Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Spaghetti aglio e olio (translated, it means Spaghetti with garlic and oil) is a traditional Italian pasta dish from Naples. The dish is fresh and delicious with garlic, olive oil, and parsley some of the main ingredients. In this session, learn to make this classic Italian dish and its accompanying sides of Butter Sautéed Shrimp and Parmesan Roasted Broccoli. This meal is secretly quite easy and yet, still an impressive one to serve company. Participants will make the meal and sit down to enjoy it together. There’s also the option to take your meal home instead of dining as a class.

No-Time for Extras Option: $36 Uses boxed pasta.

Want This to Be Extra Special: $46 Come 35 minutes early and learn to make your own spaghetti pasta!

I Have a Dutch Oven…What Can I Do With it?

I Have a Dutch Oven – What do I cook with it?

Do you have a Dutch Oven? Do you know what one is? If you only have one pot in your kitchen, the versatile Dutch Oven is the one to have. Participants will learn how to bake bread, braise meat, bake a skillet cookie, and fry chicken. WHEW. Yes. You can do this and so much more. Ideally your Dutch Oven will be cast iron, but less durable ones work too.

Adult $60

Delicious Demise

Delicious Demise Events

From October through May, we offer a special Murder Mystery event. Cocktail party buffet style, participants learn about cultural food differences and experience dishes that are authentic to the country or place the theme is based on. For example, one that was held in “London” had participants discovering bangers and mash, scotch eggs, and bacon butties. You get food discovery, eats, and a DEMISE! You will be emailed more about the event prior to arrival, including your role assignment and costume suggestions. The mystery activities last from 5 pm until around 8 pm on Saturday, with dinner served as a buffet, cocktail style. All are different, keep coming back for the next one! We need a minimum of 6 to make this fun. Adult themed. Not suitable for under 17 years of age. Not fully suitable for special diets (some foods are naturally gluten free or vegetarian, and these are present but no separate dishes can be prepared.) For details on a specific date’s theme, please call or email. 231-740-4065 or ICan@artcookery.com Additionally, you can request a big or small role. If the main (necessary roles) are filled, you can request no role, just come as an investigator to help solve the murder and enjoy eats. We reserve the right to change themes to adjust for group size. The murder mystery begins promptly at 5 pm and last until over, usually 7:30 or 8 pm.

DATES: TBA

Adult $40

Not Suitable for minors.

Crazy Cooking Dinner Challenge

Crazy Cooking – Dinner Challenge

Great fun whether you are already a good cook, or just learning!
This crazy fun session is about creating a fantastic meal from random ingredients and no recipes! You’ll be competing with others and cooking way it was done in days long gone. There was no quick trip to the grocery store for ingredients for that one recipe, meals were prepared based on what was available. Participants will be divided into teams of two and challenged to make a specific dish (Salad/Soup, Main, Side, Dessert) Valerie will work with participants on how to select salty, crunchy, sweet, acidic…etc. to enhance flavors. Each dish has a mystery basket with four ingredients that must be used. Learn how to decide to pair foods. And learn some neat kitchen tricks too!

Everyone sits down to dine together on their unique and flavorful meal and voting anonymously on the best dish. Enjoy food, fun, and new friends. This is great for anyone from singles, to date night, to friends, to Mom & daughters, to co-workers. Participants are welcome to bring a bottle of wine to enjoy if they wish. A minimum of 4 participants needed to run this session and it only costs $49! Think of that…you are getting a full hearty and delicious meal AND a cooking class.

Pre-registration necessary! Call or email to register.
Limited to first 8 Registrants. Must have a minimum of 4 to run the session.

$49.00

Adult On-Site $49

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner for Families in under 30 Minutes

Remember the old-fashioned Chicken Sunday dinners that everyone sat at the table and enjoyed together? But you have a busy household and have very little time to cook a delicious and nutritious meal? Just getting into cooking for yourselves instead of restaraunt and take-out? Need some basic cooking skills? Seeking to save money and grocery budget is kinda low? Any or all of the above….this class is for you. In under 30 minutes from start to finish, you will make a full meal that kids and adults will all enjoy. Then, dine on it all while learning some tips for adjusting the meal to your unique tastes. Learn sauté, bake, gravy thickening, seasoning, and plating techniques. Together, participants in this session will make Sweet and Sour Chicken, Almond Rice, Stuffed Avocados, and Apple Cinnamon Turnovers.

Adult: $39

Couple: $72

Surf and Pasta

In this session learn to easily make a Whitefish and Green Bean entrée AND Cheese Ravioli and Marinara. Start by learning how to make a delicious cheese ravioli from scratch, then, discover how easy homemade marinara is to make. Next, steam green beans and make a white sauce to serve with them. Finally, gently fry a deliciously mild whitefish with garlic and dill to serve with the beans. Class divides the food up and takes it home to enjoy, along with recipes.

Adult $60

Pot Roast and Soups

Maybe you know how to make pot roast but it turns out dry and not company worthy. Perhaps you want to make a Sunday dinner but have never made pot roast and it is a bit daunting. Come to this class and together make a traditional pot roast, complete with potatoes, carrots, and gravy. While that is cooking, discover two different types of soups, German Potato and Chili. Everything is made from scratch and we aren’t opening boxes, cans, or bags of anything. See how easy this type of cooking can be…and how pleasing. Divide up what was made and take it home for dinner!

Adult $60

Tangibles and Boxed Meals

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