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Food Fair
Saturday Apr 05, 2003.
By Erin Brereton
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Chicago's famous for serving good food (perhaps that's why we were recently ranked the No. 2 fattest city in the country by Men's Health magazine). But did you know the Windy City is a great place to learn how to select and prepare food, too? From the city's culinary institutes classes to wine tastings to bartending instructional institutes, Chicago can show you how to cook up some tasty times.
The Chopping Block
If you're looking to learn specifics of a dish or type of food, the Lincoln Park heat-it-up haven The Chopping Block offers constant cooking classes out of its quaint homey location. The cooking center also sells instructional manuals and cooking devices. Seasonal classes are also offered, along with ethnic and dietarily restricted cooking classes. Purchase six to 12 classes in advance and receive a discount. C.H.I.C Culinary School Tired of trying? Taste the offerings of other would-be chefs the first and third Sunday of every month when the culinary students of C.H.I.C. serve brunch at the Farmers' Farmers' Market, held indoors during winter at C.H.I.C. Culinary School at 361 West Chestnut (Chestnut and Orleans streets). Brunch is served between noon and 1 p.m. Call for reservations!
The American Professional Bartending School of Illinois Shake it, stir it and just generally mix it up at The American Professional Bartending School of Illinois, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a behind-the-bar training institute. With several locations around the Chicagoland area (as well as branches in New York, New Jersey and California), the school can offer you more than a sip of Chicago -- it can offer you a new career! Corner Cooks For a chance to catch up with friends and your creme brulee, try Corner Cooks' Girls Night Out (meaning no aprons -- just a good meal) events, held two Thursdays every month. The cooking school/eatery/catering service shuts down to offer small groups (women only) a three-course meal for $40 with drinks. Thursdays rotate, but the evening starts at 6:30. Inspiration Cafe Learn to slice and dice and help a charitable organization by taking one of the cooking classes offered at Uptown's Inspiration Cafe. Taught by local chefs, the classes cover a variety of topics -- from kitchen prep skills to making desserts -- and cost $25 per class, or $100 for five. Proceeds from the class go to help the homeless.
Cooking Academy of Chicago Serious about snack time? Get certified as a pastry maker or in a culinary career at the Cooking Academy of Chicago, which has been approved by the Illinois State Board of Education as a private culinary school. The center also offers evening mini-classes on topics ranging from soups to bread-making to knife skills to more. Bin 36 Wine can be a tricky beverage -- but the friendly folks at Bin 36 are happy to help you figure out how to select the best varieties. The restaurant/wine bar hosts mini two-hour wine classes each week for a reasonable price -- some as low as $35. mk Renowned chef Michael Kornick (the man behind Marche and Red Light) opened mk to suit Chicagoan's fine dining needs -- but to suit their eat-at-home pastry needs, mk offers classes with chef Mindy Segal. Although Segal is still firming up her class schedule, more details will be posted at www.mkchicago.com.
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