Don't start your diet yet!  Come join us to learn the best of rich and delicious comfort foods for winter. You'll learn the proper techniques for an exceptional steak. We'll dive in to gnocchi, using freshly made ricotta, one of the simplest of cheesemaking skills.  To cap our evening, we'll make a decadent dessert sure to please your palette. Class culminates in a delicious meal served family style around our beautiful barn wood tables. On the menu ... warm dungeness crab cake salad with creamy lemon vinaigrette ~pepper crusted beef tenderloin with horseradish cream ~ handmade gnocchi with roasted wild mushrooms ~ butterscotch budino Enjoy a glass of bubbly or wine upon arrival and another when dinner is served! Come celebrate your almost-New Year's Eve with us at The Kitchen!

Craving something warm, satisfyingly savory and a feast for the senses?? Curry is a global cuisine and comes in many luscious flavors. From Thailand to India, from vegetable based curries to rich, meat based gravies, curry may just be the ticket for something new at your dinner table. Come learn about the many spices that make up a curry. Learn about curry paste versus curry powder and what makes the most sense to use when. Class culminates daily in a family-style meal around our beautiful barnwood tables. On the menu…chicken tikka masala, green vegetable curry, thai coconut prawns   Enjoy a glass of wine or beer upon arrival and another with dinner! All non-alcoholic beverages are also included!

The enjoyment of a slow cooked meal is the best 'medicine' during these cold winter months.Let's perfect the ultimate in comfort food: the cassoulet (France's inaugural casserole!) You’ll learn many techniques for wintertime cooking that can translate to many dishes to last through the season. From the broth, to braising meats, to the basics of bean cookery, you’ll leave armed to make the perfect cassoulet.  Don't even know why you need to know about cassoulet?  Think cooking fundamentals:  you can apply everything you learn in class to other dishes. Class culminates daily in a family-style meal around our beautiful barnwood tables. On the menu… winter greens with pancetta vinaigrette ~ cassoulet with duck comfit & Middleground Farms pork ~ apple tarte tatin with caramel and vanilla bean crème anglaise. Enjoy a glass of wine or beer upon arrival and another with dinner! All non-alcoholic beverages are also included!

Come join Chef Quinn and cook, prepare, and learn all of the best flavors of the Pacific Northwest! You will learn how to work with fresh wild mushrooms to tuck in the inside of handmade ravioli. You'll play with the seasons root vegetables and see whats best roasted, sautéed or pureed.  And let's take the fear out of working with fresh local fish. You'll learn a weeknight technique that will make you look like a fish expert. To finish, we will celebrate a staple of the Northwest:  great coffee.  You'll learn to make a perfectly textured custard that gets finished with a torch! Class culminates in a family-style meal around our beautiful barnwood tables. On the menu... chopped salad with kale, apple & walnuts ~ wild mushroom ravioli ~ brown butter heirloom carrots ~ seared Oregon steelhead ~ coffee caramel creme brulee Enjoy a glass of wine or beer upon arrival and another with dinner. All non-alcoholic beverages are also included.

Pressure cookers can make the flavors of a slow-cooked, body warming meal without spending hours slaving over the stove. Learn how this updated kitchen tool can become essential in your kitchen. Whether you just purchased your first pressure cooker, are a well-seasoned expert, or are curious how pressure cookers work, we're here to answer your questions and show you a few tricks. Come enjoy retro 80's music with us as we use our pressure cookers to make pretty epic dishes! The evening culminates in a delicious family style meal around our beautiful barn wood tables. On the menu … beef and broccoli with rice in a flash ~ thai peanut chicken noodles ~ herb salad with lemongrass vinaigrette ~ five spice poached pears with coconut cream   Enjoy a glass of wine or beer upon arrival and another with dinner! All non-alcoholic beverages are also included!