cooking class Vinaigrette & dressing

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Vinaigrette & Dressing cooking class

Cooking technique class in which you learn to make your own vinaigrette and dressing.

If you really want to learn to cook without recipes, start with dressings and vinaigrettes. They’re easy, quick and always tasty.

Info	Braised chicken cooking class
Date & time	February 13, 2023 * 5 pm PT \| 8 pm ET
Type of class	Learn a canvas recipe for infinite inspiration
How	Online cooking class, using Zoom Live & interactive Recording will be available afterwards for 6 days

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Why would I take this class?

One of the easiest ‘dishes’ you can to learn to play with your food are vinaigrettes and dressings. They were the first your chef Edie really learned to master. Soon her fridge got emptied out of all those bottles containing crap ‘ingredients’, and different oils and vinegars entered, and every salad got a different combination.

You can learn that too!

In this class we will go beyond following a recipe, but we will play with the oils, vinegars and other ingredients you have in your pantry, creating and tasting your own dressings!

Okay, so what are vinaigrettes and dressings?

You know them as the coating on your salad, but you can use them in many more ways.

There is some discussion on what exactly the difference between dressings and vinaigrettes are, but that’s not really important. Chef Edie thinks that vinaigrettes are an category of dressings, and wants to leave it at that.

More fun will it be to explore what is possible when making them. We will raid your pantry and you’ll never (have to) go back to bottled dressings. Maybe look up a recipe for inspiration, but you’ll learn endless creativity with what you have on hand.

What can you expect?

What the Learn to cook without recipes classes make stand out from other cooking classes, is that in each class we will focus on 1 subject only. That could be a cooking technique, an ingredient, a dish or another theme.

On Monday, January 16th, 2023 we experiment with oil, vinegar and all kinds of ingredients that help you make a stable emulsion. So be ready to raid your cabinets and fridge and learn how you can make a dressing with whatever you have!

Class is open to all dietary preferences, as you can customize your vinaigrettes and dressings with ingredients you already use.

What you’ll learn

The difference between vinaigrettes and dressings 😉
How to make your own vinaigrettes and dressings with ingredients you already use
How to combine your homemade dressings and the ingredients/foods you use them on

What you’ll need

A few bowls and a whisk (or fork)
A few small bottles or containers to save your homemade dressings
Ingredients you already have in your pantry
Full grocery and tools list will be provided after signing up

About your chef

This class will be taught by chef Edie Dourleijn, once a picky eater who couldn’t cook.

She documented her path to eating and cooking everything as one of the first food bloggers of her home country The Netherlands (in 2006!). To learn more quickly, she looked around for classes that would help her understand what is going on in her pots and pans, but they didn’t exist. Eventually, she ended up at culinary school.

Now chef Edie teaches her Learn to cook without recipes classes for curious cooks who want to become free of recipes. Just like she once was.

Edie also hosts all kinds of entertaining and educational virtual cooking classes to celebrate any occasion with family or friends, or as a (real) team building, receiving 5 star reviews.

Get in touch with any questions or requests you have.

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FAQ

What makes this cooking class different from others?

At most, if not all, cooking classes (both virtual an in-person) the focus is on following a recipe, and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get a tip of two.
Not at the Learn to cook without recipes classes. In our classes we will break down the recipes and focus more on why we are doing what we are doing.
In our eyes, recipes are merely this one person’s way of describing what to do. Not a rule book to live by. There are many ways to get to a similar end result, and we will focus on teaching you that. To make sure you know how you can derive from a recipe and make any dish the way that works for you!

Why is this an online cooking class?

Thanks to covid-19, chef Edie realized how much you can learn while cooking in your own kitchen. Doing every step yourself, using your own pots, pans and utensils, on your own stove, with the help of a teacher looking in your pans with you. Especially when you compare it to cooking in the chef’s kitchen, where others are stirring the ingredients you’ve chopped into the the pots.

Is this class interactive? Can I ask the chef my questions?

Yes, yes, and yes! Chef Edie does believe in communal learning. She definitely doesn’t know everything and is not afraid to admit so. She believes we all can learn from each other’s experiences and backgrounds. So yes, share your curiosity and knowledge with all of us.
The ultimate goal for this course is to create a curious community of cooking enthusiasts that openly and respectfully learn from each other.

I am gluten free, diary free, vegetarian, vegan (etc), is this cooking class for me?

It depends on the class. A class focused on cooking meat might not be of interested for people with a vegetarian and vegan life style. But with most other classes we will try to make the class accessible to everyone. See the notes above, or email us your questions.

I am an absolute beginner, would that work?

Yes! We aim to make all of our classes open to all cooking levels. As long as you love to cook and want to learn more, you’ll be fine. And, you always can watch back the class (6 days) if you want to revisit what you’ve learned.

I don’t like to see myself on the screen. Can I still participate?

Of course! We do understand sharing your kitchen and culinary skills to strangers is scary. However, we encourage everyone to share their screens, for a better bonding and easier communication throughout the class. We’d loved to see every student feels connected and part of a community of creative and curious cooks.
Alternatively, you can aim your camera at your work station, so chef Edie still can see your work and guide you, if needed.

I would love to attend a class, but can’t make it on the day/time.

We’re sorry to hear that! Maybe one of these options work for you?
* Each class will be recorded and you can watch it back for at least one week.
* Sign up for the wait list, so we can notify you of future time slots.
* Book a private session with chef Edie. Send us an email to learn more.

What if I need to cancel?

Please read our fine print here.

Our upcoming classes

Vinaigrette & Dressing cooking class

Whisk with us!

Why would I take this class?

Okay, so what are vinaigrettes and dressings?

What can you expect?

What you’ll learn

What you’ll need

About your chef

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