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I recently had the opportunity to take one of Williams Sonoma’s cooking classes. This one was on vegetarian cooking. I have to say I really enjoyed the class, although I wished it was a little more hands on. If you have never taken one of their classes, this is how it goes, when you come in they have chairs set up in front of the test stove they have in the kitchen. You sit down and they give you a packet of information. The chef who is teaching the class pretty much does a cooking show demonstration live. The chef we had was excellent. Her name is Debrah Rodriguez Gaspardi, she’s a local chef in Maine. Debbie also teaches classes at her home if you live in the Southern Maine area. I would suggest looking her up on the web if you are interested. I thought she was very engaging and interesting. She walked us through an entire vegetarian dinner menu including sides and dessert. After each dish is made they serve everyone a sample. We were fortunate enough to have a delicious menu that included roasted autumn vegetables, dates stuffed with goat cheese (probably my favorite new vegetarian app.), brussel sprouts with walnuts and argula, vegetable couscous, and we were suppose to have fig tart (but they could find the figs, so they gave us a pumpkin bread instead). I have these recipes and if anyone is interested in them please email me and I would be more than happy to send them to you.
These classes are a fun thing to do with any foodies friends you have. They are from 6-8 pm on Sunday evenings and cost between $40-50 per person.