About Our Cooking Classes

Making a delicious paella is all about slowly building flavor. When you use the right method and ingredients, making paella from scratch doesn't need to be intimidating! Learn how to make a signature seafood or meat and poultry paella along with a hearty homemade Caesar salad. 

These meat filled dumplings are a specialty in Mediterranean cultures and require the right dough, filling, and shaping to get them just right! Make your choice of ground beef or chicken stuffed into our homemade dough or wonton dough along with a mixed green salad your choice of their classic yogurt garlic or tomato sauce. 

Crispy falafel is a filling and delicious item for any table. Learn how to make it from scratch with the right combination of spices, herbs, and chickpeas to create these delicious treats. We'll also make accompaniments like fresh pickled turnips, an array of toppings, homemade humous, and a tahini and garlic sauce. 

This popular Middle Eastern dish consists of succulent meat cut into thin slices, traditionally made using an inverted cone technique to keep meat juicy. We make your choice of beef or chicken shawarma, along with essential fixings including pink pickled turnips and toppings, homemade humous, and garlic and tahini sauce. 

Madzounov Kufteh is a traditional Armenian meatball yogurt soup. It is a light and delicious soup you can enjoy for lunch or dinner, with a slightly tart and delicious yogurt broth and soft meatballs that melt in your mouth. We'll make our own homemade kufteh stuffed with meat and butter, and you'll learn hands on techniques on how to make the famous yogurt soup broth. 

Take your appetizer and sides game to the next level with our class about unforgettable salads. From beet salads to crunchy red cabbage salad and a traditional Greek salad, you'll learn how to make healthy dressings, chopping techniques, and the best combinations for flavorful appetizers. We'll also make traditional Armenian salads and olive salads. 

Cozy up with a hearty bowl of homemade soup you made yourself with our soup making class. You'll learn how to make three different soups with broths that pack in tons of flavor. We'll make a classic chicken soup for the soul, a vegetarian lentil soup with your choice of red or brown lentils and a Mediterranean yogurt soup filled with your choice of rice or noodles. 

Stews are a great way to make one pot meals you can serve for a group, whether it's family, friends, or loved ones. In this class, you'll learn how to make three signature Armenian stews from our cherished family recipes, with your choice of vegetarian or with stew meat. Stews include an okra stew called Bamya, a green bean stew called Fasoulya, and a pea stew called Bizelya with fluffy rice pilaf. 

Lahmajun is a type of Middle Eastern flatbread topped with seasoned meat, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and various herbs and spices. These crispy flatbreads are a favorite snack and require the know how to get them just right. We'll make our own dough (or your choice of tortillas) with our signature meat filing and a refreshing mixed green salad. 

Let pizza night be homemade next time with our pizza class, where you'll learn how to make pizza dough, how to get it perfectly shaped, and how to make all the topping varieties we've come to love on a slice. You'll also learn how to make a range of sauces, from pesto and marinara to béchamel, and a mixed green side salad. 

Always wanted to make your own sushi at home? Now you can with our sushi class, where you'll learn how to pick out the best cuts of fish for sushi, how to roll your sushi with proper fish handling, how to make vegetarian sushi rolls, how to make your own range of sushi sauces and dips, and sushi rice techniques for the perfect consistency. 

Satisfy your sweet tooth with our dessert class, where you'll learn how to make sweets beloved in the Mediterranean. We'll make a classic baklava, flaky and thinly layered phyllo dough with walnuts and pistachios and a simple syrup, as well as kadayif: shredded phyllo dough with ashta — a thick and decadent clotted cream. 

Dolma and its meatless version, sarma, make for a delicious appetizer or meal packed with healthy ingredients. Creating both requires getting the filling just right and mastering the rolling technique. Learn how to master both how to make sarma and how to make dolma, before making a dessert course of traditional baklava! 

We host a range of cooking classes virtually. Reach out to us today and let us know  which class you're interested in and how large your group is, and we'll  create a custom course for you!