Technique & Fundamentals

You will learn:
- About what knives to buy that are right for you (here's a hint, you won't need that big knife block on the kitchen counter!)
- How to hold your knife properly
- How to maintain and care for your knives
- How to dice chop onions, carrots, celery, garlic, tomatoes, bell peppers, and herbs with rapid speed! (hopefully)
- How to become a ninja warrior! (maybe)

In this class, you will learn to cut:
- A Whole Chicken (learn to cut breast meat, drumsticks, thighs, keeping the much sought after "oyster", and saving the bones to make wonderful stock for your soups and sauces)
- A Whole Fish (learn how to cut the skin off cleanly, and how to cut filets on a snapper or other round fish, saving the precious fish bones to make a flavorful soup and fish stock);

- Poached Chicken Breast with Cannellini Beans
- Leeks, Cream and Oregano
- Irish Beef Stew
- Jamaican Jerk Chicken
- Marinated Pork with Apricot Sauce

- Simple Focaccia
- Neapolitan style Pizza Margherita
- Cinnamon Rolls

- Beef Stock
- Chicken Stock
- Seafood/Lobster Stock
- Chicken Enchilada Soup
- Tomato Basil Soup
- Lobster Bisque
- Seasonal Minestrone Soup

- Lamb Sausage
- Deer Sausage
- Pork-Style Sausages
- Spice Blends
- Learn How to Cure and Smoke Meats

- Perfect Risotto (made with parmesan, lemon, and spring-fresh peas)
- Lemon Curry Basmati Rice (a unique rice that will often become your long-grain white rice replacement)
- The Best French Fries (crispy, delicious, cooked the proper way - no need to go to McDonald's)
- Greek-Style Roasted Potatoes (crispy)
- Quinoa Pilaf (pilaf is a style of preparing rice or any other grain. Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is an ancient grain originally used in South America)
- Morroccan-Style Couscous (with dried fruit, almond, and honey)

Menu:
- Ratatouille
- Green Thai Curry with Roasted Tofu
- Fettuccine al Funghi
- Sauteed Fennel Cherry Tomatoes
'*Participants will likely be seated with other guests at a table of 4

- Barbeque Spare Ribs
- Jamaican Jerk Pulled Pork (with Hawaiian bread and goat's cheese)
- Pork Chops
- Crispy Skin Pork Belly

- Skirt Steak
- Classic Beef Stew
- Tangy Braised Short Ribs
- Grilled Beef Kebabs
- Learn about the difference between Sauteed Grass-Fed Steaks vs Traditional Corn-Fed