My first venture beyond my own kitchen was a Breads Made Easy class at Chef Eric's Culinary Classroom in West Los Angeles. As with most cooking schools, his offers both a professional culinary series and a professinal baking series for the more serious minded, as well as basic cooking workshops and recreational one day classes. My daughter took the Culinary Basics class with Chef Eric and said he was wonderful.
My Breads Made Easy class was taught by Chef Teresa. It was a three hour class that included some lecture and lots of hands on. First she demonstrated a number of breads, some with yeast, some without, before leading us into the kitchen where we teamed up, chose two different recipes, and got to work.
I claimed the focaccia table, and with my partner, who was happier just watching for the most part, started on our yeast dough, let it proof. Then began our quicker Irish Soda Bread. To my focaccia, I added sun-dried tomatoes and fresh herbs (rosemary and oregano) and to the Irish Soda Bread, apricots and aniseeds. We were also encouraged to watch and help others--so I got to practice forming brioche and rolling baguettes. Of course, at the end of class we got to sample everything: Delicious!
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