A cooking boot camp de-stresses Thanksgiving.
The annual Thanksgiving dinner might be a great time to meet old friends, reconnect with relatives, reflect on the blessings of the year, and gorge on turkey (OK, especially gorge on turkey), but the lead-up to the big meal is one of the most stressful days of the year for the conscientious host.
The relatives are on their way and the Thanksgiving dinner is a disaster. Whatever can you do? Fear not; the special four-course Holiday Boot Camp: Everything But the Bird will help you handle the holiday season like a seasoned pro. Learn creative recipes, do-ahead techniques, and tips and tricks to eliminate the stress from holiday cooking and baking. In addition, the course will take you beyond the traditional Thanksgiving staples. Tired of the same old stuffing and mashed potatoes? Are you still serving that same canned green-bean-and-cream-of-mushroom-soup dish that you mastered back in high school home ec?
Wow your visitors with some tangy new twists on Thanksgiving standards—like sourdough, fennel, and sweet-sausage stuffing, cranberry ginger chutney, cream of chestnut soup, and gingerbread cake with molasses cream.
Nov. 5, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $130. Rocket Restaurant Supply, 2940 Seventh St., Berkeley. Â www.FieldKitchenCookingSchool.com
Published online on Oct. 31, 2016 at 8:00 a.m.