Upcoming Cooking Classes & Tastings - December 2008
Please find below a list of upcoming Weekly Socials, Guest Chefs & Events, Hands-On Cooking Classes, and Demonstrations for the month of December 2008:
Guest Chefs & Events
DIY: Chocolate Truffles and More with Michael Recchiuti
Saturday 12/6 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Learn how to make chocolate truffles and other confections. Michael will show you how easy it really is and inspire your creativity in the kitchen. He will demonstrate great ways to package your creations for fabulous festive gifts. The best part is you will be making your own chocolates to box, tie and take home.
$75 per person | $65 for Lodge Guests
Herbal Gifts from the Garden with Katie Delwiche
Saturday 12/13 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Learn to incorporate herbs into your gift-making and gift-giving traditions! Enjoy a delicious holiday tea while you create simple, yet elegant bath salts, salves, and delicious herbal cordials. Take home your completed creations, as well as recipes and ideas for variations.
$65 per person | $55 for Lodge Guests
Hands-on Cooking Classes
Cooking From the Farmer’s Market with Kelsie
Friday 12/19 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Join in and prepare a farmer’s market feast. Cook with produce grown within miles of Cavallo Point fresh from local farm stands. Prepare local Bay Area ocean-fresh fish and sustainably-raised meats. After all the cooking, enjoy an unforgettable meal with wine to match.
- Three little salads: marinated beets, carrots with cumin and lemon, lentils with goat cheese
- Sautéed duck breast with fried capers, lacinato kale and Jerusalem artichokes
- Cranberry and walnut tart with cognac cream
$125 per person | $100 for Lodge guests
Holiday Appetizers
Tuesday 12/30 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
It's holiday time and parties abound. Learn to make a host of simple hors d'oeuvres that will impress your guests and leave you lots of energy to enjoy the party. We will toast the season with a glass of bubbly wine while we gather together to cook and eat.
- Gougéres: gruyére cheese puffs
- Steelhead crudo with tangerine, ginger and mint
- Grassfed rib eye with mustard crème fraîche in radicchio cups
- Dungeness crab toast with lemon and chives
- Marinated greens wrapped in Prosciutto
$85 per person | $75 for Lodge guests
Demonstrations
Radicchio and other Chicories
Wednesday 12/17 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Bitter and sweet chicories are the delight of the cold dark months of winter. Radicchio, escarole, frisée and endive all make fabulous salads, risottos and vegetable side dishes.
- Salade landaise: warm frisée salad with bacon and garlic croutons in a mustard vinaigrette
- Mixed chicories in a creamy lemon-anchovy vinaigrette
- Braised Belgian endive
- Carnaroli risotto with radicchio
$55 per person | $50 for Lodge Guests
Our Weekly Social - Join us for a complimentary chat and taste
Eggnog
Thursday 12/4 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
'Tis the season for fresh homemade eggnog; join us for a cup of holiday good cheer.
Eggnog
Tuesday 12/9 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
'Tis the season for fresh homemade eggnog; join us for a cup of holiday good cheer.
Cookie Decorating
Saturday 12/20 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Our Pastry Chef Ethan has made some delicious gingerbread cookies. Come join us to decorate them!
Cookie Decorating
Tuesday 12/23 10:30 am - 12:00pm
Our Pastry Chef Ethan has made some delicious gingerbread cookies. Come join us to decorate them!
Eggnog
Saturday 12/27 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
'Tis the season for fresh homemade eggnog; join us for a cup of holiday good cheer.
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