Cooking Classes @ Central Market
So two weeks ago, the little dish “staff” attended a cooking class at the Central Market off Lovers Lane in Dallas. It was the first cooking class that either of us had been to and the experience turned out to be an awesome one. Basically, now we want to go every weekend.
If you are unfamiliar with their classes, they usually range from $50-$70 dollars per person and are all themed to a specific culinary adventure. Our evening was a celebration of fresh herbs. We cooked a herb-encrusted beef tenderloin, herb and parmesan risotto, a vegetable casserole (ratatouille!!), a spring salad with a delicious vinaigrette, and for desert a rosemary bundt cake. Everything was delicious, but by far our favorite was the ratatouille. It was simple to make, and never has the combination of tomatoes, zucchini and fennel ever tasted so good. Overall it was a fabulous time and I couldn’t recommend it more. We met some super nice people and our instructor for the evening was a delight as well.
So, as a service to our readers we would like to inform you of an upcoming cooking class that you shouldn’t miss. Lidia Bastianich and Joe Bastianich, mother and son super Italian cooking combo, will be offering a class at Central Market, along with a book signing on May 2 at the Dallas location. I’ve watched Lidia’s various cooking shows on PBS (the original ‘Food Network’) for some time now and she always makes the most authentic and delicious Italian dishes around. Don’t miss this event, it should be a treat and you might even catch the little dish in attendance.
I couldn’t agree more! I’ve been to several of their classes now and they are super fun. We went this past Monday to see Anthony Bombaci, the current chef at Nana. There is such a wide variety of classes, I can’t imagine ever getting bored. Try and catch a Paula Lambert class (Mozzarella Company). She’s a great speaker.
My lovely wife the Rock Star is a wonderful cook, yet she can’t stand to eat her own cooking! I think one of these classes would be great for us. If she could learn to cook something she would be proud of, she would cook more often, ultimately saving us dough.
foodczar, I have to say one of the best parts of the experience was going home and making the dish again. i was worried that the dishes wouldn’t be replicable. however, the opposite was true! we made the dishes with the recipes we took home and it was just as delicious as it was when we made it in the class
Sounds intriguing… Thanks for the heads up!
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