have learned stocks and mother sauces you are ready to move on to more advanced sauces. Menu: Demi Glace (highly concentrated base for many sauces) ● Beurre Blanc (white wine butter sauce) ● Beurre Rouge (red wine butter sauce) ● Bordelaise (red wine demi glace based sauce) ● Gastrique (a syrupy reduction of caramelized sugar & vinegar) ● Maitre D'Hotel Butter (a compound butter) ● Port Wine Currant Sauce
Monday, August 22nd ● Cathy Webb - Cathy's Designer Cookies ● $45.00 ● "Preserving The Fruits of Summer" ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● Demonstration Class The fruits of Summer are abundant. Why not capitalize on this time of year to turn them into homemade Jams, Jellies, Conserves, Syrups, Fruit Butters, Curds, Marmalades and Vinegars? Cathy will teach the techniques of making these treats, giving you the chance to keep the taste of Summer all year long! These would make wonderful Holiday gifts!
Tuesday, August 23rd ● Cathy Webb - Cathy's Designer Cookies ● $45.00 ● "Summertime Milk & Cookies" ● 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● Demonstration Class What more is there to say? Everyone, young and old, loves milk and cookies! Menu: Ginger Infused Milk Float with Lavender Ice Cream served with Scottish Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies ● Frozen Hot Chocolate served with Toffee Oatmeal Cookies ● Pineapple Mango Milk with Spicy Lime served in a Salt Rimmed Glass and an accompaniment of the Best Lemon Bars ● Old Fashioned Black Cow served with Cherry Almond Bars. You will go home with these recipes as well as those for a Homemade Caramel Milkshake served with Macadamia Nut Freezer Cookies - and - Strawberry Lemonade Punch served with Lime Puff Cookies. YUMMY!
Wednesday, August 24th ● Lelia Gentle - DreamCatcher Farm ● $45.00 ● "Stan's Last Stand!" 6:30 - 9:00 pm ● Demonstration Class It's been two months since Stan's Fish Sandwich ended its 24 year run and closed their doors on May 28, 2011. If you are like me, I need a Stan's fix! Lelia, co-owner of the late Stan's, understands out plight and, in this class, will teach us how to make some of her customer's favorites, in our own kitchen. Menu: Stan's Clam Chowder ● Stan's Cole Slaw ● Properly Fried Fish Sandwich with Stan's Tartar Sauce ● Fried Shrimp with Stan's Cocktail Sauce ● Hush Puppies
Saturday, August 27th ● Mike Cunha - Sullivan University & Limestone ● "Date Night" ● $65.00 per couple ● 6:30 - 8:30 pm ● Hands On Class! ● Menu: Kentucky Country Ham Grit Cakes with Shrimp and Red Eye Gravy ● Beef Tenderloin with Cognac & Green Peppercorn Sauce ● Peach Cobbler with Vanilla Rum Scented Cream
View more available classes in our latest Class Brochure. Click here!
The Fall Schedule is in the works and will be out in mid-to-late August. We'll let you know all the details soon!
|