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Foodcrafting 101
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The workshop includes four, 1-hour food crafting sessions, catered lunch and beverages. Each participant will be sent home with their very own bread, a take-home containers of cheese, bread dough, a jar of fruit preserves and a container of mustard. You'll also receive the Institute's signature instruction manual with recipes and materials/ingredient resource guide empowering you to recreate everything at home. Unleash your inner foodcrafter. This...
Pickle Crafting
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
We will transform summer pickling cucumbers into something your "Bubbe". Tuesdays at Greystone continues with a summer pickling workshop. Gourmet pickling may very well be the next "must know" foodcraft to brag about. Portlandia fans can say "we can pickle that" as much as they want, but you'll actually be doing it! We will start with a classic kosher dill pickle. Using the traditional method of fermenting in a brine of salt water, fresh dill,...
Home Butchery: Whole Chicken
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What? You've never spatchcocked a whole chicken? Expand your culinary repertoire beyond the same old chicken breast and become your own home butcher in this hands-on class with Jered Standing, Head Butcher at Belcampo Meat Co. You'll not only save money – purchasing a whole chicken and butchering it yourself will save you up to 50% – you'll end up with the makings for a luxurious, homemade chicken stock you can use right away or freeze for later....
Bread and Butter
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Master two of life's simplest and most rewarding pleasures: bread and butter. And all before lunch! By popular demand, No-Knead Bread Making 2.0. Institute Director, Joseph Shuldiner will teach his 21-hour boule recipe and give you the basics of bread-making: yeast, wheat flours, scaling with the metric system, water, baking secrets, and storage. You'll then begin a loaf of this miraculous bread and choose from our Flavor Bar™ to mix in your...
Gin & Tonic 101
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
Keep calm and drink Gin and Tonic! Gin Tasting, Homemade Tonic Water from Scratch, Gin & Tonic Cocktail Making, and Clear Ice Made Easy. Gin is in, and there are so many fantastic options out there–if you think you don’t like gin, think again! We’ll begin class with a gin tasting with three of "Dean" Kent's favorites. We’ll then blow your mind with our homemade tonic water: intoxicatingly complex, floral and fruity, perfectly bitter,...
Cocktail Crafting
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
In this artisanal cocktail lover's dream class we'll dig into our apothecaries’ cabinet (bitter herbs, flowers, roots etc), mixing and manifesting the perfect recipe for your imbibing pleasure. We'll go over the history behind bitters making, as well as some common and not so common ingredients that make up traditional and new essences. Upon completion we'll have each created our own unique bitters formula to take home, as well as incorporate them...
Extreme DIY: Tofu Making
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ Mariposa Creamery, Altadena, CA
Using inexpensive and easily obtainable ingredients, you’ll learn how to make different kinds of fresh soy milk to craft a broad range of tofu. We’ll make silken tofu, tender block tofu, warm tofu pudding (think soy panna cotta) and ethereal yuba (tofu skin). Good tofu is exquisite, like well-made cheese or fresh bread. Experience its excellence by making your own. Join cookbook author Andrea Nguyen to explore soybean magic. After journeying...
Deconstructing Kitchen Condiments
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
After class, you just might be inspired to clean out your refrigerator's door and replace it with your new condiment swag. We'll explore life beyond mustard with: Harissa They don't call it the Ketchup of Tunisia for nothin': this spiced spread can jazz up anything from eggs to falafel. It originated in North Africa and has been loved and adapted by dozens of countries since. We'll start with a traditional base recipe, then...
Bacon Curing
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
Rashida Purifoy, Los Angeles' premier bacon-ista, will guide us through each step in the bacon making process. We'll begin with a pork belly 101 lesson, including sourcing the best quality meat and a no-brainer discussion on food safety. Next it's on to the good stuff – curing! We'll learn the differences between dry and wet curing with a hands-on choice of hand-crafted rubs, bourbon, maple syrup, citrus zest and more from the Institute Flavorbar™....
Cheese Making Series: All Three Milkcrafting Series
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ Mariposa Creamery, Altadena, CA
You will learn dairy products that can be made easily at home. Also how to make age mold-ripened cheeses, and feta. Lastly, we will exercise the basic backbone of cheese making using Gouda as our vehicle. All workshops will take place at Mariposa Creamery, on the grounds of the historic Zane Grey Estate, in Altadena. Details and directions will be sent to each participant upon registration. Milkcrafting 101 (First Saturday) There are a great...
Natural Cheesemaking
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Explore the world of cheesemaking without the use of laboratory-grown, freeze-dried cultures with celebrated cheesemaker David Asher, author of The Art of Natural Cheesemaking. An organic farmer, farmstead cheesemaker and educator at his Black Sheep School of Cheesemaking located in British Columbia, David will show you how diverse cheeses are related, and how they can evolve from an organically inspired cheesemaking philosophy....
Home Coffee Roasting
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
Learn to roast, brew and taste coffee using simple inexpensive equipment. Perfect for any home enthusiast who wants to up their ‘coffee game’ without leaving their kitchen. Discover coffee’s flavor attributes and origins most importantly – how to roast, grind and brew consistently good cups of coffee. Purchasing commercially roasted coffee beans is so five-minutes ago! Take matters into your own hands and become your own home coffee roaster....
Milk Crafting 102
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ Mariposa Creamery, Altadena, CA
In the second course of the series, we will learn to make a mold-ripened cheese like camembert and our award winning Mariposa Bijou. Students will have the opportunity to individually execute each step in the making of a feta that can be stored for up to 1 year in brine, and will take home a pint of feta in brine to age and enjoy at home. We will then will end with mozzarella, which requires no ripening but a lot of stretching, and which we will...
Swine & Wine: Hog Butchery
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Join celebrity butcher Jered Standing for an evening of hog butchery and wine pairing. Those of you who have experienced our popular "Home Butchery: Whole Chicken" class with Jered know how approachable his teaching style is and how much you'll learn. The evening will include delicious snacks, wine tasting (three wines), hog butchery demonstration and pork tasting from different parts of the hog with a discussion of cooking methods. ...
Coffee 101: Home Roasting + Brewing
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By popular demand, we have expanded our home roasting coffee curriculum to a new 3-hour course! We've combined all the popular subjects of our signature Home Coffee Roasting class and Coffee Brew Lab, which adds grinding and brewing the perfect cup of coffee. Learn to roast, brew and taste coffee using simple inexpensive equipment. Perfect for any home enthusiast who wants to up their ‘coffee game’ without leaving their...
Koji Crafting
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For centuries, Japanese cuisine has been dependent on a specific mold to produce miso, shoyu (soy sauce), and sake. This mold has a very formal name; Aspergillus oryzae, but to us, it’s simply called koji. Western chefs have finally discovered what Eastern chefs have already known, koji makes everything it touches taste delicious. In this hands-on class, we’ll make Shio (salt) Koji and a Spicy Shoyu (soy sauce) Koji, both...
Miso Making
Institute of Domestic Technology See all classes by this school @ 244 South San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA
Japanese cuisine has a long history of ingeniously fermented foods: miso, pickles, natto, sake and more. Inspired by the richness of Japan's fermentation traditions, we have added a "Department of Japanese Fermentation" to the Institute and are thrilled to introduce our new instructor, Yoko Maeda Lam, who will be teaching many of these new classes. Miso-making is the "gateway" introduction to Japanese ferments. Simple to make...
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Miso Making
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Home Butchery: Whole Chicken
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Home Coffee Roasting
It was a very informative class. The instructor knew his material exceptionally well. -
Bread and Butter
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Foodcrafting 101
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Home Coffee Roasting
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Pickle Crafting
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Home Coffee Roasting
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Cocktail Crafting
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Foodcrafting 101
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Gin & Tonic 101