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ook what has been happening at the South Bay School of Cooking. Here are our past classes. Some classes we repeat and some we don’t. If you see a class that you would like to take, please let us know so we can notify you when that class becomes available. But in the meanwhile, why not sign up for one of our current classes
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Soups & Stews
Soups on! Nothing fills the soul and palate like a delicious homemade bowl of soup or stew: cream of radish greens, Cuban black bean soup, chicken chile with hominy, and hearty sausage and kale.
Southern Comfort—Homespun Dishes for Autumn
As the seasons change so do our appetites for more hearty and homespun dishes. Get cozy with chicken n’ dumplings, zesty baked yams, sautéed greens, homemade applesauce, Indian pudding.
Pasta, Pasta, Pasta
Tired of spaghetti and a jar of tomato sauce? Pamper your family or friends with impressive restaurant-style pasta dishes for bowtie w/ escarole, Asian papardelle, pasta proscuitto & peas, spinach linquini with chicken.
Autumn Baking
Brush up on your baking techniques and perfect your pie crust in time for the holidays. Everyone has asked for a baking class so here it is. Can’t you just taste the traditional pumpkin pie, baked spiced pear dumplings, French brandy apple cake, and glazed cherry cheese crescents?
Knife Skills—with a Asian Flair
Would you like to slice and dice like Bobby Flay? Get the cutting edge info on knives? What to buy and when to sharpen. Find out what kitchen cutting gadgets are necessary. This class focuses heavily on knife skills. We’ll slice, dice, and chop to make a complete Asian inspired meal.
Men in the Kitchen--Beef Basics
Real men eat beef. Home on the range has never been this much fun: flank steak with pepper sauce, cowboy beef chile, buffalo jalapeno popper burgers, spicy corned beef hash.
Meal in Minutes—Trader Joe’s Style
Do you love Trader Joe’s for their delightful gourmet products yet wonder what to do with some of them? Cut your cooking time in half and spruce up tired meals with a variety of products that make cooking simple yet impressive. You’ll be amazed how fast you can get a healthy good tasting meal on the table. We’ll make several dishes from a variety of Trader Joe’s products.
Vegetarian Around the World
Vegetarianism is a global way of life. Perk up the menu: zesty enchiladas with soyrizo, roasted eggplant with bulgar wheat pilaf, falafel patties, and zesty stuffed peppers.
Vegetarian Vitality
Create a balance of protein while learning valuable cooking techniques. Satisfy your sensibilities with summer vegetable & corn chowder, falafel burgers, marinated grilled fennel and orange skewers with yogurt sauce, lentil croquettes, and vegetable cheese timbale.
Knife Skills—with a Latin Flair
Would you like to slice and dice like Bobby Flay? Get the cutting edge info on knives? What to buy and when to sharpen. Find out what kitchen gadgets are necessary. This class focuses heavily on knife skills. We’ll slice, dice, and chop to make grilled vegetable quesadillas topped with pickled red onions, chicken fajitas, Cuban black beans, zippy salsa, and a luscious tropical fruit salad.
Summer in Spain—Tapas & Wine for Couples
Eating “tapas” style can spice up any occasion and add a taste of romance. These small dishes may be from land or sea and can be complex or simple. Entice your date with King prawns in garlic and sherry, mint and chili cucumbers, chicken in walnut honey, traditional tortilla Española, and tomato salad with olives. Chef Annette will serve her famous orange flan. Bring a bottle of wine to share.
Summer Fruit—Canning, Pies and Cobblers
With an abundance of berries, stone fruit and citrus there is no better time than summer to make scrumptious fruit treasures. Bake peach and raspberry cobbler, rustic grape pie, and get the basics of canning with a citrus marmalade and ginger mango chutney.
Thai Summer Cooking
Unravel the secrets of Thai cooking. Learn to create with confidence and where to shop locally for exotic ingredients. Shrimp Pad Thai noodles, crying Tiger beef salad, refreshing chicken coconut soup, spring rolls with Thai peanut sauce and jasmine rice. Yum!
Paella & Sangria
Spend a leisurely morning preparing a lavish meal of Spain’s favorite dish. The exotic aroma of saffron complements the finest seafood, chicken, sausage and rice. Sip fruity sangria while munching on Spanish cheese with quince paste, olives, and paella.
Picnic in Paris (Bastille Day)
Skip the revolution and go straight to the picnic. Celebrate with
scrumptious chicken tarragon with grapes on crusty baguette, grilled ratatouille, potato and olive salad, luscious fresh summer cherry clafoutti, and a glass of champagne. Vive la Picnic!
Greek Summer Festival
Taste the succulent flavors of the Greek Isles with marinated grilled lamb & chicken kebobs, cucumber tzaziki, lemon and herb shrimp, spinach spanikopita, and refreshing cracked wheat tabouli. Chef Annette will share her recipe for baklava. Opa!
Flavors of India
Unlock the mysteries of Indian cuisine as we toast and grind exotic spices for sweet and sour chicken vindaloo, cool cucumber raita, basmati rice with peas, and easy cumin-scented naan bread.
Fish Fish in the Dish
Eat more fish! The health benefits far outweigh the risks. Find out how to purchase and store fish, make fish user-friendly, and prepare Mediterranean grilled swordfish, Asian salmon patties, carrot glazed white fish, sweet and spicy braised cod.
Sauté with Your Sweetheart
Couples who sauté together, play and stay together. Not only is messing around in the kitchen fun but think of the great meals you can share and create for friends and family. Tempt your sweetheart with asparagus bisque drizzled with truffle oil and crispy pancetta, prosciutto wrapped grissini with red pepper-dried cherry tapenade, Cornish hens with strawberry balsamic glaze and orzo and spinach salad. Finished off with a berry topped almond torte.
Low Glycemic Cooking
Insulin resistance. pre-diabetes, Type 1 & 2, gestational diabetes are at epidemic proportions. Eating the low glycemic way means that your body only has small fluctuations in blood glucose and insulin levels which is the secret to long-term health reducing your risk of heart disease and diabetes and is the key to sustainable weight loss. Learn how to prepare well balanced low glycemic meals and protect your family with healthy and satisfying recipes. Taught byJennifer Bevilacqua, nutritionist.
Gluten Free
Learn the benefits of a wheat-free diet and how you can still enjoy your favorite foods—muffins, cookies, breads, and learn about other delicious grains.
Taught byJennifer Bevilacqua, nutritionist.
Raw Food
Lighten up, eat raw! Demystify the popular raw food craze and its preparation. Learn about the amazing health benefits and how to get delicious raw foods into your diet whenever possible. Taught by Jennifer Bevilacqua, nutritionist.
Sauces
Unveil the secrets of sauce making. Sauces make meals memorable and separate the amateurs from the tried-and-true cooks. Learn traditional foundation sauces as well as modern sauces – roux vs. cornstarch based, wine reduction, hollandaise, vegetable based sauce, white sauce, coulis, and more. Sauces will complement veggies and meats to taste.
Lemon Cheesecake, Tarts, and Cookies
No matter what season, lemon delights are always welcome. They are just as refreshing in the heat of summer as after a heavy winter meal. The fragrance of freshly cut lemon is one of nature’s gifts. You will learn how to make Annette’s secret lemon bars, luscious lemon meringue tarts, cheesecake with lemon cookie crust and lemon basil drizzle, and lively lemon-filled cookies.
Thai Food Pleasures
Eating Thai food is a visual, aromatic, tasteful experience. Learn to make your favorites of pad Thai noodles, crying tiger beef, green papaya salad, chicken with coconut milk and jasmine rice.
Chinese New Year: Asian Secrets
Gung hay fat choy. Celebrate Chinese New Year with some secret Asian techniques in the kitchen. Savor pot-stickers, hot and sour soup, curry tofu with green beans, cashew chicken.
Naturally Sweet
There’s more to life that sugar. Learn the benefits of natural sweeteners (agave, raw honey, stevia, xylitol, dried/fresh fruit) and how to satisfy the most intense sweet tooth with delectable recipes suitable for Valentines Day and beyond. Learn how to use these sweeteners in your favorite recipes too. Class taught by Jennifer Bevilacqua, nutritionist.
Great Grains: Alternatives to Wheat
Discover a whole new world of easy-to-prepare grains and the reasons to limit wheat. Sufferers of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), Celiac disease, arthritis, food allergies, etc. will embrace great grains for heath and well being. Taught by Jennifer Bevilacqua, holistic nutritionist.
Happy Hound Homemade Dog Food
Make each bite a satisfying tail-wagging experience. Pamper your pet with alphabet minestrone, grrrranola, breath-sweetening biscuits, meat loaf pupcakes. All attendees will receive a $10 Gift Card to Bubbles Pet Spa and a treat carrier for their dog. Bubbles Pet Spa has locations in Manhattan Beach and Torrance. A portion of the proceeds will go to *Arizona Greyhound Rescue. Woof!
Diabetic Dining
Gestational diabetes is one of the most common complications of pregnancy and type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing health problems. Jennifer Bevilacqua, holistic nutritionist, shares what foods to eat and avoid, how often to eat, and delicious recipes designed to keep your health on track. The class is also relevant to anyone who is diabetic, pre-diabetic, or caring for a diabetic. Let’s start balancing those blood glucose levels.
Eat Well, Weigh Less, Nutritionally-Wise Cooking Series
Start the New Year with the combined talents of
Jennifer Bevilacqua, nutritionist, and Annette Gallardo, chef, who both demonstrate how you can eat healthy by choosing the right foods and make delicious easy-to-prepare recipes. Focus will be on tips and a variety of menus that include the following:
Fabulous Fats: How to add healthy fats to meals and snacks
Powerful Proteins: Expand your protein palate
Conscious Carbs: What are good carbs and how to make the most of them
Cupcakes: Let them eat Cupcakes!
What’s old is new again and the same can be said for cupcakes. Cupcakes are the new “in” pastry and can be found as the sole product in trendy bakeries in New Year City, on the menu in 5-star restaurants, and at celebrity weddings. Learn how to correctly mix a batter cake, make a true butter cream frosting and ganache icing, and impress with secret decorating tips and ideas. Decorate tuxedo cupcakes with dark chocolate ganache, winged butterfly cupcakes, sparkly holiday cupcakes, and several fun designs. Now you can have your cupcake and eat it too.
Holiday Dessert Masterpieces
Splurge a bit over the holidays and create a few pastry masterpieces to wow family and friends: edible chocolate cream puff Christmas tree centerpiece, chocolate champagne mousse cake, chocolate espresso zabaglione, and pear almond tarts.
Cooking French with Saveur Magazine
The SBSOC has been invited to partner with Saveur magazine for a mouth-watering exploration of authentic French cuisine. From the bistros of Paris to the farmhouses of Burgundy, this exciting class will take you on a historical gourmet journey of the regions and rituals that have made French food the basis for all other cuisine. Every student will receive a one-year subscription to Saveur magazine (a $29 value); a full-color menu/recipe booklet including related history, tips, and techniques; and a gift tote bag with discounts and samples so you can continue your culinary adventure through France and beyond. We’ll make Gougeres (French cheese puffs), Salade des Moines (green salad with Citeaux cheese croutons), Poussin Vallee d'Auge (baby chicken with Calvados), Gratin Dauphinois (gratinée potatoes), and Soufflé au Chocolat (chocolate soufflé). Viva La Saveur!
Cheese & Wine Lovers: The Perfect Pair
Sit down, relax, and appreciate the nuances of cheese from six different countries paired with five wines. The first hour Debbie Adelman* will talk about cheese-making, nutritional facts, and how to buy/store/serve cheese. The second hour is the actual tasting. The evening will end with a spectacular dessert prepared by Chef Annette.
*Debbie Adelman has been a food and wine professional for 15 years. She served as the cheese steward at Morels French Steakhouse and Bistro at the Grove in LA, consults about wine for hotels and restaurants, has been on talk radio and been featured in the press.
Paella, Tapas and Sangria
Spend a leisurely morning preparing a lavish meal of Spain’s favorite dishes: The exotic aroma of saffron complements the finest seafood and rice for easy paella. Nosh on tapas and learn Chef Annette’s secret sangria recipe.
Exotic Indian Specialties
Unlock the mysteries of Indian cuisine with easy cumin-scented naan bread, chicken and coconut curry, cucumber raita, beef and potato samosas, and basmati rice.
Big Fat Greek Menu
Taste the succulent flavors of the Greek Isles with lemon herbed chicken, taramasalata, cracked wheat tabouli, cucumber tzaziki, and flakey spanikopita. Opa!
Spring in Tuscany
Combine the spring harvest bounty with the flavors and cooking techniques of Tuscany with poached shrimp in garlic and tomatoes, chard ravioli with sage butter, Chianti pork chops and roast chicken with fennel seeds, and rigatoni with spring vegetables.
Soufflés
This class always sells out so reserve early. Soufflés may be hot, cold, sweet, and savory. We’ll explore with Gruyere cheese and asparagus soufflé, rich chocolate espresso soufflé, tomato basil soufflé with spring onions, crepe suzette soufflé, and apple cheese soufflé.
Asian Secrets Revealed
Imagine the fun you’ll have when you can wow your family and friends with an Asian feast that doesn’t come out of takeout containers. Learn the doable tricks and tips for Thai coconut chicken, vegetable chow main, Vietnamese spring rolls, Szechwan tofu with sesame noodles, sweet spicy pork, and jasmine rice.
High Protein Vegetarian
Put a little variety in your eating plan with Mexican-style stuffed red peppers, Black-eyed pea spring rolls, baked goat cheese with garden lettuces, savory custard filled onions, beautiful bulgur, apple and edamame salad.
The Spanish Table – Culinary Tour
La Española is a very special Spanish store in the South Bay. First we’ll enjoy a delicious family-style feast of wine, tapas, and a paella lunch and learn about Spain’s olives, cheeses, and the foods that we’re eating. Then tour the charcuterie (sausage making and meat curing) part of the business. Only today and only for you, receive a special 20 percent discount on all retail items; location and directions with payment confirmation.
30 Minute Meals or Less
Easy does it with deliciously inventive meals to whip up quickly. Honey lime chicken breast and chunky Mexican vegetable salad, turkey cutlets with corm meal dusted raviolis, and super fast spaghetti and clams.
Paella, Tapas, & Sangria
Spend a leisurely afternoon preparing a lavish meal of Spain’s favorite dishes: The exotic aroma of saffron complements the finest seafood and rice for easy paella. Nosh on tapas and learn Chef Annette’s secret sangria recipe.
Spring Basic Series
Make your kitchen skills bloom: Our quintessential class pairs cutting, sautéing, roasting, and essential knife skills with purchasing, food storage, and tips for beginners and kitchen veterans alike to create artful dishes at home. This series will focus on spring bounty, fearless side dishes, and those sacred cooking tips that only a professional can share. Each class builds on more skills. March is the month when the goodness of spring is within reach and reruns are showing reruns. This very popular series fills up fast. Gain confidence through extraordinary enjoyment.
Everything Chicken
What’s for dinner? Chicken! Add a cup of creativity into your poultry preparation. Think: fried, wrapped, rock-and-rolled, stuffed, or stewed with crispy oven fried chicken, Italian chicken stew, stuffed chicken legs, chicken in lettuce cups, and chicken wrapped in Greek phyllo pastry with herbs.
Mardi Gras
One of the biggest parties thrown is Mardi Gras. Along with the parade and elaborate costume is the food. Let the good times roll at our retro-style kitchen with baked cheese grits, shrimp Creole, sautéed greens, dirty rice, and the infamous kings cake. Beads included.
Winter Soups and Stews
Take a chill out of the air with easy gourmet soups and stews. Add a loaf of good bread and a bottle of wine for a great dinner for two or a crowd. Enjoy French sausage and bean stew, vegetable herb soup, 3 onion soup, spicy Aztec soup, beef stew with winter vegetables, and more.
Italian Valentine, Pomodoro Style
Join Chef Edmondo Sarti from Pomodoro Cucina Italiana for a romantic Valentine menu with a little wine that puts everyone in the mood. You will make crab cake with spicy tomato sauce, risotto with prawns and red peppers, baked rose-shaped salmon pesto, stuffed veal with asparagus and fontina cheese, and tartfini – bite-sized chocolate truffles with mascarpone.
Everything Chocolate
Not only does chocolate boost your pheromones providing an overall sense of well-being but now modern medicine is finding out how good it is for you. Chocolate lovers can come out of the closet and savor everything chocolate with like-minded chocoholics. Prepare chocolate pancakes with chocolate ganache syrup, chocolate ginger truffles, chocolate chip meringues, molten chocolate soufflé cakes, and more chocolate goodness. It may sound like a chocolate fantasy but -- it’s for real.
Cooking Lean Series
Success-based secrets to boost your metabolism and achieve a healthier body weight with three hands-on classes; Jeanne Peters RD, Beach Cities Health District dietician will jumpstart the series with high energy nourishing teas and tonics for weight management and Annette Gallardo shares low fat, low calorie, and highly satisfying recipes to keep you on tract with a weight loss plan.
Eating Well (and Meatless) for Optimum Health Are you what you eat? Whether you’re a devoted vegetarian or vegan, on the fence, or considering it -- nutrition is the foundation of good health and the path to conscious cooking is the first place to start. Nutritional goddess, Rita Aniker, demystifies good and bad fats, complex carbs, macro and micro nutrients and make hearty winter salad, super-food smoothie, enzyme rich fruit salad, protein laden lentil stew, and whole grain corn bread.
Feeding the Healthy Heart
Doctor’s orders: Lower lipids and eat heart healthy. Learn what you can do to reduce your blood lipids naturally through healthy wholesome foods. Join Jeanne Peters RD*, Beach Cities Health District dietitian as she presents foods, meal ideas, and nutrients that support a healthy heart. Recipes will include sautéed greens with garlic, spicy salmon salad with "Nourish Your Heart" dressing, farmer market fruit crisp with walnut flax seed topping, and much more.
Sushi Making
Hands-on journey of sushi with Chef Travis Kamiyama. Learn how to make sushi rice, plus hands-on instruction for several delicacies such as shrimp tempura roll, California roll with Masago, spicy tuna hand roll, tuna, shrimp, and salmon nigiri. Eat, drink, and kampai with sake. Register early since this popular class sells out fast.
Winter Basic Cooking Series
Our quintessential class pairs cutting, sautéing, roasting, and essential knife skills with purchasing, food storage, and tips for beginners and kitchen veterans alike to create artful dishes at home. This series will focus on winter bounty, fearless side dishes, and those sacred cooking tips that only a professional can share. Each class builds on more skills. Let’s take the chill out of the air and heat it up in a warm, friendly kitchen. Gain confidence in the kitchen through extraordinary enjoyment.
Everything Pumpkin
And you thought pumpkin was only for pie? Check out the versatile pumpkin: Pumpkin bread pudding, pumpkin scones, sautéed pumpkin and spinach, pumpkin ravioli and sage butter, and pumpkin soufflé.
A Harvest of Autumn Side Dishes
Exquisite side dishes make any meal memorable: Apple stuffing, baby spinach and beet salad, fennel orange salad, wild mushroom ragout, and roasted pears & sweet potatoes. Yum!
Victorious Roasting
Roasting is a simple concept but yet few achieve roasting perfection. Learn the secrets of proper roasting plus delicious roasting ideas. Rye crusted pork loin, roasted mustard lamb with herbs de Provence, four-herb roasted game hen, roasted onion with Feta, mélange of roasted vegetables.
Hot Tamales
Tamales have been celebratory food since pre-Columbian time. Once again master tamale-maker Gilberto Cetina chef/owner of Chichen Itza Restaurant will teach us step-by-step tamale making methods from start to finish. We'll make tamales with corn husks and banana leaves as well as his special chocolate-strawberry dessert tamale. You'll get to eat and take some home too. Start a new family tradition.
Autumn Basic Series
Our quintessential popular class pairs cutting, sautéing, roasting and knife skills with purchasing, food storage, and tips for beginners and kitchen veterans alike to create artful dishes at home. This series will focus on sumptuous autumn bounty, fearless side dishes, and those sacred cooking tips that only a professional can share. Each class builds on more skills. Gain confidence in the kitchen while having fabulous fun too. Sign up early;this popular series fills up fast.
Essential Knife and Kitchen Tools
Get the cutting edge info on knives and essential kitchen tools. What knives should you to buy? What pots and pans do you need? What gadgets are necessary? This class focuses heavily on knife skills that you will use to make grilled vegetable quesadillas, mango salsa, guacamole, and a luscious tropical fruit salad.
Let’s Talk Turkey
Dish up a Thanksgiving to remember: Roast turkey with apple and sage dressing, garlic mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry-cherry relish, roasted vegetables, twinkling cranberry cake.
Casual Entertaining: Brunch Anyone?
Later than breakfast, more relaxed than lunch - brunch turns a meal into a special occasion whether for a small party, buffet, or serving overnight guests who like to sleep in late or go for a morning jog. Eggs baked in tomato cups with garlic toast, smoked salmon pizza, Alsatian onion tart, Scotch eggs, Swedish pancakes with lingonberries.
Holiday Pies
Take the mystery out of the perfect pie and build you pie I.Q. Let’s make apple cranberry harvest pie, maple pecan with maple leaf cutouts, down-home buttermilk pie, and White Christmas pie. A light lunch of chicken potpie will be served.
Beyond the Leftover Turkey Sandwich
Think beyond the turkey sandwich and you will never get bored with these leftovers:turkey in mole sauce, pumpkin milkshakes, cranberry pancakes, cornbread pudding, cranberry granita, rosemary potato breakfast strata.
Gifts from the Kitchen Chocolate dipped pretzels & candy canes, Holiday coffee, sticky buns, mini caramel apples, season salt, nut brittle, and for those 4-legged chow hounds - gourmet dog biscuits
The Party Season Starts Here: Time Saving Appetizers
Impress your friends with gourmet appetizers. The simplicity can be your little secret: Asian shrimp pizza, brie en croute, rosemary-skewered scallops, tiger stripped rice paper wraps, gruyere and cherry crostini, and kir royale. Learn how much wine to purchase and how to portion.
Effortless Gourmet Holiday Desserts
Keep it simple; keep it special. Gingersnap ice cream bowls, cherry and panna cotta parfaits, pear clafoutti, double chocolate pots of créme with crystallized ginger. Pastry chef Annette Gallardo will demonstrate what the pros do for plate decoration with sauces and other garnishes.
California Christmas Dinner
Holidays, family and friends, and good food go together. Here’s a menu that creates memories: Crisp roast duck with cherries, baby lettuce with candied walnuts, cranberries and goat cheese, rice pilaf timbale, sautéed greens with mushrooms, crisp apple strudel.
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