CALENDAR OF CLASSES AND EVENTS
This is our Calendar of currently scheduled classes. It lists AVAILABLE classes, once classes are sold out they are removed from the page. If you are signed up for a class and have received a confirmation, it will proceed as scheduled in your confirmation email unless you hear otherwise from us.
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Classes will be available online beginning on January 15th at 10AM.
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CLASS CANCELLATION POLICY:
If cancellation is made at least 1 week (7 days) before the class, we will honor a store credit, less 15% of the cost of the class. With less than one week, we cannot offer any refund. If you are registering three or more people for a class, a two (2) week notice is required for cancellation. This is the amount of time needed to find replacements for the class.
Unless otherwise noted, all classes will be at 6:30 PM at the our Labs, 100 Frost St. Brooklyn, NY.
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Pig Butchering Class
February 9, 2010 6:30PM
Our fabulous butchers will lead this demonstration of how to cut up a half a pig, while explaining where many common (and some uncommon) cuts come from on the animal. We will be using a farm-raised pig from Fleisher's meats in Kingston, NY.
Each attendee will receive a $20 credit to our butcher shop, the Meat Hook. This class will NOT be hands-on, but there will be ample time for all your questions.
Class Duration: About 2 Hours
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Tuesday, February 9th Sign Up Now>>>
Tuesday, February 23rd Sign Up Now>>>
Squeaky Clean
February 9, 2010 6:30PM
According to Sarah, making soap is easy and fun, which is probably why she makes the wonderful Goldie Soaps and Scrubs that we carry here at The Brooklyn Kitchen. Sarah uses the Meat Hook's very own beef tallow for her soaps, in this class she will teach how to make your own soap at home. Each student will leave with a bar of Sarah's soap and the knowledge to make their very own soaps.
Duration: about 1.5 hours
You are not required to bring anything.
Tuesday, February 9th Sign Up Now>>>
All-Grain Brewing
February 10, 2010 6:30PM
For the past two months we've been holding Introduction to Home-brewing classes... and we thought that some of you might be ready to take the next step to ALL GRAIN BREWING. Join Dan to learn about the versatility that all-grain brewing can afford you, and to put together an all-grain batch with a helpful, and careful instructor. Come with questions, leave with answers.
Duration: about two hours.
You must be 21 years of age.
Wednesday, February 10th Sign Up Now>>> ONE SPOT LEFT!!
Cookies! Yay!
February 11, 2010 6:30PM
After the success of our drop-in cookie decorating sessions during December, we decided to get Amelia Coulter of SUGARBUILT up in this piece to get down to the serious business of decorating cookies. If you thought decorating cookies was only for the holiday season, then think again. There's always some kind of seasonal shape worth decorating, and this month it's hearts. Obviously! Sign up and get your fill of decorating skills and cookies to take home.
Duration: about 2 hours.
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Wednesday, February 11th Sign Up Now>>>
Anti-Valentine's Day Party
February 11, 2010 6:30PM
Valentine’s Day, which we affectionately call “The Big VD”, gets most people whipped up into a chocolate and rose scented frenzy, but why? What if there were a Valentine’s Day activity with no astronomically-priced half-bottles of champagne, no hastily purchased bad chocolate in expensive-looking packaging, and no date required? How about an Anti-Valentine’s Day Dinner Class at the Brooklyn Kitchen!
We promise no romance, except that you might fall in love with us, Tamara Reynolds and Zora O’Neill. What we can promise is good food, wine, and that you will come away from Valentine’s Day 2010 with a few sexy new kitchen tricks like: How to roast radishes, How to make duck heart toasts, How to confit duck legs, How to transform watercress into delicious bitter green salad, and, most importantly, how to make Dessert For One…. And eat it FIRST. Come alone. Come with friends. Come with a lover. Come with an ex, or with someone you’re looking to unload on an unsuspecting classmate. Just come! Learn to make the sexiest of all dishes, Confit duck legs, and eat ‘em up when you’re finished.
You are only required to bring your anti-valentine's day sentiments.
Superior Soups
February 15, 2010 6:30PM
We believe that sometimes soup can warm the heart better than any other winter food, and Corey Yee prepared this class to show you just that. This class is about the finer points of soup: perfecting your stock, choosing the best ingredients, flavor profiling, garnishes, and making the best damn bowl of soup you possible can. Corey will prepare a soup with the class, and students will dine together afterward.
Vegetarian friendly.
Duration: about 2 hours.
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Monday, February 15th Sign Up Now>>>
Pickling with Bob McClure
February 16, 2010 6:30PM
Bob McClure of McClure's Pickles will go over the basics of pickle science for the novice canner, using the vinegar pickling method.This class offers hands-on participation, and the chance to pickle whatever's in season. Each participant gets a jar of homemade pickles that they've helped make!
Class duration: 1.5 hours
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Monday, February 22nd SOLD OUT
Eat What You Grow, Grow What You Eat
February 16, 2010 6:30PM
2010 will be the year you have a successful garden! In this four-part class series, we’ll walk you through city farming, from the soil to your plate. Starting with wintertime tasks like ordering seeds and choosing your growing space, we’ll work our way through an edible landscape, munching all the way on produce from local growers upstate and down.
This four part series, which can be purchased together or separately, will be taught by Annie Novak, who comes to us from The Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint and GrowingChefs.org.
Duration: 1.5 hours per session.
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Tuesday, February 16th Sign Up Now>>>
Tuesday, February 23rd Sign Up Now>>>
Tuesday, March 2nd Sign Up Now>>>
Tuesday, March 9th Sign Up Now>>>
SIGN UP FOR ALL FOUR SESSIONS >>>
Eggstravaganza!
February 17, 2010 6:30PM
Eggs are magic, that much we already know, but Kat Randazzo, former sous chef at Diner, is taking you on an eggstra special journey of egg cookery. She'll be making everything from poached eggs to meringue, scrambling to hollandaise, frying to omelets, soft boiled to custard. You get the idea. We're here to put your egg cooking fears to rest once and for all.
Duration: about 2 hours.
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Tuesday, December 17th. Sign Up Now>>>
Kombucha brewing with Kombuchman!
February 18, 2010 6:30PM
Join Brew Master Kombuchman of Kombucha Brooklyn for an an hour and half of hands on Kombucha fun! Students will learn the history of the beverage, its health benefits, and the art of brewing by Brooklyn's leading Kombuchaseur. All participants will take home their very own batch!
Class duration: about 1.5 hours
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Thursday, February 18th Sign Up Now>>>
Artisanal Sourdough Bread in the French Tradition
February 21, 2010 2:00PM
Everyone loves a loaf of crusty, delicious sourdough bread -- so we're pretty lucky to have Nathan Leamy teaching us about it. Nathan's class serves as an introduction to bread, flour, baking lingo, and sourdough starter. Nathan will demonstrate how to make great sourdough bread at home, and each student will receive bread tastings as well as a portion of a sourdough culture to bring home.
Nathan Leamy is an avid baker with experience working in kitchens around the world. He first learned to bake at Deep Springs College in Eastern California and recently apprenticed at the Boulanger de Monge in Paris. He currently works at Slow Food USA, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving traditional ways of eating and promoting consumption of good, clean, and fair food.
Class duration: 1.5 hours
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Sunday, February 21st (2:00pm) Sign Up Now>>>
Monday, February 22nd (6:30pm) Sign Up Now>>>
The Bitter End
February 24, 2010 6:30PM
What's to be done now that Angostura Bitters is experiencing the saddest alcohol-related shortage of the century? Why, the solution is simple: make your own bitters! Peter Droste will show you how, and provide samples of cocktails that highlight this much loved aromatic. Students will go home with a container of Peter's own bitters, and the knowledge to start their own batch.
Vegetarian friendly.
Duration: about 1.5 hours
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Wednesday, Feburary 24th Sign Up Now>>>
Sauerkraut: Gateway Lacto-Fermenting
February 24, 2010 6:30PM
This month, sauerkraut joins our roster of fermentation orientated classes! Owner of the Brooklyn Kitchen and avid fermenter Harry Rosenblum will show you sauerkraut from crock to plate. Go home with a container of Harry's own 'kraut and a belly full of the sour, stringy stuff.
This class will be somewhat hands-on, and vegetarian friendly.
Duration: about 1.5 hours
You are not required to bring anything with you.
Wednesday, February 24th Sign Up Now>>>
Photo by Hobby-Photograph on Flickr.
Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home with Maria Finn
February 25, 2010 6:30PM
Join author Maria Finn in celebrating the release of her new book, Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home!
Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home is the tale of surviving a broken heart. Maria Finn's husband was cheating. First she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons. It turns out that tango has a lot to teach about understanding love and loss, about learning how to follow and how to lead, how to live with style and flair, take risks, and sort out what it is you really want. As Maria's world begins to revolve around the friendships she makes in dance class and the milongas (social dances) she attends regularly in New York City, we discover with her the fascinating culture, history, music, moves, and beauty of the Argentine tango. With each new dance step she learnsóthe embrace, the walk, the sweep, the exitóshe is one step closer to returning to the world of the living. Eventually Maria travels to Buenos Aires, the birthplace of tango, and finds the confidence to try romance again.
Schedule of events:
6:30 Beginner’s Tango Lesson with Dante Polichetti
7:00 Maria will discuss her misadventures in love and tango.
(Guests are encouraged to share theirs as well.)
For $30 you'll get a copy of Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home, snacks, wine, and tango music from DJ Z.h. Peng. Space is limited, so buy your ticket ASAP. Sign Up Now>>>
