National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is Tuesday, Aug 4. In 1937, Ruth Graves ran out of nuts and substituted semisweet chocolate for them in her cooking dough recipe. The rest is history. To help commemorate this holiday, La Gourmandise School will conduct The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Class on Sunday, August 16 (2:30–5:30 p.m.) Few…
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Waverly Features Healthy and Flavorful Cooking Classes
The newly opened Waverly: A Bookshop Cafe and Cooking School in South Pasadena will host regular cooking classes with Carrie Bonfitto, author of a new cookbook. Her first non-virtual class takes place at 6:30 p.m. on Sept 18. Waverly is a bookshop cafe and cooking school located in South Pasadena. Owner Sandy Olivas opened a…
Cuban Cooking Class at The Gourmandise School
My wife and I enjoy cooking. I follow recipes and for the most part, my food ends up satisfactory. I need a lot more time to prepare a dish than the average person because I can’t multitask. On the other hand, my wife can not only multitask, but she can also efficiently prepare a recipe…
The Gourmandise School Moves to Larger Quarters
My wife and I attended a class at The Gourmandise School of Sweets and Savories and thoroughly enjoyed it. At the time I attended, I heard that they had outgrown their facility and would re-open at a new location. Our instructor was both enthusiastic and informative and we learned how to make the basic cooking…
The Gourmandise School Makes Cooking Fun and Easy
My wife and I both love to cook. Fortunately for me, she is a great cook and I only cook on special occasions or when I lose a bet to her. My wife recently enrolled in the Sauces class at The Gourmandise School of Sweets and Savories in Santa Monica and I captured the experience….