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Here's a little something more consistent, to compensate yesterday's crumbs. Boeuf bourguignon, anyone?
You don't have to spend tons of money to attend a cooking class in New York City. You can, but you don't have to. Really.
How so? Places like Williams-Sonoma or Whole Foods organize complimentary cooking classes. This Sunday, for example, I attended the "Make-ahead meals" class at Williams-Sonoma. Boeuf bourguignon was on the menu.
What did I learn?
• to prepare meals in advance, organisation is key (duh...)
• a good cook needs good knives (Williams-Sonoma sells good knives)
• every kitchen needs a set of Le Creuset pots (Williams-Sonoma sells those wonderful Le Creuset pots)
• a slow cooker will make your life easier (Williams-Sonoma has a very good model)
• a set of lime green silicon spatulas will make you look so sexy in the kitchen (Williams-Sonoma sells sexy lime green silicon spatulas)
• and if you don't have the patience of a cook, hate cooking but still want to impress your guests, a can of Bourguignon sauce will save the day (Williams-Sonoma has a whole range of new sauces for you to try)
Would you really expect a free class without some product placements from the organizer? Like with everything, there is always a few ideas to steal here and there.
Like this one: next class is "Mixology". At 11am. On a Sunday. The perfect apéro, no? I wonder if they sell nice cocktail glasses...
9 comments:
I see a theme threading through all of those tips!
Sharon, I don't know what you are talking about. Did I mention it takes place at Williams-Sonoma? Thanks for visiting btw. ;)
The class sounds interesting! For a shopoholic like me.. buying stuff= cooking... hehehhe this definitely is my kinda class. :-)
I love Williams Sonoma!!!
The picture is nice, but the writing had me rolling on the floor. Does Williams-Sonoma sell any nice rugs?
I took two evening cooking classes a couple years ago at the New School of Culinary Arts in Chelsea.
The first was with a friend (French) who was getting married to an Italian guy but she doesn't know how to cook. So we signed up for an Italian cooking class together so she can cook her husband a nice Italian dinner. :-)
The second was a birthday gift for a friend of mine. She's from New Orleans so we did a French Creole class.
The best part was we got to eat all the food we prepared that evening. Yummmmm!!
I think Sharon meant to say, William Sonoma is push-selling their products via the free cooking class. ;-)
BTW, I have a set a wonderful, professional knives. I learned to appreciate good knives after volunteering at the kitchen for God's Love We Deliver for 5 years. The irony of it is I almost never cook at home. But the knives are really handy for opening packages.
Thanks guys.
@ ming: I know what Sharon meant - I guess my sense of humour needs a little work. ;)
The few cooking classes I have attended have always been very disappointing. I didn't learn much - a recipe book would be as useful. I guess something more technical like knive skills would be better for me.
@ the new ming: I will have to investigate. I am sure they have something.
Aha. Now I know why it's free. LOL
I am going for a cooking class next weekend too ;-) Just for the fun of it. It's a paid class, so I guess there wont be any William Sonoma stuff that will do it? LOL...
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