Cooking and Entertaining
Diane’s Market Kitchen
DURATION One three- to four-hour session, hosted on Sundays. CLASS FEE $125. WHO IT’S FOR Kitchen klutzes, up-and-coming Paula Deens. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN That to make great food, all you need is great ingredients. Pike Place Market maven Diane LaVonne’s most popular class has a cook-by-the-seat-of-her-white-chef’s-pants vibe, but all of her students are guaranteed three things: They’ll taste something new, have an aha moment (did you know that pimientos were just roasted red peppers?), and leave feeling better than they did when they got there. After a behind-the-counter tour of the Market that demonstrates Seattle’s bounty of local purveyors, LaVonne serves up a “little of this, little of that” hands-on cooking demonstration. Come hungry. GETTING STARTED Call 206-624-6114 or visit dianesmarketkitchen.com.
Keeping Chickens in the City
Seattle Free School
DURATION Two hours. WHO IT’S FOR Urban farmers; fans of free knowledge, no matter how quirky. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN That the chicken is a low-maintenance bird—if you can keep the coyotes at bay. This free course in fowl fundamentals is more “how to get started” and less “everything you ever needed to know.” It’s a laid-back educational environment that favors a mind-share approach, so experienced chicken wranglers offer advice on how to build a coop, where to get feed, and whether to start with chicks or adult chickens. GETTING STARTED Visit seattlefreeschool.org for dates and locations.
Glassblowing 1
Pratt Fine Arts Center
DURATION One day a week for eight weeks. CLASS FEE $621 for members, $690 for nonmembers. WHO IT’S FOR Lovers of functional art, those who like it hot. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN How to blow unpoppable bubbles. Surely you’ve heard of that local frizzy-haired, glass-wrangling dude named Dale. Then it’s safe to assume you know that learning to sculpt that most fragile of mediums is practically a right of passage in Seattle. But did you know that Pratt is the place to do it? Not only do you get four hours of practice time per session, but the nonjudgmental instructors focus on how to mold glass and not what to make. What fun is art if you’re designing someone else’s dream? GETTING STARTED Call 206-328-2200 or visit pratt.org/classes/glass.html; the winter quarter begins December 6.
The Body Toxic
Bastyr University
DURATION Two hours (October 3). CLASS FEE $59. WHO IT’S FOR Consumer advocates, packaging purists. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN How your couch plans to kill you. Based on her book by the same name, Nena Baker’s seminar uncovers hormone-disrupting nasties like the bisphenol A in plastic bottles and flame retardants in furniture. Rather than fear-mongering, she wants to teach you how to avoid these beaker-born sources of bad mojo and how you can influence companies to stop using them. And she may be on to something: Bisphenol A wasn’t outlawed by any U.S. federal agency, but public outcry forced Nalgene to modify the plastic in its bottles last year. GETTING STARTED Visit bastyr.edu/continuinged/calendar.asp to reserve a seat.
Published: October 2009
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