Back in the day, Sharon Tutko was an adventure-seeking young woman with chef knives eager to experience the world. Most of those things still ring true as she shares the significant food that is still part of her life in this monthly series. Sharon met her in-laws for the first time on a trip through the coast of Spain and Morocco, and tells of some memorable moments including a luxurious "peasant-style" luncheon sitting cross-legged on the floor. Enjoy Moroccan bissara - split pea soup with grilled fluffy pita, b'stillah - a flavorful chicken and ground almond phyllo pie scented with saffron and ginger and turmeric, plus fresh orange segments in minted-orange blossom water served with a simple and divine cardamom-scented rice pudding. #weekday

Spend an afternoon of cookie decorating fun with Courtney McKinney where everyone is an artist. The cookies are out of the oven with a variety of shapes perfect for Valentine's Day. This hands-on class will create beautiful cookies and learn outlining, flooding, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry techniques with a tipless pastry bag, plus learn to add accents and creating texture with sprinkles, with plenty of time for practice and creating your own designs. Everyone takes home their beautiful cookies. #weekday

Come over to the other side of the counter to master cooking in our special participation classes. For those who are interested in learning more about how to cook, A Day in the Kitchen offers an in-depth mastery of specific culinary arts. These classes are limited to eight people.
This hands-on class will teach how to make and bake classic French pastries. Learn how to roll out and fold into many flaky layers homemade buttery puff pastry and croissant dough. These delicious doughs will be baked into pain au chocolat, palmiers, pinwheels, croissants, cheese straws, kouign amann - individual flaky Breton butter pastries, and other scrumptious desserts. #weekday