Let Dine-In Diva become your personal culinary kitchen coach. Classes are small to ensure that everyone gets a chance to participate, practice the techniques, and ask questions. Of course, tasting the food is part of the class.
Class Schedule
Classes run 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Classes must be pre-registered and pre-paid. Contact Tami at (330)571-8214 or e-mail dineindiva@gmail.com. Please provide home and cell numbers, and e-mail contact address. Payment via check; I'll let you know where to send when I confirm your registration.
No refunds - if you can not attend, you may send another person in your place. If the event of cancellation due to low enrollment, refund or application to future class will be provided.
Directions, anything you need to bring, and registration confirmation will be sent to you via e-mail. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled class.
Private classes can be scheduled in your kitchen or mine - call for details. Daytime classes available.
Become a Locavore: Your guide to shopping & cooking with farmer's market, CSA Shares (community supported agriculture), and your own garden.
Spring is almost here! Join me for this fun and informative class. I'll give you the secrets of shopping for local foods, and cooking seasonally.
It doesn't get more local than your own backyard, so we'll also cover how you can start your own edible landscape.
We'll prepare an Herbal Salad, Pasta Primavera, and Chocolate Lavender Brownies.
Minimum 4, Maximum 10 guests each session
West Side Market Cleveland Tour
Take a trip to the West Side Market in Cleveland with me and learn the ins and outs of shopping at this fabulous market. Bring a shopping tote and a small cooler with ice. $40 per person
Call to Schedule a date (Fridays are the best time to go) Meet in Summit Mall area around 9:30 am, allow half hour travel each way, approximately 2 hours of tour/shopping time. Expect to return around 1:00 pm.
Knife Skills with Professional Knife Sharpening by Kevin Noon
Learning how to use a knife, plus having a sharp one, is one of the most useful kitchen skills. I am very excited to be able to offer the combination. Bring your knives, scissors, food processor blades, and gardening tools, and Kevin will set up a sharpening station in the garage will we do a basic knife skills class. We'll make and enjoy a stir-fry meal with the results practicing our cutting skills. (Minimum of 6 guests, maximum of 10). Pay for your sharpening services separately, via cash or check.
Call to reserve your private class - 6 minimum guests
Custom Class - You gather 4-10 friend, you pick the topic, I'll create a custom class for you. Day or evening sessions available. $50 per guest.
Suggestions for your custom class:
Couples Class - Romantic Dinner for Two - Stay in for Valentine's Day this year, or pull this menu out on any evening for a special repast. Learn about surprising foods with aphrodisiac properties. We'll make a sexy salad, an entree of chicken or salmon with champagne cream sauce, simple sides, Grand Marnier Honey Chocolate Fondue, and an Amorous Edible Massage Oil. This class is basically a dinner for two service, with instruction and participation. Limit of 3 couples.
Under Pressure - Not granny's pressure cooker. Learn how this kitchen appliance can help you make normally slow cooking dishes possible on any weeknight. Old fashioned Ham & Navy Bean Soup in 15 minutes. Tender Rosemary Beef Stew in 35 min. These are also great time savers for preparing whole grains on the weekend to have in the fridge all week.
Victory Garden - During WW I & II, folks grew Victory Gardens to ease the burden on the food supply during wartime. With the interest in local foods, there's no better way to reduce your carbon footprint than by growing your own. Learn what grows best here, when to plant, harvest, and how to cook and preserve your crops. It isn't too soon to start planning for spring! Also learn about how you can plant an extra row to feed the hungry and about local farmers that will do the work (or most of the work) for you for an upfront investment annually (CSA programs).
Cook From a Book - Group selects a cookbook and we'll cook a selection of recipes from the book. I have over 400 for you to select from. May I suggest Mark Bittman's 'Food Matters, A Guide to Conscious Eating with 75 Recipes' which in addition to recipes, provides information on how and why changing the way you eat will impact your health and the environment.
Leftover Makeover - Family wrinkle their noses at leftovers? Learn the secrets of making meals taste as fresh as the first time around, plus strategies for turning the cooked ingredients into totally new meals. Stretch your food budget while saving time in the kitchen and reducing your food waste.
Natural Beauty from the Garden and Pantry - With a few ingredients from the pantry & garden create your own healthy beauty products.
Spice Rack Redo - If you're still using the dried spices that came with your rack you're missing out on the flavor punch these ingredients provide. Bring your clean empty jars and fill them up with fresh spices and learn how to use them.
Go with the Grain - You know whole grains are good for you, but are you stumped on how to prepare them? Explore whole grains like wheatberries, quinoa and barley.
Sear, Roast, Sauce - One of the questions I'm often asked is how to make steak like restaurants. This class will teach you a basic technique that works with beef, pork, chicken and fish and has endless flexibility.
Catering Secrets - Learn how to set up a buffet, decorate and put on a party on a budget that looks like it was professionally catered.
On the Side - Tired of the same old boring rice and frozen vegetables? Spice up your plate with some exciting side dishes.
What's For Lunch? - Brown bagging to save money? Learn how to prepare healthy lunches and morph your dinners that will have your co-workers begging you to trade.
Ugly Vegetables - You've seen the celery root in the produce section but have no idea what to do with it. Some of the ugliest vegetables are the tastiest. We'll explore celery root, parsnips, fennel and others.
Home Creamery - Learn how simple it is to make your own yogurt, ricotta, creme fraiche, butter, etc. at home. One of the leading mail-order companies in the country that supplies all kinds of make your own supplies is located right in our backyard and has a retail location.
