There are some great cooking classes on the not-so-distant horizon. Here are a few of our picks:

New York City
Natural Gourmet School
Sea Vegetables: A Deep Sea Adventure

Jill Gusman, author of Vegetables from the Sea, shares with you the mystical allure and culinary diversity of sea vegetables. Recipes include:
- Chilled Arame and Soba Salad
- Asparagus with Wakame
- Seared Shitakes with Swiss Chard and Nori
- Pumpkin Seed-Seaweed Sprinkles over Quinoa and Black Beans
- Mixed-Berry Kanten.

Monday, July 10, 2006 6:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Cost: $80 demonstration format

New York City
Natural Gourmet School
Fizzy Fun: Make Your Own Herbal Ales and Sodas

Create fizzy fun with instructor Jessica Prentice. Making refreshing, effervescent beverages from medicinal and culinary herbs, natural sweeteners, and active cultures is fun and fascinating! Many people have discovered the health-supportive properties of these drinks, filled as they are with beneficial bacteria and the nutritive properties of the herbs themselves. Learning to make these old-fashioned ales revives an art that was well developed among Europeans and American colonists before the advent of commercial soft drinks...Recipes include:
- Bubbly Ginger Ale
- Root Beer
- Nettle Beer
- Hibiscus and Rose Hip Soda
- Lemon Verbena Soda
- Yarrow Ale
- Birch Beer.

Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Cost: $80 demonstration format

San Francisco
Tante Marie
Spice of Life

Many cultures believe in the preventative and healing characteristics of food. In this weekend workshop, you wil llearn recipes that are good for the body as well as the soul. With Jenn, you will explore a wide variety of foods, herbs, and spices that are both healthful and great-tasting. You will also learn how the beautiful summer fruits and vegetables can be beneficial to your health. You will prepare mouthwatering recipes such as:
- Grilled Salmon with Teriyaki Shitake
- Fragrant Cinnamon Pork with Sweet Potatores
- Sweet Pepper and Fig Pepporanata
- Herbal Pestos on Grilled Flatbread
- Sesame-Crusted Tofu with Citrus Vinaigrette
- Garlic Chicken with Fennel over Lemon Couscous
- Gingery Peach-Blackberry Cobbler

Weekend Workshop,July 29 and 30 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost: $375

Seattle
Culinary Communion
Culinary Herbs & Container Gardening

Growing and cooking with fresh herbs is a delight. The pleasure of growing your own food is unsurpassable, and the freshness and flavor that culinary herbs add to food is amazing. This class will cover a variety of great culinary herbs for growing indoors or out. We will learn how to start a container garden, whether it's in a small flower pot in the windowsill or a big barrel on your porch. We'll pot our own herbs outdoors and then move into the kitchen to cook a delightful meal with the fresh herbs. You'll take home a pot to begin your own culinary herb garden and the knowledge you'll need to maintain and care for the herbs.

Instructor: Chef Katie Coleman
Saturday, July 22, 10am-2pm
Cost: $85

Healdsburg, California
Relish Culinary School
Healdsburg Artisan Food Tour

Sonoma County is a wonderful culinary destination—a convergence of hand-hewn culinary products, sustainable farming, creative cooking, and progressive winemaking. This half-day tour takes full advantage of the variety of Sonoma County artisan producers and world-class restaurants located on the downtown plaza in Healdsburg. We’ll walk from place to place for intimate, behind-the-scenes visits (and tastes!) with the culinary players. You will have time to browse and, if desired, make purchases at each location.

Friday, August 11, 10am-3pm
Cost: $85

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