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Kitchen Conservatory offers 700 different cooking classes every year. These fun cooking classes are taught by the best chefs from the best restaurants, plus fabulous culinary educators who share their specialties of the kitchen. We offer both fully-participatory classes and demonstration classes that feature a wide variety of menus and themes from beginner to gourmet to ethnic cooking.

Interested in hosting your very own party as a custom cooking class?
We have two state-of-the-art kitchens, plus an outdoor grilling area. All of the two hundred chefs who teach at Kitchen Conservatory have one thing in common: a passion for the recipes that they have created and the desire to share their marvelous cooking techniques. The best parties happen in the kitchen!

Get ready to stack and roll! Katy will explain how to choose seafood and other provisions for preparing delicious and beautiful sushi in this ever-popular and fun hands-on class. Start off preparing miso soup, shredded Asian greens with ginger dressing, vegetable tempura, and sashimi hand rolls.

The romance of Tuscany is the inspiration for a perfect date night in this hands-on class for couples. This class will prepare shrimp and scallop scampi, seared rib-eye steak with rosemary and roasted garlic, baked polenta with gorgonzola, mushrooms and spinach, roasted mixed vegetables, and blackberry gelato with pizzelle cookies.

Apple Peeling Machine
Chef's Pick! Sale price $25.95, Regularly $31.95. Free Shipping! Quickly peels, cores and slices apples with ease. Makes short work of any apple project.

Kitchen Conservatory is the premier kitchen store in St. Louis, Missouri. For more than 25 years, Kitchen Conservatory has offered the finest tools for the kitchen and delectable cooking classes at our Clayton store. Locally-owned and very independent, we offer all the tools and knowledge for the ultimate kitchen experience. Please browse our fabulous selection of more than 6000 essential and useful cooking products or shop online. Email Ask the Chef to solve your cooking dilemmas!

How Far in Advance Can I Make?
The short answer is no. Most foods taste best when freshly made and served. But when preparing for a big meal, we get lots of questions: Can I freeze mashed potatoes? Can I freeze apple pie? I don't have time to make everything on Wednesday and Thursday! Many foods change their ...

The favorite recipe from yesterday's cooking class was the balsamic sauce on seared salmon. The sweet and sour qualities of balsamic vinegar are a wonderful compliment to many foods. Plus, the capers add saltiness and the raisins add sweetness. I also use this sauce on roasted vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels ...

Our Favorite Holiday
At Kitchen Conservatory, we love Thanksgiving. We love to give thanks for the bounty of wonderful and delicious foods available for our table. Yes, we can help you with all the Thanksgiving equipment needed for the big meal. The best turkey roaster is on a special sale -- $159.95 (regular value ...

Quick Loafin Around: Banana-Coconut-Lime Bread Recipe
I am often asked, "Do you really cook every day?" Yes, because cooking and baking offer so much pleasure! Yes, we do bake every day in the kitchens of Kitchen Conservatory. Stop by and taste some of our delicious samples of wonderfully-aromatic baked goodies. This week features a tropical version ...

Winter Cooking Class Schedule Now Posted
The perfect present to give and to receive is a delicious cooking class! Kitchen Conservatory has just posted our Winter schedule with 200 new cooking classes and a wide variety of menus. Our week of Valentine Date Night for couples are so much fun. Choose among menus featuring beef Wellington, beef ...

Quick Loafin Around: Chorizo-Tomato-Pine Nut Bread Recipe
Not all quick breads are sweet. Quick breads can also be savory appetizers, such as cornbread, oraromatic side dishes, such as bread pudding. This sausage-nut bread is delicious with a bowl of soup for a hearty lunch. Mexicanchorizo is a spicy, raw sausage that needs to be cooked before using ...

Eat More Pie
Joyce writes, "I took an apple pie making class on October 7 with my daughter, Cindy. I really enjoyed the class and learned a lot. I made the apple pie for the first time yesterday. I was very please that it turned out so well. ...

Quick Loafin Around: Chocolate-Cherry Scones
Whether you call them scones or biscuits, warm and buttery pieces of bread are irresistible. Stud the scones with chocolate and cherries and a simple dough is a beautiful gift. Stop by Kitchen Conservatory to taste a sample of these yummy rolls. This scone recipe is courtesy of store manager and ...

Salted Caramel Brownie Recipe: The Four Food Groups (Sugar, Salt, Butter, Chocolate)
Everyday at Kitchen Conservatory features interesting cooking classes with delicious food. But sometimes the staff and customers go nuts for a particular dish because it is especially delectable. Everybody requests the recipe and the leftovers disappear as no one is embarrassed to eat the last bite. Such was the case ...

Quick Loafin Around: Pumpkin-Cider Bread
When liquids are reduced -- and the excess water boiled away -- the flavor of the liquid is concentrated and wonderful. All kinds of liquids can be reduced and used as a very flavorful addition to food: chicken or beef stock, balsamic vinegar, port wine or other wines, or heavy ...

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