Let's Get Cooking

Already in a panic over preparing your holiday meals? Avoid the anxiety by honing your culinary skills at one of the many cooking classes offered in and around the Monmouth area.

Heirloom Kitchen
Try out a hands-on class focusing on pasta-making, healthy cooking, ethnic cooking or basic skills—you’ll learn how to make the most of the season’s fresh produce and then get to dig into a four-course meal you’ve made yourself. Heirloom Kitchen is also a farm-to-table restaurant and retail boutique that offers cookware.
Heirloom Kitchen, 3853 RTE. 516, Old Bridge, 732.727.9444, heirloomkitchen.com

 Taste & Technique Kitchen
Kids and adults alike can sign up for classes at Taste & Technique Kitchen in Fair Haven, where professional instructors teach students techniques they can use at home. Feel free to also host your child’s birthday party at the kitchen or organize a private event with friends where you get to curate the menu.
Taste & Technique Kitchen, 597 River Rd., Fair Haven, 732.741.2665, tasteandtechnique.com

Williams-Sonoma 
Have you ever wanted to learn all the different ways to cook an egg or how to properly braise a rump roast? If so, head over to Williams-Sonoma’s Short Hills location for a free technique class. Class participants receive a 10 percent discount on same-day purchases, plus food samples. The store also offers cooking classes on Saturday, which do require a fee, throughout the month.
Williams-Sonoma, 1200 Morris Tpke., STE. B-258, Short Hills, 973.467.3641, williams-sonoma.com