Cooking Classes in NYC

Before your cooking classes with Chef Donna

You know that it's time to get cooking. So you sign up for a class at a culinary school you know of. Once there, there are so many people vieing for the chef's attention, you can't get your questions answered and you leave feeling it was a waste of time and money, you have no idea what to do with the information you received. So, now you're in your kitchen frantically going through the refrigerator and freezer trying to figure out what to prepare for dinner. There's plenty of food, but you have no idea what to do with it in the short time you have. Dinner's running late, someone will be home soon, someone will be hungry soon, or you have a date to meet for drinks in an hour. What do you do? Call for delivery? Pop a frozen pizza in the oven? Go to the nearest drive-thru??

After your cooking classes with Chef Donna

You're in your kitchen getting ready to prepare dinner. You're running late, but that's ok, you know exactly how to get dinner on the table in 20 minutes, you had you're own private, one on one, in home cooking classes with Chef Donna. She lead you through a few easy recipes and showed you some techniques and short cuts. So, now you have music playing and you're swaying to a great drum beat. You have your knife in your hand, your ingredients laid out on the counter. You pick up a shallot and cut it into a small dice like a pro, pick up the carrot and celery, same thing. Get oil in the skillet over medium heat until it's hot and add your chicken, listening for the sizzle, that "TTZZZZZ" sound that lets you know your oil is at the perfect temperature. No stress here as you brown your chicken checking to see if it needs to be flipped. Once your chicken is done you remove it from the skillet and add the shallot and carrot and saute to just right. Add a bit of white wine and chicken stock, maybe a squeeze of lemon and a handful of capers and then season with a pinch of salt and pepper, and it's done. Whether your a beginner or a seasoned cook this is possible. This is cooking, this is easy, this is how it should be!

Do you want to learn to prepare a few new chicken, meat, fish or vegetarian dishes,how to prepare whole grains or just want to learn how to feed yourself and your family quick, easy and healthy meals? I've got you covered. Cooking should be fun, exciting and stress free, and that's what we'll have when I come to your home to lead you through your lesson. Whether you're interested in learning healthy techniques, a particular dish or cuisine, I'll design a menu, do the food shopping and come to your home and lead you through a cooking lesson you'll never forget.

How about a cooking party!!?? Get some friends together and I'll guide you through a cooking lesson and then you can all sit down and eat the fruits of your labor.

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