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    Post #1 - December 24th, 2005, 6:30 am
    Post #1 - December 24th, 2005, 6:30 am Post #1 - December 24th, 2005, 6:30 am
    My wife for some time has been very eager to increase her cooking skills. Does anyone know where I can enroll her in clases, besides the ones that cost $100 per session to watch some local chef peel an apple?

    Thank you.
  • Post #2 - December 24th, 2005, 6:35 am
    Post #2 - December 24th, 2005, 6:35 am Post #2 - December 24th, 2005, 6:35 am
    Here's link to the Calphalon Culinary Center's schedule of classes. These can cost up to $100, but at least they are hands on.
    Steve Z.

    “Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
    ― Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Post #3 - December 24th, 2005, 11:14 am
    Post #3 - December 24th, 2005, 11:14 am Post #3 - December 24th, 2005, 11:14 am
    Weber has great Grilling Classes too. THey are about $75-$100. THe one that is taught in Buffalo Grove/Arlington Heights is really good. Chef Patrick was great and the class was about 4 hours long and we ate a bunch of food. I went home stuffed...
  • Post #4 - December 24th, 2005, 2:04 pm
    Post #4 - December 24th, 2005, 2:04 pm Post #4 - December 24th, 2005, 2:04 pm
    Check out the Chopping Block - http://www.thechoppingblock.net/index_b.html
  • Post #5 - December 25th, 2005, 9:17 am
    Post #5 - December 25th, 2005, 9:17 am Post #5 - December 25th, 2005, 9:17 am
    Tin Fish in Tinley Park offers a once-a-month cooking class. I haven't taken it yet, but hope to enroll in the January class. I'll report back after I do.

    Suzy
    " There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."
    - Frank Zappa
  • Post #6 - December 25th, 2005, 9:32 am
    Post #6 - December 25th, 2005, 9:32 am Post #6 - December 25th, 2005, 9:32 am
    Hi,

    For the cost of a Weber Smokey Mountain (roughly $150), your time and ingredients, you can take the WSM 5 Step for free.

    Many here are graduates and can impress others with our slow cook BBQ.

    Regards,
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #7 - December 26th, 2005, 1:39 pm
    Post #7 - December 26th, 2005, 1:39 pm Post #7 - December 26th, 2005, 1:39 pm
    I've heard good things about the City of Chicago's World Kitchen classes. They typically cost $30.
  • Post #8 - December 28th, 2005, 8:19 am
    Post #8 - December 28th, 2005, 8:19 am Post #8 - December 28th, 2005, 8:19 am
    if you dont mind venturing into the West burbs....
    http://www.pinasculinary.com/
  • Post #9 - December 29th, 2005, 10:38 am
    Post #9 - December 29th, 2005, 10:38 am Post #9 - December 29th, 2005, 10:38 am
    Kendall College offers a variety of classes at their brand new, state of the art facilities:

    http://www.kendall.edu/Academics/NonCre ... fault.aspx
  • Post #10 - December 29th, 2005, 11:54 am
    Post #10 - December 29th, 2005, 11:54 am Post #10 - December 29th, 2005, 11:54 am
    I've heard good things about the Monday night cooking and eating class at A Tavola. You get to go into the kitchen with the owner and help him prepare a meal, say gnocchi, and then when it's done you go out into the dining room and eat it. I'm super fuzzy on the details but a friend who went said it was an amazing bargain given the hands-on nature of it and the wine which was served with the meal.

    good luck!

    bjt
    "eating is an agricultural act" wendell berry
  • Post #11 - December 29th, 2005, 2:33 pm
    Post #11 - December 29th, 2005, 2:33 pm Post #11 - December 29th, 2005, 2:33 pm
    a few years back, i got my wife cooking lessons at the inspiration cafe. prices were reasonable, and the money went to a great cause, to boot. she loved the classes.

    i checked with IC last year about buying more lessons but was told that they were not then being offered. sounded then like they might be offered at some future date. its worth checking with them.

    http://www.inspirationcorp.org/
    4554 N. Broadway, Suite 207
    Chicago, IL 60640
    Phone: (773) 878-0981

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