Passion for Spices Cooking School™ Wishes You a Happy New Year 2024

 
 

Passion for Spices™ would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. We hope you have a great start to the New Year! We are very grateful for a very productive and fun filled 2023, while introducing more chefs, new clients, and more community project involvement. We are ever so grateful for the platform we have to share the knowledge of good food and breaking bread with our community. We are looking forward to a fabulous 2024!

Here are some of the curated culinary events at Passion for Spices™ Culinary School.

Our Annual Passion For Spices™ Around the World Summer Cooking Camp Highlights

We had a houseful of enthusiastic young chefs for our Around the World Summer Cooking Camp 2023. We had seasonal after school classes where young kids came and prepared different seasonal food and enjoyed the food they prepared.

Our fifth week of our camp was our culinary teen competition. In this program, The young teens build their culinary skillset, and was able to prepare a full course menu from a given mystery basket. The food was served to the families and they appreciated and were thrilled to see the gourmet food they prepared.

Passion For Spices™ Adult Cooking Classes

Our Adult Cooking Classes showcase, Mediterranean, Latin, and Asian cuisines. Based on season and popularity, we curate different classes with different themes. Some of the popular Adult Cooking Classes included Taste of Morocco, Beer and Gourmet Bites, Taste of Thai, and Classic Indian Made Easy. Above are some highlights from our Taste of Morocco class which happened before the pandemic hit.

We are also thankful for our new classes taught by expert culinary educators, Shelley Wiseman and Kathleeen Sanderson. We are pleased to announce that our Cooking Classes are available for the new year.

Passion for Spices™ Corporate Team Building

Passion for Spices™ Plans for 2024

We will be adding more curated classes and pop ups from around the world, where you can come and enjoy amazing culinary experiences. Also food and wine culinary adventures will be announced soon.

After School Program

Adult Cooking School

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Corporate/private cooking class

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We want to wish everyone a Happy, Healthy, and Safe New Year and we hope that everyone can enjoy more cooking and quality time with their family.

We are also in the process of planning our annual five week summer camp, starting on July 8th to August 5th. Save the date!

 
 

Father's Day Special Cooking Together

At Passion for Spices™, we create food experiences and memories with families and friends by providing a platform to teach techniques and classic recipes from around the world. As always, we make sure to procure the highest quality food ingredients, both local and sustainable.

We would like to share our curated cooking classes, especially for Father’s Day, which will be a memorable gift for Dad this year. We have several choices including grilling, seafood specials, and classic menus from regions of the world. Our team is looking forward to celebrating a special father’s day cookout.

Below are the details of some of our curated classes:

Beer and Gourmet Bites:An Exclusive Tasting Menu and Pairing

Sausages with Apple and Celery Root Salad (Trappist Ale)

Hot-Smoked Black Cod with Creamed Leeks and Crisp Vegetable Chips (Golden Ale)

Pan-Roasted Duck Breast with Confit and Braised Red Cabbage with Herb Spaetzle (Rodenbach Red)

Seared Dry-Aged N.Y. Strip Loin with Rutabaga Puree with Bock Beer (Csorsedonk Monk’s Brown Ale)

Seasonal Fruit Tart

Mastering the Grill: A Special Father's Day Treat

Hot-Smoked Salmon with Spicy Mango Salsa

Grilled Rib-eye Steak

Tandoori Style Chicken

Curried Carrot and Golden Raisin Salad

Spiced Jalapeno Infused Mojito (BYOB)

Passion for Spices™ Cooking School

Organic and Kosher Spices

Adult Cooking Classes

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Gift Cards

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Passion for Spices™ Team Wishes Everyone a Happy Easter

Passion for Spices™ wishes everyone a happy Passover and Easter. We are looking forward to celebrating the spring with nature’s abundance from local farmers, creating recipes, and sharing the knowledge of preparing them to our community.

Please enjoy the healthy fig and date bar, Anjeer Khajoor Barfi, for your holidays

Anjeer Khajoor Barfi (Fig & Date Bars)

Makes 6 Servings

Procedure:

1. Soak the dry figs and dates, separately, in hot water, just to cover the dried fruit for 15~20. Drain the water and grind them to a smooth paste adding a tablespoon of water. 

2. Melt ghee and oil in a heavy bottom pan, and add the figs and date puree and cook on medium heat low, stirring frequently, until the mixture dries out about 15 minutes.

3. Stir in the nuts and the cardamom and mix well to combine the mixture well.

4.  Continue to cook the barfi, on medium low heat, stirring frequently, for another 10 minutes or until the mixture starts to leave the sides of the pan.

5. Remove the mixture into a greased plate or tin and press down to form the barfi.

6. Set aside to cool. Cut into squares or diamonds when completely cooled.

 

Here is a curated menu for you and your family to enjoy and have a memorable experience this holiday season.

We have a few Easter Special Classes in the link at the bottom of the page with details.

Celebrate Easter Mediterranean Style

Shelley Wiseman’s Easter Special

Ingredients:

1 cup (about 15) Dry Figs, chopped

1 cup (about 18) Dates, pitted and chopped

3 tbsp almonds, finely chopped

2 tbsp plain cashews, finely chopped

2 tbsp unsalted pistachios, finely chopped

3 cardomom pods, seeds removed and crushed fine.

1 tsp ghee + 1 tbsp sunflower oil