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Learn It, Don't Burn It: NYC Food Classes, 6/11 to 6/19

Posted by Allison Hemler, June 11, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Here's yet another serving of some delicious educational opportunities to get down and dirty for the approaching weekend and the following week. All classes listed still have openings, but if you hear otherwise, please let us know.

Photographs by Robyn Lee

'Develop Your Nose: Learn to Recognize and Describe Wine Aromas' at ICE
Monday, June 15, 7 to 9 p.m., $95
They say that 90% of taste is smell. David Lombardo of Landmarc and Ditch Plains will explore this concept in wine tasting, using foods like green peppers, grapefruits, kiwis, and coffee to distinguish aromas in eight different wines.
The Institute of Culinary Education, 50 West 23rd Street (at Sixth Avenue), Manhattan; 800-522-4610; web.iceculinary.com for more info and registration

'Redstone Meadery' at Beer Table
Monday, June 15, 7 to 8:30 p.m., $35
Stop by this tasting of Redstone Meadery's mead/honey wine straight from the owner, David Myers.
Beer Table, 427 B 7th Avenue (b/n 14th & 15th Streets), Brooklyn; 718-965-1196; beertable.com for more info

'Summer Seafood and Pairing the Right Wine' at South Gate
Tuesday, June 16, 6 to 8 p.m., $40
Seafood and wine are two peas in a pod on a hot summer day; the executive chef and sommelier at South Gate will clarify the ins and outs of getting your hands on quality fish and cooking it to perfection, and rounding out the meal with classic wines.
South Gate, 154 Central Park South (b/n Sixth and Seventh Avenues), Manhattan; 212-484-5120 to register

Free discussions on recipes, making homemade jam, and thin crust pizza, and the grand opening of Counter Culture's coffee center—after the jump.

'Recipe, Replication, Innovation' at New York University
Wednesday, June 17, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., free
This panel will feature some great culinary minds exploring the past, present, and future of recipes and how they're transmitted in print, online, and in-person... anyone feel like discussing your mom's homemade tomato sauce?
Institute for Public Knowledge @ New York University, 20 Cooper Square (at East 5th Street), 5th Floor, Manhattan; nyu.edu for more info

'Canning' at Sweet Deliverance Kitchen
Wednesday, June 17, 8 p.m., $40
Learn how to make strawberry rhubarb jam and pickled asparagus this season. You'll witness a demo on canning, pickling, and preserving using the season's best produce.
Sweet Deliverance Kitchen, 1287 Atlantic Avenue (b/n Nostrand Avenue and New York Avenue), Brooklyn; 718-389-2982; thebrooklynkitchen.com for more info and registration

'Open House and Cuppings' at New Counter Culture Center
Thursday, June 18, 7 to 9 p.m.; Friday, June 19, noon, both free
North Carolina-based Counter Culture Coffee will open a new training center in New York City with a focus on teaching food professionals and normal ol' coffee enthusiasts about the roasting and drinking process. The center will celebrate with an open house on Thursday, June 18, and its first weekly "cupping" on Friday.
Counter Culture Center, 37 West 26th Street, Suite 400, Chelsea; newyork.counterculturecoffee.com for more info

'New York Style Thin Crust Pizza' at ICE
Friday, June 19, 6 to 10 p.m., $110
Yet another pizza class at ICE, but this one is all about thin crust. Learn Jane Brock's recipe for dough, then create classics like broccoli and ricotta, goat cheese and chicken, mozzarella, tomato, and basil, pepperoni and mushroom, and peppers and olives.
The Institute of Culinary Education, 50 West 23rd Street (at Sixth Avenue), Manhattan; 800-522-4610; web.iceculinary.com for more info and registration

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