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Wednesday April 2, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Pie! Pies! Oh My! NEW! - Pies! Pies! Oh My! NEW! Learn to make a variety of pie fillings and crusts.  Recipes may include Chocolate Cream Pie with Chocolate Cookie Crust, Blood Orange Merinque with a traditional pie crust, Fresh Strawberry Pie, S'Mores Pie and/or Homemade Pop Tarts (hand pies).NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.Instructor:  Lisa ParcellaAbout Our Instructor:Lisa Parcella is a married mother of three from Westford.  An avid home cook, Lisa developed her love of cooking and baking from a very young age alongside her mother and grandmother and has completed coursework at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.  Though her day job is far outside of the kitchen, she enjoys cooking and baking and entertaining with family and friends on nights and weekends.  A former adjunct faculty member at Middlesex Community College, Lisa's curriculum focus in her baking courses is aimed at making delicious and beautiful food that is easy to learn and repeat at home with great results.  Lisa loves inspiring other home cooks and bakers to be fearless in the kitchen and have a lot of fun learning new recipes and techniques.

Monday April 7, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Cooking from Umbria NEW! - Cooking from Umbria NEW! SECOND CLASS OPENED! Umbria sits right below Tuscany and is the birthplace of some of the most famous Italian dishes.  Class will start with an Antipasto with Italian Stuffed Eggplant and Proscuitto Wrapped Asparagus.  For the main dish, a hand-rolled Pici Pasta with a Classic Umbrian Pork Ragu Sauce, and finish with a puff pastry filled with pears and fig.  Leave class with these unique recipes from this very popular region of Italy. NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.Instructor:  Diane MantecaAbout Our Instructor:Diane has been a professional chef for 25 years, working in high end gourmet establishments as well as catering companies.  She owned the Brickyard Cafe in Cambridge for 7 years which was an eclectic and popular restaurant tucked away in the Fresh Pond area.  Diane has co-authored a Zone cookbook on healthy eating and worked as a food consultant with recipe development for a major corporation.  She has been a culinary teacher at Assabet Regional Vocational School and Brookline High School and has participated in many charitable events including Dana Farber:  Cooking for a Cure.  She is now a personal chef with clients in the Boston area, and her biggest passion is teaching - especially Italian cuisine which is her specialty.

Wednesday April 9, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Biscuit and Scone Workshop NEW! - Biscuit and Scone Workshop NEW Learn how to make extra flaky buttermilk biscuits and two different styles of scone. No blah biscuits or dry, cough-inducing scones in this bunch! You will practice working with basic pastry doughs to bring out their flakiness and tenderness while creating three related, but quite different treats. In addition to the basics of scone and biscuit making, you will also pick up general baking tips and tricks along the way. You will go home with treats to share! NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.Instructor:  Steve TullochAbout Our Instructor:Steve Tulloch, chef/owner of Two Desserts Baking, graduated college with a teaching certificate, and after a two-decade detour into tech punctuated by over a dozen baking classes at King Arthur Flour in Vermont, he decided to turn his hobby into a career. In 2019 he entered the Pastry Certificate Program at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, graduating in 2020 with High Honors in both Academics and Lab. Steve has his ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification and Allergen Awareness Training, and is a member of the United States Personal Chef Association.

Monday April 14, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	French Bistro Cooking NEW! - French Bistro Cooking NEW! French Cooking is filling with wonderful, complex flavors, but it doesn't have to be time consuming.  Learn to make a delicious French Lentil Salad with Feta, a Chicken Burdundy Sauce with Mushrooms, a Ham and Leek Tart, and finish with the famous Apricot Clafoutis dish, a Jacque Pepin favorite.   NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.Instructor:  Diane MantecaAbout Our Instructor:Diane has been a professional chef for 25 years, working in high end gourmet establishments as well as catering companies.  She owned the Brickyard Cafe in Cambridge for 7 years which was an eclectic and popular restaurant tucked away in the Fresh Pond area.  Diane has co-authored a Zone cookbook on healthy eating and worked as a food consultant with recipe development for a major corporation.  She has been a culinary teacher at Assabet Regional Vocational School and Brookline High School and has participated in many charitable events including Dana Farber:  Cooking for a Cure.  She is now a personal chef with clients in the Boston area, and her biggest passion is teaching - especially Italian cuisine which is her specialty.

Wednesday April 16, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Braided Danish Loaves NEW! - Braided Danish Loaves NEW Learn to make this beautiful festive treat perfect for Spring Holiday Brunches. This delicious braided loaf of sweet dough is packed with a sweetened cream cheese filling and lemon curd or jam. You will learn the basics of working with yeasted bread dough and pick up plenty of general baking tips and tricks along the way. Everyone goes home with their own 16” by 5” loaf to share, so be sure to bring a suitable container to carry it home in! NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.Instructor:  Steve TullochAbout Our Instructor:Steve Tulloch, chef/owner of Two Desserts Baking, graduated college with a teaching certificate, and after a two-decade detour into tech punctuated by over a dozen baking classes at King Arthur Flour in Vermont, he decided to turn his hobby into a career. In 2019 he entered the Pastry Certificate Program at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, graduating in 2020 with High Honors in both Academics and Lab. Steve has his ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification and Allergen Awareness Training, and is a member of the United States Personal Chef Association.

Monday April 28, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Learn to Make Baklava NEW CONTENT! - Learn to Make Baklava NEW CONTENT! Baklava is a dessert delicacy comprised of sugar, cinnamon, and nuts folded into layers of buttered phyllo dough, baked to a crispy, golden brown, then drenched with a hot citrus honey mixture.  It is enjoyed in Greece and many Middle Eastern countries.  Come to this one-night class and learn to make this delicious dessert in the authentic way along with some other traditional Greek sides.NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up. Instructor: Martha CoravosAbout Our Instructor:Martha Coravos was a teacher for many years until she decided to follow a long-time passion and was accepted to law school at age 34.  Martha's law career saw her as a courtroom clerk and a prosecutor for a great majority of her career.  She was also an adjunct professor at Middlesex Community College and Southern New Hampshire University.  After retiring in 2017, Martha put her energy into her interests including music, cribbage, and traditional Greek cooking.  She is excited to share these skills with the community!

Wednesday April 30, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	New England Summer Dinner NEW! - New England Summer Dinner NEW! With the warm weather coming, it's time to change your menu to more summer friendly meals.  Learn to make a delicious New England Seafood Chowder, an easy Pulled Pork and French Biscuit Sandwich, Downeast Potato Salad, and finish with a Maine Blueberry & Peach Crisp.  NOTE:  This class is a high-demand class.  If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist.  If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.Instructor:  Diane MantecaAbout Our Instructor:Diane has been a professional chef for 25 years, working in high end gourmet establishments as well as catering companies.  She owned the Brickyard Cafe in Cambridge for 7 years which was an eclectic and popular restaurant tucked away in the Fresh Pond area.  Diane has co-authored a Zone cookbook on healthy eating and worked as a food consultant with recipe development for a major corporation.  She has been a culinary teacher at Assabet Regional Vocational School and Brookline High School and has participated in many charitable events including Dana Farber:  Cooking for a Cure.  She is now a personal chef with clients in the Boston area, and her biggest passion is teaching - especially Italian cuisine which is her specialty.