Culinary Demonstration Class
Cuisine Karen offers a Culinary Demonstration Class featuring two to three dishes based on a seasonal menu. Each month, one menu will be offered twice ~ on Friday and again on Saturday, in order to better accommodate work and school schedules.
Students gather at 10:00am, sign-in and put on a name tag. Everyone takes a seat, recipes in hand. Most ingredients have been prepared and measured. When teaching technique or a specific skill (such as peeling garlic, or slicing an onion) one of the featured vegetables is reserved for demonstrating such technique.
Throughout the class, you have several moments to stretch your legs and move about, have a nice cool glass of water, and in some cases, may enjoy a tasting of wine, as is often presented by Fayetteville wine representative Kerry Walker of WGW Marketing.
You are then offered samples of each dish that is prepared. You may also like to treat yourself to garden fresh salad greens with a homemade vinaigrette and freshly baked bread from Little Bread Company for an additional $3. Class duration is 3 hours, ending at 1:00pm. Do not forget to take home your recipes!
Hands On & Fine-Dining Class
Four times a year, Cuisine Karen offers a Hand's On & Fine-Dining Class featuring a 3-course seasonal menu. This class is offered only once, on Friday, each mid-season.
Students gather at 10:00am, sign-in and put on a name tag. If the weather is nice, we will take a brief tour of Patou's Gardens, with special emphasis on the culinary herbs.
We return to the kitchen for freshly brewed coffee. Everyone is presented with an apron, dishtowel, cutting board and handcrafted chef's knife, made personally by Butch Hanby of Buffalo Waller Knife Works.
Together, we prepare the meal from start to finish, set the table, then enjoy and contemplate our creations during a sit-down luncheon complete with a glass of wine. The wine, presented by Edwige Denyszyn from our local Keels Creek Vineyards, is chosen to specifically complement the meal. We finish in the French style with a cup of coffee and square of dark chocolate. Everyone then pitches in for a quick clean up. Class duration is 4 hours, ending at 2:00pm. Since this class involves participation from everyone, class size is limited to 10 people.
