Food and Things

Kosher brasserie Le Marais will be hosting a class tomorrow on how to prepare a kosher Thanksgiving meal. Le Marais, 150 W. 46th St. 212 869 0900. (Via The Food Section)

November 9th, 2009 | Tags: 10036, class, Kosher, thanksgiving | Category: Manhattan, New York City, classes, cooking classes, culinary events, midtown, thanksgiving | Leave a comment

It isn’t exactly the French Culinary Institute, but for $27, you can learn the essentials of cake decorating at Michael’s new store on Columbus Avenue between 97th and 98th streets.
The craft super-store will be offering beginner cake decorating classes starting Nov. 2. (See schedule below.) More advanced classes are on tap for December, says store [...]

October 28th, 2009 | Tags: 10024, 10025, cake decorating, classes, Michaels, New York 10023, upper west side | Category: Baking, Manhattan, New York City, cakes, classes, cookies, cooking classes, cupcakes, desserts, upper west side | Leave a comment

Want to cook like they did in the olden days?  Then this event, featuring cooking over an open fire, may help you stir up all those yearnings for yesteryear:
Summer Thursday Evenings at Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
What:  Fireside Feasts. Come join hearth cook and food historian Carolina Capehart for an evening of cooking over an open fire, [...]

July 7th, 2009 | Tags: 11203, Brooklyn, cooking classes, culinary history, New York City, Wyckoff Framhouse Museum | Category: Brooklyn, classes, cooking, cooking classes, culinary events, culinary history | Leave a comment

What Dad doesn’t love beer?  Pair it with chocolate and you have a winning Father’s Day combo. Or if your Dad is a cocktail maven, a class on how to mix classics like the Grasshopper and the Pink Lady might be just the Father’s Day ticket.
Take a look at these Father’s Day ideas:

Is that Chocolate [...]

June 16th, 2009 | Tags: 10003, Astor Center, beer, chocolate, classes, cocktails, East Village, Events, father's day, gifts, Manhattan, New York | Category: chocolate, classes, cocktails, cooking classes, father's day | Comments (1)