Sicilian Holiday: Cassata!

Make your holiday table irresistible with the royalty of Italian desserts, Cassata. Viola Buitoni is your guide for this supremely Sicilian baking adventure!

Paella Party

Here’s a great holiday season idea: Join chef Camila to make the ultimate weekend lunch, Paella! Seafood, Vegetarian or *Other*, she’ll teach you to adapt it to your style of eating, with the ingredients you prefer.

Christmas in Mexico

Join Chef Agustín Gaytán to cook a holiday themed menu of traditional slow-simmered Pozole and handmade Seafood Tamales.

Cookie Swap with Salt+Spine

We’re teaming up with Salt+Spine for our annual Cookie Swap, including cookie sampling, baking demos, and lots of holiday spirit. Please join us!

The Japanese Pantry: Holiday Traditions

Join Chef Greg Dunmore of The Japanese Pantry online for this holiday themed class. Cook along as he shares expert advice for making celebratory Soba, Ozoni, and Karaage.

Holiday Brunch with Frances

Instructor Frances Wilson shares delightful holiday brunch ideas, just in time for visiting guests and special gatherings.

Bûche de Noël (Yule Log) - ONLINE

Making this festive European dessert at home is a ton of fun! Instructor Sasha will guide you in creating the holiday season’s most sought after sweet.

Bûche de Noël: Make & Take (IN PERSON)

Join us to make (& take home) the holiday season’s most sought after sweet. This impressive, ultra-festive European dessert is lots of fun to make and decorate!

Learn to Cook (Wednesdays) - Winter 2023

Build a strong foundation for any culinary challenge thrown your way. Get ready to face the fundamentals—from sautéing to searing to steaming, we’ve got it covered in this six week course!

Get Sharp!—Kitchen Confidence

Part of the Learn to Cook (Wednesdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Transform your home cooking in our Learn to Cook Series: We’ll teach you to season food properly, read & follow (or ignore!) recipes, and vastly improve your knife skills.

Learn to Bake (Thursdays)—Winter 2023

Learn the basics of baking with chef Sasha Crehan and our co-founder Jen Nurse in this four session course. We’ll cover the ingredients and skills to transform your home baking.

Dough: Cookies and Crusts

Part of the Learn to Bake (Thursdays)—Winter 2023 Series

Melted, chilled, creamed, browned—learn the function of butter and other fats in baking. We’ll make a dazzling array of cookies and practice the skills you need to create superb pie and tart crusts.

Gluten Free Sourdough Bread

Excellent homemade gluten free sourdough bread is within your reach! Instructor Camila Loew will guide you through every step of the process she uses to bake bread in her own home kitchen.

Learn to Cook (Saturdays) - Winter 2023

Build a strong foundation for any culinary challenge thrown your way. Get ready to face the fundamentals—from sautéing to searing to steaming, we’ve got it covered in this six week course!

Get Sharp!—Kitchen Confidence

Part of the Learn to Cook (Saturdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Transform your home cooking in our Learn to Cook Series: We’ll teach you to season food properly, read & follow (or ignore!) recipes, and vastly improve your knife skills.

Cicchetti—Legendary Bar Food of Venice

Viola Buitoni returns to our kitchen in grand Venetian style! She will teach you to make Cicchetti, the famous bar snacks of Venice, along with the floating city’s most fashionable drink, The Hugo Spritz.

From Field & Garden

Part of the Learn to Cook (Wednesdays) - Winter 2023 Series

In this vegetable-focused class, we will work with a rainbow of seasonal produce—including varieties you may never have cooked with before—to make healthy, inviting, nourishing meals.

Creams: Custards, Curds, and Ganache

Part of the Learn to Bake (Thursdays)—Winter 2023 Series

Learn to make silky-smooth pastry cream, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate ganache and superlative tangy-sweet lemon curd, and use them in a luscious array of pies and tarts.

From Field & Garden

Part of the Learn to Cook (Saturdays) - Winter 2023 Series

In this vegetable-focused class, we will work with a rainbow of seasonal produce—including varieties you may never have cooked with before—to make healthy, inviting, nourishing meals.

Knife Skills

Civic Kitchen co-founder Jen Nurse will teach you to use, choose, and care for kitchen knives. We’ll practice assorted cutting techniques for more efficient, more enjoyable home cooking.

From the Sea

Part of the Learn to Cook (Wednesdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Learn to select seafood and prepare it using a variety of techniques. We will also practice grain and vegetable cookery skills, with plenty of inspiration and recipes to expand your repertoire.

Air: Meringues, Cream Puffs and Soufflés

Part of the Learn to Bake (Thursdays)—Winter 2023 Series

Though absent from most ingredient lists, air is a key component of successful baking. We’ll show you how to capture and use it to make ethereal meringue, crisp pâte à choux, and sky high soufflés.

From the Sea

Part of the Learn to Cook (Saturdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Learn to select seafood and prepare it using a variety of techniques. We will also practice grain and vegetable cookery skills, with plenty of inspiration and recipes to expand your repertoire.

Taking Stock—Chicken & Leftovers

Part of the Learn to Cook (Wednesdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Stock your pantry and freezer with basic ingredients for easy menu planning and prep. We’ll show how a simple chicken and pantry staples can produce enticing meals all week long.

Layer Cake

Part of the Learn to Bake (Thursdays)—Winter 2023 Series

What better finale for our Learn to Bake series than a good old-fashioned layer cake? Learn to mix, bake, fill and frost for all of life’s special occasions.

Taking Stock—Chicken & Leftovers

Part of the Learn to Cook (Saturdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Stock your pantry and freezer with basic ingredients for easy menu planning and prep. We’ll show how a simple chicken and pantry staples can produce enticing meals all week long.

Comfort—Braises & Beans

Part of the Learn to Cook (Wednesdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Winter months call for heartwarming dishes to nourish us through the new season. Learn to make comforting braises, hearty bean dishes and satisfying main-course salads.

Comfort—Braises & Beans

Part of the Learn to Cook (Saturdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Winter months call for heartwarming dishes to nourish us through the new season. Learn to make comforting braises, hearty bean dishes and satisfying main-course salads.

Breakfast All Day—All About Eggs

Part of the Learn to Cook (Wednesdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Learning to cook with the incredibly versatile egg leads to countless tempting meals. Join us as we poach, fry, boil, bake, soufflé and scramble our way to egg mastery.

Breakfast All Day—All About Eggs

Part of the Learn to Cook (Saturdays) - Winter 2023 Series

Learning to cook with the incredibly versatile egg leads to countless tempting meals. Join us as we poach, fry, boil, bake, soufflé and scramble our way to egg mastery.