Our most popular course for vacationing out-of-towners and busy New Yorkers!

This two-week immersion course is designed for those committed to learning the basic fundamentals and skills of healthful cooking in a concentrated period of time. There's an abundance of cooking, sharing, opportunities for making new friends andplenty of good eating!

This intensive course includes balanced menu planning and discussion of basic quality ingredients, knife skills, cooking with whole grains and beans, fruits and vegetables, sea vegetables, tofu and tempeh, organic eggs, fish, the use of herbs and spices, making homemade seitan, soups, salads and dressings, desserts, learning about the kitchen pharmacy, kitchen equipment and supplies, and adapting traditional recipes to healthier ones. Each day we will prepare a whole balanced meal for lunch which, over the course of the program, will highlight various cooking techniques such as boiling, broiling, steaming, sautéing, baking, blanching, pressure-cooking, grilling, roasting, toasting, pickling, pan-frying, and even some deep- frying. (In some recipes organic eggs and butter will be used.)

Course materials and 3-ring binder are included. Classes fill quickly so register early.

WEEK 1:
partial participation

Introduction and Cooking Demonstration; Lecture on How to Get Started including Menu Planning, Balancing, Basic Quality Ingredients; Knife Skills; Herbs & Spices; Pickles; Whole Grains & Beans; Vegetables; Organic Eggs; Desserts

Monday - Friday, August 11 - 15
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (includes lunch plus a 1-hour break);
(Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

WEEK 2:
partial participation

Building on Week 1; Making Seitan from Scratch; Cooking with Tofu/Tempeh/Seitan; Salads; Kitchen Pharmacy; Sea Vegetables; Soups; Fish; Desserts

Monday - Friday, August 18 - 22
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (includes lunch plus a 1-hour break);
(Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Instructors: Judith Friedman, Barbara Rich, Jill Gusman
Fee: $1690

This is a 2-week intensive; however, those interested in registering for Week 1 only will be placed on a waiting list and contacted 3 weeks before the start date. Week 2 is only available (space permitting) to those who have taken Week 1 in past years, as Week 2 builds on Week 1. Fee for one week: $895. Certificate of Completion awarded to those who attend both weeks.