ONLINE COOKING CLASS

Learn to Cook Online

Whether you're a serious home cook or a culinary school hopeful looking to sharpen your cooking skills at home, our online cooking classes will put you on the right path. Written by professional chefs, each lesson features up-to-date culinary tips and advice, not to mention tasty recipes. Topics include basic cooking techniques, seafood, meat and vegetable preparation, wine, and more.

To get started, choose a culinary topic below. Each week-long series features 5 manageable daily lessons. Each lesson is wholly independent, so feel free to jump around.

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Weekly Lessons

Week 1 - Cooking Basics

Day 1 - Cooking Trends
Day 2 - Cooking Tools and Equipment
Day 3 - Let's Talk Courses

Day 4 - Principles of Plating
Day 5 - Food and Drink Pairing


Week 2 - All About Meat

Day 1 - Meat Basics
Day 2 - Cooking Chicken
Day 3 - Cooking Beef

Day 4 - Cooking Pork
Day 5 - Cooking Lamb


Week 3 - Working with Seafood

Day 1 - Preparing Fish
Day 2 - Storing Fish
Day 3 - Preparing Shellfish

Day 4 - Poaching, en Papillote
Day 5 - Preparing Raw Fish


Week 4 - Cooking Vegetables

Day 1 - Vegetable Basics
Day 2 - Preparing Leafy Greens
Day 3 - Preparing Stalks and Legumes

Day 4 - Preparing Bulb Vegetables
Day 5 - Preparing Roots and Tubers


Week 5 - Working with Pasta

Day 1 - How to Make Fresh Pasta
Day 2 - Preparing Stuffed Pasta
Day 3 - Preparing Shaped Pasta

Day 4 - Preparing String Pasta
Day 5 - Preparing Asian Noodles


Week 6 - Stocks and Soups

Day 1 - Stock Basics
Day 2 - Cream Soups
Day 3 - Hearty Stews

Day 4 - Broth Based Soups
Day 5 - Thickening Agents


Week 7 - Sauces

Day 1 - Sauce Basics
Day 2 - Cream Sauces
Day 3 - Tomato and Vegetable Sauces

Day 4 - Wine Sauces
Day 5 - Vinaigrettes and Dressings
Day 6 - Butter Sauces


Week 8 - Using Herbs

Day 1 - Herb Basics
Day 2 - Growing and Storing Herbs
Day 3 - Oregano, Marjoram, Thyme, and Dill

Day 4 - Mint, Basil, Parsley, Cilantro, and Tarragon
Day 5 - Rosemary, Sage, and Savory


Week 9 - Wine Basics

Day 1 - Wine Basics
Day 2 - White Wine
Day 3 - Red Wine

Day 4 - Cooking with Wine
Day 5 - Rosé, Sparkling, and Fortified Wines


Week 10 - Desserts

Day 1 - Cakes
Day 2 - Pies and Tarts
Day 3 - Custard, Pudding, and Mousse

Day 4 - Frozen Desserts
Day 5 - Cookies


Week 11 - Garde Manger

Day 1 - Garde Manger
Day 2 - Modern Garde Manger
Day 3 - Appetizers

Day 4 - Hors d'Oeuvres and Canapés
Day 5 - Everyday Life

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