My goal for 2016 was to seek opportunities for learning new things. On my list, re-design my blog (check), learn how to use WordPress (in progress), take a photography class (not yet), attend a blogging convention (this is coming in August!), and take cooking classes.
For about a year now, I have been attending the Cookbook Club classes offered at Williams-Sonoma and they are alot of fun. The tuition for the class includes the cookbook, cooking skills demonstration by their Culinary Specialist, and all the food you can possibly eat. I always walk away making a new friend 
or two.
The classes usually feature a celebrity who has launched a new book. There’s been Tricia Yearwood, Bobby Flay, Chrissy Teagan, and Martha Stewart to name a few. But, they also feature a “Shop Keepers” book like the class on cooking with Citrus.
The best part is that the books are signed by the author!
Signed copy of Trisha’s Table Cookbook
Crudite and dip from Martha Stewart’s Appetizers Cookbook
Karen McCann Culinary Specialist for Williams-Sonoma
Karen leads us through a 2-hour class preparing three dishes from the featured book. Karen has launched into her own catering business and we’ve become swell friends. She did a fantastic job catering Mr. Bee’s 60th birthday party which you can read about here.
Me and Karen at my Christmas party
This month’s class is the Williams-Sonoma Grill School. I am treating Mr. Bee to a Father’s Day date night. For $30 the class includes the book, techniques and eating the food prepared in class. I thought it would be a fun time for just the two of us to learn something new. Besides, what man is going to turn down steak!?
Note: This is not a sponsored post. Just a girl sharing fun stuff. I am not compensated for my opinion.
Hospitality is in my DNA. I founded Home with a Twist, a daughter’s twist on her mother’s traditions, in memory of my mother to celebrate her life and the gifts she shared with me. Mother loved to celebrate life’s occasions – big and small.
Are you saying that you actually met Trisha Yearwood? I love her cooking show!
I wish! No, the closest I got was to her signature…