Take a Cooking Class

March 12, 2015,

I checked an item off my bucket list...take a cooking class!  I took the class with my best friend, Amy Q.  It was so much fun.  There were 16 people in the class and 4 cooking stations.  Everyone came with a partner, except two girls.  I remember thinking at the time, what's wrong with these girls that they had to come by themselves; of course they joined our cooking station. Like all teams, we followed the stages of team dynamics (forming, storming, norming & performing).  In the end, we were all laughing together and having a great time; I'm sure the wine helped.  Finally, after 3 hours and 4 amazing dishes...I thought to myself this time, how courageous of these 2 girls to be a part of something, where they were forced to meet new people; and I felt grateful that I was part of that experience!

Here's the menu:
  • We learned to shuck oysters & made a Mignonette sauce
  • Fried oysters with a mustard sauce
  • Shrimp Scampi
  • Poached Lobster tail in butter sauce


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