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THE BEST OF BAREFOOT - COOK LIKE INA

Jan Reid shares her favorite recipes from the collection of cookbooks of the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten. Join Jan in the kitchen to create her favorite dishes from Cook Like a Pro as this hands-on class makes warm dates with prosciutto, sausage-stuffed mushrooms with fennel, Israeli vegetable salad with tomatoes and cucumbers atop hummus with feta and olives served with pita, turkey sandwiches with Brussels sprouts slaw, plus triple chocolate loaf cakes and a classic daiquiri. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Jan Reid
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Wed, Sep 18
11 am to 1:30 pm

THE COLOR OF CHOCOLATE

Learn to use white, milk, and dark chocolates to create marvelous treats with certified chocolatier Audrey Scherrer. This hands-on class will learn the technique to caramelize white chocolate for white chocolate blondies with cashews, make salted caramel truffles enrobed in milk or dark chocolate, plus create an easy fudgy dark chocolate brownie. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Audrey Scherrer
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Thu, Sep 19
11 am to 1:30 pm

DAYS WITH DEVON - MARMALADE AND MARGARITA

Spend an easygoing late morning with Devon Drag as she recreates some of her favorite go-to dishes in this monthly series. Enjoy spanakopita spinach-feta frittata with spinach and fresh herbs, gouda muffins, citrus marmalade shortbread tart with rosemary, plus quinoa fruit salad dressed with lime and honey, and rosé margarita sangria with fresh fruit. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Devon Drag
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$50 Per Person
Thu, Sep 26
11 am to 1:30 pm

MISS MUFFET'S BRUNCH

Push your tuffets to the "whey" side, and join Marci Boland for a cottage cheese lovers brunch that will turn the naysayers into fans. This hands-on class will create a stunning buffet of 3-ingredient cottage cheese bagels, cottage cheese pancakes with almond flour and almond milk served with fresh fruit and maple syrup, Grandma Mina's updated cheesy spinach casserole, gluten-free cornmeal-cottage cheese muffins with roasted red peppers and feta, plus Grandma Ruth's cottage cheese blintz casserole. #vegetarian #healthy #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Marci Boland
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$45 Per Person
Fri, Sep 27
11 am to 1:30 pm

PARKS AND REC BUBBLES AND BRUNCH

Lydia Gwin brings the fun and laughter from the beloved characters in the acclaimed hit, Parks and Rec. This hands-on class will create Leslie Knope's favorite waffles from JJ's Diner with syrup and whipped cream, Ron Swanson's "meat tornado" burrito with flank steak and carnitas and fajita chicken, Chris Traeger's "LITERALLY the best" acai bowl, Ben Wyatt's bananas Foster calzone (a sneaky way to get Ron that banana), plus Tom's treat yo'self chocolate cupcakes and Donna Meagle's mimosa. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$70 Per Person
Wed, Oct 2
11 am to 1:30 pm

MACARON MANIA - OCTOBER

Jump on the bandwagon and discover why these sweet meringue confections are popping up everywhere! Join the talented Laura Branson for a hands-on class creating perfectly domed and footed sandwich cookies with fun flavor profiles and some pretty embellishing with new flavors every month. Learn to make pumpkin cheesecake macarons with a rich chai-spiced pumpkin cream cheese buttercream, s'mores macarons with toasted marshmallow center surrounded by chocolate ganache topped with graham cracker crumbles and a drizzle of chocolate, plus Reese's macarons with milk chocolate ganache and peanut butter centers. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Laura Branson
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Wed, Oct 2
12 to 2:30 pm

KILLIAN IT WITH PASTRIES - PRETZELS. TURNOVERS. TARTS.

Treat yourself to a bit of laughter and some great treats, as Rachelle Killian slays sweet and savory pastries. Enjoy rosemary-garlic parmesan soft pretzels, blackberry-lavender turnovers with lavender glaze, plus apricot frangipane tart. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Rachelle Killian
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$45 Per Person
Mon, Oct 7
11 am to 1:30 pm

COOKIE DECORATING FUN FOR HALLOWEEN

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 Halloween. 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
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Courtney McKinney
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Oct 14
12 to 2:30 pm

TRAVELS WITH TUTKO - NAPA VALLEY

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. Sometimes you don't know what you had til it's gone, and Sharon now appreciates the 1990s culinary scene with down-to-earth pre-Food Network chef celebrities. Enjoy a hot-cold-sweet-sour crispy onion salad with lemons and olives and arugula served with rosemary focaccia with Maldon salt, pan-seared whitefish with truffle-garlic potatoes and broccoli rabe with capers and crispy prosciutto bits, paired with a Napa Valley pinot grigio, plus limoncello lemon mousse with blackberries and a pirouette cookie. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sharon Tutko
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Tue, Oct 15
11 am to 1:30 pm

LET'S BE BLUNT ABOUT POT PIE

As a matter of fact, Jeff Friesen proves that pot pies are the euphoria of comfort food with four exciting versions. This hands-on class will create chicken-leek pot pie with oyster mushrooms and a flaky pie crust, smoked turkey pot pie with onions and carrots topped with buttermilk biscuits, classic British lamb shepherd's pie with creamy whipped potato topping, plus New Orleans crawfish hand pies with onions and bell peppers. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Wed, Oct 16
11 am to 1:30 pm

DAYS WITH DEVON - CASSEROLE AND COSMOPOLITAN

Spend an easygoing late morning with Devon Drag as she recreates some of her favorite go-to dishes in this monthly series. Enjoy BLT crostinis with bourbon brown sugar-glazed bacon, roasted tomatoes and homemade ranch spread, espresso-chocolate muffins with walnuts and demerara sugar, Greek omelet casserole with fresh spinach and artichokes and feta and dill, baby spinach and bacon breakfast salad with maple vinaigrette topped with cinnamon sugar croutons and pecans, plus a cosmopolitan spritz. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Devon Drag
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$50 Per Person
Thu, Oct 17
11 am to 1:30 pm

A DAY IN THE KITCHEN: BREAD BASKET

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.
Conquer the art of baking delicious yeast breads in this hands-on class that will cover all kinds of delicious, home-baked breads, including baguettes, rolls, pizza, rye, whole-grain, sandwich breads, and delicious cinnamon rolls. The class will make natural starters, sponges, crusty breads, and enriched doughs. Plus, learn how to make the amazing no-knead, slow-rise bread. Each participant will take home sourdough starter. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Hands-On
$175 Per Person
Tue, Oct 22
11 am to 4 pm

BUBBLES AND BRUNCH

Audrey Scherrer adds a bit of sparkle to this day with a raspberry-grapefruit mimosa. Enjoy a brunch of an updated egg and sausage bake with sweet Italian sausage and fontina cheese beautifully baked in a hollowed out bread loaf with fresh basil and bell peppers, sweet and crispy "millionaire" bacon, plus a cinnamon swirl sour cream coffee cake baked in a bundt pan. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Audrey Scherrer
Culinary Educator
Demonstration
$50 Per Person
Wed, Oct 23
11 am to 1:30 pm

DECORATING COOKIES FOR HALLOWEEN

Spend an afternoon of cookie decorating with Mary Rosenblum where everyone is an artist. Mary shares practical ways for using royal icing with pastry tips for exciting results. This hands-on class will create beautiful cookies and learn outlining, flooding, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry techniques plus adding accents and creating texture with sprinkles on a variety of Halloween cookie shapes, with plenty of time for practice and creating your own designs. Everyone takes home their beautiful cookies. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Mary Rosenblum
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Wed, Oct 23
12 to 2:30 pm

FALL BACK ON AUTUMN SALADS

No matter the time on the clock, we can always count on Lydia Gwin to create extraordinary salads with the perfect combination of ingredients and an impressive dressing. Enjoy roasted broccoli-cauliflower-date-caramelized onion salad with giant couscous and tahini-maple dressing, balsamic roasted beet-carrot-date salad with farro and arugula tossed in honey-balsamic dressing topped with blue cheese crumbles, citrus-fennel salad with avocado and pomegranate-glazed salmon, plus chocolate and caramel sponge pudding with chocolate custard. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Thu, Oct 24
11 am to 1:30 pm

THE ART OF PIZZA THROWING

Join Sean Price, veteran of Italian cuisine and wood-fired pizza ovens, for a thrilling afternoon exploring the art of pizza throwing where everyone gets the chance to experience throwing pizza dough. He will demonstrate and guide this hands-on class through the techniques and tools needed to make hot-from-the-oven pizza using simple ingredients. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sean Price
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Fri, Oct 25
1 to 3:30 pm

LUNCH WITH LYDIA - BEETS TO GOOEY BUTTER

Indulge in a delightful morning with Lydia Gwin, as she creates a relaxed lunch with bright seasonal ingredients. Enjoy shaved beet and carrot salad with citrus-scallion dressing, roast chicken with potatoes and leeks and pine nut gremolata, plus Milk Bar's crack pie - with an oatmeal cookie crust and gooey butter sugar filling. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Mon, Oct 28
11 am to 1:30 pm

GET YOUR PRETZELS IN A TWIST

Lydia Gwin puts a twist on a variety of homemade soft pretzels that combines technique with creativity. This hands-on class will make hot butter soft pretzels with a honey-Dijon mustard dipping sauce, bacon pub burgers on pretzel buns with a beer cheese sauce, brat-stuffed pretzel bites with currywurst dipping sauce, plus sweet almond pretzels. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Oct 29
11 am to 1:30 pm

A DAY IN THE KITCHEN: BEEF

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.
Calling all carnivores! This in-depth participation class with Jeff Friesen will show everything you need to know about selecting, preparing, and cooking all different cuts of beef. Start with a lesson on butchery, then return to the kitchen to cook beef high-and-fast, low-and-slow, plus grilling, smoking, and barbecuing lots of steaks. Participants are invited to park at 9:00 am at Kitchen Conservatory and walk one block east to Baumann's Fine Meats, 8829 Manchester Road, for a butchery demonstration and to select the beef cuts. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$250 Per Person
Fri, Nov 1
10 am to 3 pm

LET'S MEAT FOR LUNCH

Lydia has designed the perfect balanced lunch with a soup, salad, bread, and dessert. Pull up a seat and enjoy steak salad with fried shallots and a creamy horseradish dressing topped with tomatoes and cucumbers, potato-broccoli cheddar soup, corn biscuits with savory herb streusel, plus warm apple crisp with whipped cream. #weekday

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Tue, Nov 5
11 am to 1:30 pm

AFTERNOONS WITH AUDREY - PLYMOUTH THANKSGIVING

Audrey Scherrer delights in cooking and sharing food from her own experience in the kitchen and travels in a monthly series. Enjoy a Thanksgiving inspired meal, as Audrey prepares a velvety puréed carrot soup topped with ginger-raisin chutney, pan-seared and roasted chicken used in a lovely chicken salad with the drippings topped with a red wine vinaigrette and fresh croutons served with a crisp white wine, plus caramelized honey pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Audrey Scherrer
Culinary Educator
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Thu, Nov 7
11 am to 1:30 pm

SOUP SEASON

We love soup all year round, but especially as we head into the cooler weather. This hands-on class with Jeff Friesen will create fall heirloom tomato gazpacho, roasted acorn squash soup with brown butter-thyme croutons and roasted mushrooms, French onion soup with charred poblanos, and finish with a fitting dessert of île flottante - floating island of meringue in a sea of crème anglaise garnished with brûléed pineapple and rum. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Nov 11
11 am to 1:30 pm

TRAVELS WITH TUTKO - MENDOCINO FOREST

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. Just out of culinary school, Sharon booked a tiny cottage retreat deep in the Mendocino forest in northwestern California with stories to tell of unplugging, inviting her mom for part of the celebration, and heartwarming food. Enjoy a nibble of Humbolt Fog goat cheese with dried cherries and toasted walnuts served with warm sourdough bread, fall-off-the-bone roasted chicken with new potatoes and Brussels sprouts served with a California chardonnay, plus linzer torte with chantilly cream. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sharon Tutko
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Tue, Nov 12
11 am to 1:30 pm

LET'S PLAY HOOKY

Bring a date! Bring your friends! Bring your family! Mickey Kitterman is playing hooky with his favorite "let's kick back" fish dishes. This hands-on class will spend an adventurous afternoon creating smoked and butter-poached lobster rolls, Mickey's favorite fish tacos, crab and corn quesadillas with avocado salsa, and mahi mahi burgers with saffron aïoli on very soft buns. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Mickey Kitterman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$80 Per Person
Wed, Nov 13
11 am to 1:30 pm

DAYS WITH DEVON - PUMPKINS AND RYE

Spend an easygoing late morning with Devon Drag as she recreates some of her favorite go-to dishes in this monthly series. Enjoy pumpkin waffles with pear-cranberry relish, cheddar-herb Dutch baby topped with prosciutto and chives, crisp vegetable latkes, plus an autumn fruit salad with orange-maple yogurt dressing sprinkled with homemade granola, and a Ward Eight rye-citrus cocktail. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Devon Drag
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$50 Per Person
Thu, Nov 14
11 am to 1:30 pm

HEIR AND A PARENT: GOB-SMACKED AND GRATEFUL

Let's get everyone in the kitchen for some Thanksgiving practice to help with an astonishing day of food and gratitude. This hands-on class will join school teacher Matt Lehmann to create pull-apart cheese bread with pesto and mozzarella, homemade poultry stock, herbed butternut squash stuffing, roasted Cornish game hens with mustard-herb sauce, plus apple pie with a lattice crust and decorative pastry leaves. This class is designed for children, ages 7 to 11, plus a parent. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Matt Lehmann
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$120 For Parent and Child
Sun, Nov 17
11 am to 1:30 pm

ANOTHER COLOR OF CHOCOLATE

Learn to use white, milk, and dark chocolates to create marvelous treats with certified chocolatier Audrey Scherrer. This hands-on class will learn the technique to caramelize white chocolate for white chocolate blondies with cashews, make espresso truffles enrobed in milk or dark chocolate, plus create an easy fudgy dark chocolate brownie topped with white chocolate peppermint sauce. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Audrey Scherrer
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Nov 19
11 am to 1:30 pm

LUNCH WITH LYDIA - BROWN BUTTER TO TOFFEE

Indulge in a delightful morning with Lydia Gwin, as she creates a relaxed lunch with bright seasonal ingredients. Enjoy browned butter butternut squash soup, artichoke and Boursin-stuffed chicken breast with a mushroom cream sauce served with roasted asparagus, plus delicious apple-pecan toffee mini cakes. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Thu, Nov 21
11 am to 1:30 pm

THANKSGIVING: I'LL TAKE PIE

Our annual holiday pie class is designed to defray the stress of holiday cooking, while enjoying camaraderie. Each class participant will take home three freshly-baked pies.
A tender, flaky, and tasty pie crust is as important as the filling! Learn the secrets for creating incredible pies, and everyone around the Thanksgiving table will find room for dessert with apple pie, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie. Each class participant must provide three pie plates. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Hands-On
$150 Per Person
Wed, Nov 27
9 am to 12 pm

THANKSGIVING: I'LL TAKE PIE

Our annual holiday pie class is designed to defray the stress of holiday cooking, while enjoying camaraderie. Each class participant will take home three freshly-baked pies.
A tender, flaky, and tasty pie crust is as important as the filling! Learn the secrets for creating incredible pies, and everyone around the Thanksgiving table will find room for dessert with apple pie, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie. Each class participant must provide three pie plates. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Hands-On
$150 Per Person
Wed, Nov 27
1 to 4 pm

CHINESE DUMPLINGS

Master the art of filling and forming and cooking delicious Chinese dumplings, as this class enjoys steamed shrimp siu mai, chicken pot stickers, pork-filled won tons for soup, char siu pork steamed buns, vegetarian spring rolls, and crab rangoon made with real crabmeat. The dumplings will be served with a variety of dipping sauces, such as sweet chile, lime-soy caramel, black vinegar-scallion, plum, and peanut sauces. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Fri, Nov 29
11 am to 1:30 pm

MACARON MANIA - NOVEMBER

Jump on the bandwagon and discover why these sweet meringue confections are popping up everywhere! Join the talented Laura Branson for a hands-on class creating perfectly domed and footed sandwich cookies with fun flavor profiles and some pretty embellishing with new flavors every month. Learn to make apple pie macarons with homemade apple filling surrounded by spiced cream cheese buttercream, tiramisù macarons with espresso shells filled with rich mascarpone filling dusted with cocoa powder, plus mocha espresso macarons with espresso shells and espresso and chocolate buttercream centers. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Laura Branson
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Fri, Nov 29
12 to 2:30 pm

WINTER WONDERLAND TREATS

As sleigh bells ring, it will be thrilling to frolic and play in the warm kitchen baking winter wonderland treats. This hands-on class with Lydia Gwin will create cranberry-orange shortbread cookies, Earl Grey lemon bars, white chocolate scones with peppermint, salted brownie cookie sandwiches with caramel buttercream, and gingerbread-spiced cinnamon rolls with a cream cheese orange glaze. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Dec 2
11 am to 1:30 pm

COOKIE DECORATING FUN FOR CHRISTMAS

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 the holiday season. 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
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Courtney McKinney
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Dec 2
12 to 2:30 pm

COOKIE DECORATING FUN FOR CHRISTMAS

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 the holiday season. 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
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Courtney McKinney
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Dec 3
12 to 2:30 pm

AFTERNOONS WITH AUDREY - ITALY ENCORE

Audrey Scherrer delights in cooking and sharing food from her own experience in the kitchen and travels in a monthly series. Enjoy parmesan-prosciutto puff pastry twists, sun-dried tomato-crusted pan-seared and roasted chicken with herbed mozzarella stuffing, angel hair pasta with parsley walnut pesto, plus Frangelico strawberries with mascarpone whipped cream. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Audrey Scherrer
Culinary Educator
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Wed, Dec 4
11 am to 1:30 pm

MACARON MANIA - DECEMBER

Jump on the bandwagon and discover why these sweet meringue confections are popping up everywhere! Join the talented Laura Branson for a hands-on class creating perfectly domed and footed sandwich cookies with fun flavor profiles and some pretty embellishing with new flavors every month. Learn to make mint-chocolate chip macarons with mint-chocolate chip buttercream topped with drizzled chocolate and crushed Andes mints, snickerdoodle macarons with cinnamon-sugar shells and cinnamon buttercream centers, plus cranberry orange macarons with fresh orange-cranberry sauce surrounded by orange zest buttercream. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Laura Branson
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Thu, Dec 5
12 to 2:30 pm

GET STARTED WITH SOURDOUGH

From creating boules to using the discard, join sourdough bread lover Dani Lake to get started on a sourdough journey. This hands-on class will learn how to work with the dough from mixing and rising, to stretching and folding, and then shaping and creating three sourdough boules - plain, savory, and sweet. Discover how to feed and discard the starter, and use some of the discard to make a bonus sourdough recipe. Dani shares information on bulk fermentation and her favorite way to slice a boule. Each participant will take home sourdough starter. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Dani Lake
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Fri, Dec 6
12 to 2:30 pm

COOKIE DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS

Discover your inner artist in a fun afternoon of cookie decorating with Belinda Reany creating Christmas cookies in a variety of shapes. The cookies are baked and ready to be decorated, as this hands-on class learns tips for planning designs; plus how to use royal icing with tipless pastry bags to transform cookies into works of art. Design dazzling cookies using outlining, flooding, and a variety of design techniques. Everyone will leave with a stunning array of decorated cookies to impress family, friends, and a favorite holiday visitor. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Belinda Reany
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Dec 9
12 to 2:30 pm

DECORATING COOKIES FOR CHRISTMAS

Spend an afternoon of cookie decorating with Mary Rosenblum where everyone is an artist. Mary shares practical ways for using royal icing with pastry tips for exciting results. This hands-on class will create beautiful cookies and learn outlining, flooding, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry techniques plus adding accents and creating texture with sprinkles on a variety of Christmas cookie shapes, with plenty of time for practice and creating your own designs. Everyone takes home their beautiful cookies. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Mary Rosenblum
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Dec 10
12 to 2:30 pm

LUNCH WITH LYDIA - GNOCCHI TO FLATBREAD

Indulge in a delightful morning with Lydia Gwin, as she creates a relaxed lunch with bright seasonal ingredients. Enjoy caramelized onion and mushroom gnocchi soup, parmesan-pecorino steak flatbread with pickled red onions topped with balsamic drizzled arugula, plus Earl Grey lemon bars. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Mon, Dec 16
11 am to 1:30 pm

TRAVELS WITH TUTKO - PIAZZA DI POPOLO

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 recalls spending New Year's Eve in Rome and after dinner walking to the Piazza di Popolo for an opera performance and dancing in the streets with champagne and perhaps kissing a well-dressed man like the end of the world was nigh for Jubiliao 2000. Enjoy a spicy rapini dish with chiles and currants served with crostini, a traditional New Year's Eve dish of braised sausage and lentils, pandoro panettone bread pudding with easy zabaglione and warm chocolate sauce, plus Asti Spumante. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sharon Tutko
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Tue, Dec 17
11 am to 1:30 pm

A "TOAST" WITH TERRI JAYNE

Enjoy a decadent holiday brunch with the charming Terri Jayne, starting with a duo of French toast -- one with whipped lemon curd topped with strawberries and pistachios, and one with cappuccino whipped mascarpone. Terri will entice your taste buds with a fontina-basil frittata with tomatoes and prosciutto, baked polenta with goat cheese and spinach and mushrooms, plus caramel Frangelico affogato. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Terri Jayne Walker
Culinary Educator
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Wed, Dec 18
11 am to 1:30 pm

DAYS WITH DEVON - GLAZE AND GIN

Spend an easygoing late morning with Devon Drag as she recreates some of her favorite go-to dishes in this monthly series. Enjoy glazed lemon-lavender scones, sausage-sweet potato hash with shaved Brussels sprouts and almonds, winter fruit and greens salad with lemon Dijon vinaigrette topped with cashews, plus a baklava fruit tart topped with raspberry-mascarpone cream, and a winter citrus sour gin cocktail. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Devon Drag
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$50 Per Person
Thu, Dec 19
11 am to 1:30 pm

HOLIDAY BRUNCH EGGS-PERTISE

Egg cookery is abundant in subtle and not-so-subtle ways in this fun hands-on class with chef Sharon Tutko designed for anyone who loves brunch. Learn to make deviled eggs with pesto, savory scallion waffles with a compound butter, festive chicken sausage-spinach-feta strata with olives and a flavorful romesco sauce, smoked paprika and garlic shrimp over asiago grits, plus a Grand Marnier soufflé with warm chocolate sauce, and a Sidecar fizz cocktail or mocktail. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sharon Tutko
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Fri, Dec 20
1 to 3:30 pm

FLIPPING CRÊPES

Discover an exciting mélange of crêpes with global influences. This hands-on class with Sharon Tutko will learn to make mini salmon buckwheat crêpes with shaved cucumber and lemon-Boursin crème fraîche, Indian chickpea dosa with vibrant red lentil dal and mint-ginger-toasted coconut chutney, breton galettes - French savory crêpes filled with ham and sautéed leeks and brie, plus Ukrainian fresh blueberry crêpes with lemon-scented ricotta cheese. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sharon Tutko
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Dec 23
11 am to 1:30 pm

GOES WITH CHAMPAGNE

Everything goes with champagne in this fun class with Anne Marie Lodholz and an alluring menu. This hands-on class will create oysters on the half shell with mignonette sauce, beef tartare with toast points, sea scallop crudo, French-style scrambled eggs with caviar, plus salted ice cream with fresh berries and a balsamic drizzle, all served with a flute of champagne. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Anne Marie Lodholz
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$70 Per Person
Mon, Dec 23
12 to 2:30 pm

PASTA, PASTA, PASTA

Homemade pasta is one of our most requested classes, and we love sharing some of our favorite recipes, as this hands-on class learns to mix, roll, and cut pasta dough. Work side-by-side with our experts creating fettuccine with beef short rib ragù, pesto bow tie pasta, angel hair in lemon cream sauce, butternut squash agnolotti in sage brown butter sauce, plus spinach-mushroom lasagna. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Thu, Dec 26
12 to 2:30 pm

THE ART OF PIZZA THROWING

Join Sean Price, veteran of Italian cuisine and wood-fired pizza ovens, for a thrilling afternoon exploring the art of pizza throwing where everyone gets the chance to experience throwing pizza dough. He will demonstrate and guide this hands-on class through the techniques and tools needed to make hot-from-the-oven pizza using simple ingredients. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sean Price
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Thu, Dec 26
12:30 to 3 pm

HEIR AND A PARENT: BITS AND PIZZAS

Join Laura Branson in the kitchen for a delightful morning creating individual pizzas to share with your favorite adult. This hands-on class will make gooey fried mozzarella sticks with dipping sauce, pizza with your choice of toppings including homemade pizza sauce, freshly grated cheese, pepperoni, veggies, caramelized onions, and delicious prosciutto. Finish with homemade vanilla ice cream topped with a choice of Oreos, M&Ms, gummies and sprinkles. This class is designed for children, ages 7 to 11, plus a parent. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Laura Branson
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$120 For Parent and Child
Fri, Dec 27
11 am to 1:30 pm

LATIN-ASIAN MASHUP

Create an unforgettable afternoon of sweet and spicy flavors as this hands-on class joins Sheri Doe to combine elements from two different cuisines - Latin and Asian. Learn to make arroz chaufa - Peruvian version of Chinese fried rice with chicken and cumin and ginger, chicken won ton tacos with hoisin and ginger and cilantro, Vietnamese pho steak burrito with bean sprouts and hoisin, kimchi quesadillas with crispy chicken and spicy kimchi with gochujang and honey dipping sauce, plus a citrusy yuzu margarita. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sheri Doe
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Fri, Dec 27
12 to 2:30 pm

NOSHES AND NIBBLES

Spend a lively afternoon in the kitchen with Sharon Tutko to shape the perfect appetizer party with world flavors and simple preparations so that everyone can enjoy the celebration. This hands-on class will create grilled salmon skewers with carrot miso dipping sauce, orange-chile-thyme marinated olives, mini roasted corn and crab cakes with cilantro-chile crema, falafel fries with tzatziki sauce, orange-chipotle beef flank skewers, Moroccan chicken meatballs with saffron tomato glaze, plus cardamom-cinnamon-ginger spiced pecan praline. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Sharon Tutko
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Dec 30
11 am to 1:30 pm

THE APPRENTICE CHEF: MIDNIGHT SNACKS

For aspiring chefs, children ages 7 to 11. Plan your very own midnight celebration for the New Year with yummy treats! Join Dawn Meyer in the kitchen preparing mini calzones with marinara sauce, bacon-cheddar loaded smashed potatoes topped with sour cream, Buffalo cauliflower bites served with ranch dressing, and homemade peanut butter cups. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Dawn Meyer
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On for Apprentice Chefs
$55 Per Child
Mon, Dec 30
1 to 3 pm

WHACK THE KNIFE!

Master the knife, the most essential kitchen tool, and how to select the right knife for the right job as this knife skills class learns how to efficiently chop onions and other vegetables in this participation class that also teaches how to use and how to maintain and sharpen knives. Plus, learn how to use a boning knife on raw and roasted chicken, the difference between cleavers, and the best knife for slicing crusty bread as the class enjoys chicken panzanella salad and sliced devil's food cake for dessert. Bring your own knives (limit 3 knives per person) to class for free overnight sharpening! Participants will also receive 20% off all in-store regularly-priced knives on the day of class. #weekday

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Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Hands-On
$50 Per Person
Tue, Jan 7
12 to 2:30 pm

LUNCH WITH LYDIA - MUSTARD TO MARMALADE

Indulge in a delightful morning with Lydia Gwin, as she creates a relaxed lunch with bright seasonal ingredients. Enjoy roasted honey-mustard salmon with a pistachio crust served with citrus-fennel-avocado salad, creamy parsnip soup with pear and walnuts, plus orange marmalade cake with a sour cream frosting. #weekday

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Wed, Jan 8
11 am to 1:30 pm

MEATLESS MONDAY

Start the week with a meatless lunch with three dishes that would be great vegetarian dinner options. Enjoy udon noodles with soft-boiled egg and hot soy seasoned with black pepper, mushroom bolognese with gnocchi, and roasted cauliflower lettuce wraps with Korean-inspired barbecue sauce. #weekday #healthy

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Mon, Jan 13
11 am to 1:30 pm

BREADS FROM FRANCE

Give a warm welcome to Susan Westfall, a retired breast surgeon, who has been honing her bread skills, recently earning a second certificate from Cordon Bleu in Paris for a week of intensive bread baking. She shares the techniques of weighing ingredients, and different methods of kneading including slap and fold, as this hands-on class creates three classic French breads -- baguette, fougasse and brioche. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

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Susan Westfall
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Jan 14
11 am to 1:30 pm

THE BEST OF BAREFOOT - THE COMFORT ZONE

Jan Reid shares her favorite recipes from the collection of cookbooks of the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten. Join Jan in the kitchen to create cozy comfort food dishes as this hands-on class creates creamy potato-fennel soup garnished with croutons, roasted shrimp panzanella, pan-seared and roasted chicken with shallots served with charred carrots, plus banana cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. #weekday

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Jan Reid
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Wed, Jan 15
11 am to 1:30 pm

DAYS WITH DEVON - CHAI AND CAVA

Spend an easygoing late morning with Devon Drag as she recreates some of her favorite go-to dishes in this monthly series. Enjoy a winter citrus salad over mixed greens with honey-sherry vinaigrette, puff pastry "pretend" cinnamon rolls with a chai glaze, cremini mushroom-leek-gruyère frittata, bacon fat roasted baby Yukon potatoes with parmesan and crispy bacon, plus blood orange-cava cocktail. #weekday

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Devon Drag
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$50 Per Person
Thu, Jan 16
11 am to 1:30 pm

GET STARTED WITH SOURDOUGH

From creating boules to using the discard, join sourdough bread lover Dani Lake to get started on a sourdough journey. This hands-on class will learn how to work with the dough from mixing and rising, to stretching and folding, and then shaping and creating three sourdough boules - plain, savory, and sweet. Discover how to feed and discard the starter, and use some of the discard to make a bonus sourdough recipe. Dani shares information on bulk fermentation and her favorite way to slice a boule. Each participant will take home sourdough starter. #weekday

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Dani Lake
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Jan 20
6 to 8:30 pm

EVERYONE WYNNES WITH CHRISTY - KALE YEAH!

Enjoy a tasty gluten-free and dairy-free lunch with Christy Wynne as she upgrades this midday meal that will rouse a resounding "Yes!" of appreciation. Christy prepares creamy turkey potato soup served with homemade gluten-free dinners rolls, chopped kale salad with lemon-shallot vinaigrette tossed with “cheesy” pecan crumbles and dried cranberries, plus chocolate chip-sweet potato cookies for dessert. #healthy #weekday

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Christy Wynne
Culinary Educator
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Thu, Jan 23
11 am to 1:30 pm

A DAY IN THE KITCHEN: BEEF

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.
Calling all carnivores! This in-depth participation class with Jeff Friesen will show everything you need to know about selecting, preparing, and cooking all different cuts of beef. Start with a lesson on butchery, then return to the kitchen to cook beef high-and-fast, low-and-slow, plus grilling, smoking, and barbecuing lots of steaks. Participants are invited to park at 9:00 am at Kitchen Conservatory and walk one block east to Baumann's Fine Meats, 8829 Manchester Road, for a butchery demonstration and to select the beef cuts. #weekday

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$250 Per Person
Fri, Jan 24
10 am to 3 pm

HEIR AND A PARENT: BITS AND PIZZAS

Join Laura Branson in the kitchen for a delightful morning creating individual pizzas to share with your favorite adult. This hands-on class will make gooey fried mozzarella sticks with dipping sauce, pizza with your choice of toppings including homemade pizza sauce, freshly grated cheese, pepperoni, veggies, caramelized onions, and delicious prosciutto. Finish with homemade vanilla ice cream topped with a choice of Oreos, M&Ms, gummies and sprinkles. This class is designed for children, ages 7 to 11, plus a parent. #weekday

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Laura Branson
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$120 For Parent and Child
Sat, Jan 25
11 am to 1:30 pm

MACARON MANIA - JANUARY

Jump on the bandwagon and discover why these sweet meringue confections are popping up everywhere! Join the talented Laura Branson for a hands-on class creating perfectly domed and footed sandwich cookies with fun flavor profiles and some pretty embellishing with new flavors every month. Learn to make hot chocolate macarons with chocolate shells dipped in chocolate filled with hot chocolate buttercream and topped with mini marshmallows, cherry cheesecake macarons filled with cherry jam surrounded by cream cheese buttercream and topped with crumbled graham crackers, plus butterbeer macarons with butterscotch centers and butterbeer buttercream. #weekday

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Laura Branson
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Jan 28
12 to 2:30 pm