Pennsylvania Cooking Schools Announce January Classes

CRATE(Kitchenware Store and Cooking School) is the premiere cooking school in Western Pennsylvania. Located in Pittsburgh, they have both demonstration and hands-on kitchens in their cooking school. In twenty-seven years of business, they have had international, national and regional chefs with over 200 cooking classes each year.

# Birthday Bash," for the "forgotten ones" born in January, a sit-down dinner limited to 24, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 9, $40.

# "Lunch & Learn," featuring Carolina Pulled Pork, noon to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 11, $20.

# "The Immigrant Kitchen" with ethnic recipes from Crate staff members, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 19, $40.

# "Advanced Basics: Focus on Techniques," a four-part hand-on series to refine culinary experience with pasta, sauces, poultry, vegetables, starches and breads, taught by chef Christopher Sotkovsky of Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21 and 28 and Feb. 4 and 11, $250 for series, $70 per individual class.

# "Comfort Food" with Joe Certo, using Dutch ovens, slow cookers and pressure cookers, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 23, $40.

# "Lunch & Learn: Chinese New Year," featuring steamed pot stickers, stir-fried chicken, noon to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 25, $20.

# "Dinner in the French Countryside" with Carol Tabone, director of Jungle Jim's Cooking School in Fairfield, Ohio, a sit-down four-course meal with wine, noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 28, $55.

# "Lunch & Learn," featuring pecan-crusted salmon with cucumber yogurt sauce, noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 1.

# "A Bit of Age is Good with the Right Wine," featuring Dave Desimone, wine columnist for the Tribune-Review, and Penn Mac's Carol Pascuzzi, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 6, $45.

# "Aphrodisiac Dinner" with Jeanne Lewis, chef/owner A Fare to Remember, a sit-down dinner featuring oysters, asparagus, duck, and chocolate souffle, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 9, $55.

# "Lunch & Learn," beef brisket with portobello mushrooms and dried cranberries, noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 15, $20.


Visit the Crate location online or at their facility:

1960 Greentree Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
Phone: 412.341.5700
Fax: 412.341.6231