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By Joyce Sigman
On a rainy Tuesday evening in late January, members of the Cooking
Teacher SIG arrived at Ramekins Culinary School in Sonoma, eager to tour
the facility and learn tips to make their cooking classes fun, rewarding
and successful. Mary Karlin and Lisa Lavagetto, Ramekins executive
staff, could not have been more welcoming and willing to share their
knowledge of cooking class management and tips for success.
After an informative tour of two kitchens and the B & B Guest rooms, we
adjourned to the “Great Hall” where Mary and Lisa attempted to answer as
many of the 45 questions that René Matthew had collected from SIG
members in advance. A sample included:
People
attend classes based on the menu, and Protein Sells!
Subject-
and menu-driven classes are the most popular, followed by
instructor-driven.
 People
want to learn to cook for entertaining or special occasion
“indulgences”, (no healthy or vegan, Please!).
Hands-on
classes are much more popular than demo classes – people want to get
their hands into the process, not just watch a chef do “show and tell.”
The
most popular cuisine is – you guessed it – Italian, closely followed by
Mediterranean, then Asian
Mary and Lisa give a great deal of thought to class menus and portion
sizes, as well as matching the type of class to the day of the week and
the season.
A special “thank you” to SFPFS President Joyce Jue for arranging this
evening. We encourage anyone who has not had a chance to tour Ramekins,
or taken a class there to head on up to Sonoma and enjoy the impressive
and well-equipped facility.
Dorothy Nicholson, Joyce Jue, Karen Gilbert, Thalia
Hohenthal, Margaret MacKenzie, Ann Wheeler , Barbara Federoff
The next Cooking Teachers SIG Meeting is tentatively scheduled for
Tuesday, March 18, at the home of Karen Gilbert, 1 Pacheco Creek Drive,
Novato. Please contact René Matthew if you have any questions regarding
the Cooking Teacher SIG at (415) 883-6339 or email:
rene.matthew@comcast.net
Joyce Sigman, is the General Manager, of the soon to come Dancing Spoons
Shared Professional Kitchens.
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List of Recent Events
August 2008
Coffee Cupping
June 2008
Honey Tasting SIG
June 2008
Food Writing Book Club SIG
June 2008
Digs Bistro
June 2008
Sauvignon Blanc Showdown
May 2008
A Visit to Careme 350
May 2008
Cooking Teachers SIG
May 2008
San Mateo Members Meet
May 2008
South Bay Members Connect
April 2008
Wine SIG takes a Beaujolais Cruise
April 2008
Demystifying the Food/Wine Dilemma
March 2008
Pasta tasting
March 2008
Cooking Teachers' SIG
March 2008
Traveling Table to Ubuntu
March 2008
Gelato Making
February 2008
Best of Show Cabernet Sauvignons
January 2008
AGM 2008
January 2008
Cooking SIG at Ramekins
January 2008
Stirring the Pot: Future of Chinese Cuisine
December 2007
Marmalade tasting
November 2007
Wine SIG samples sparklers
November 2007
United States of Arugula review
November 2007
Decoding Molecular Gastronomy
October 2007
Career Change Roundtable
October 2007
B Star Bar
September 2007
Barbary BBQ on Maiden Lane
September 2007
Vanilla Tasting
August 2007
Wine SIG tastes Rieslings
June 2007
Wine SIG Rosé Tasting
June 2007
Wines from Livermore
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Tasting Sig Explores Fetas
June 2007
Dinner at B Restaurant
May 2007
An Evening with Jaques Pepin
April 2007
Knockout Santa Cruz Wines
March 2007
Feasting at Chef Chus
Annual General Meeting
February 2007
Lessons from a Master Taster: Darrell Corti
February 2007
East Bay Urban Wine Tour
January 2007
Traveling Table: Radio Africa and Kitchen
December 2006
Holiday Cookie Exchange
November 2006
Southern Foodways Alliance
Stirring the Pot with Chuck Williams
October 2006
Wine Sig Looks for Varietal Character
August 2006
SFPFS Barbeque on the USS Hornet
August 2006
Stirring the Pot: Building your Culinary
Pedigree
June 2006
Antony Bourdain at the Commonwealth Club
May 2006
Expo West 2006
May 2006
Table Travelers visit Old Mandarin
January 2006
The Annual General Meeting
January 2006
Impressions of Fancy Food, the 31st
annual trade show
September 19, 2005
Stirring the Pot: The History,
Dynamics, and Ethics of Luxury Dining
June 22, 2005
Stirring the Pot with Nell Newman,
Els Cooperrider and Guinness McFadden
May 25, 2005
Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust
Fundraising Dinner
May 18. 2005
Philippe Stark and Michel Rolland
at the SF W Hotel
April 28, 2005
Roundtable: The Food and Culture of
Burma
February 15, 2005
Stirring the Pot with Harold McGee
October 22, 2004
Food Fight! A Lively Discussion of Today's Most Challenging Food Choices
July 12, 2004
Blenheim Apricot Food Tour
May 17, 2004
Stirring the Pot: A Conversation with Hubert Keller, Michael Mina and
Bradley Ogden
March 15, 2004
Stirring the Pot: A Conversation with Gerald Asher
February 10, 2004
SFPFS Traveling Table goes to New Delhi Restaurant
January 26, 2004
AGM / NMR Review
November 10, 2003
Reel Food - Castro Theatre
September 25, 2003
Food Tour - Heritage Fruit Orchard at Filoli Gardens
September 17, 2003
Rick Knoll on Organic Farming
June 16, 2003
A Conversation with Thomas Keller: The Soul of Haute Cuisine in America
May 19, 2003
The SFPFS Traveling Table - Roxanne's in Larkspur
April 28, 2003
Stirring the Pot: A Conversation with Marian Burros and Marion
Cunningham
March, 2003
Stirring the Pot: A Conversation with Marion Nestle
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