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YELLOWSTONE - WHERE EVERYTHING IS TOUGH BUT THE STEAKS

Cowboys and ranch hands are all fired up for a night of grilling and cavorting with Lydia Gwin, as she puts on her "Gator" apron to mastermind an evening of cooking. This hands-on class will make Buffalo cauliflower with homemade Dutton ranch dressing, Jimmy's cowboy caviar with fresh tortilla chips, Rip's T-bone steaks with poblano-caramelized onion butter, grilled vegetable kebabs, grilled fingerling potatoes, biscuits, plus Beth's bourbon-apple crisp with vanilla ice cream, and Teeter's tequila-lime ranch water.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$80 Per Person
Thu, Sep 18
6 to 8:30 pm

HEIR AND A PARENT: MASTER CHEFFING

Bring a parent into our kitchen arena to resolve who is the master chef and who is the sous chef in a lively afternoon with Lydia Gwin. This hands-on class will work together to create fresh fettuccine with grated parmesan and butter sauce, mini pizza quiches with pepperoni and mozzarella, herb dough porcupine-shaped rolls, plus phyllo cinnamon-apple twists. This class is designed for children, ages 7 to 11, plus a parent.

If this class is sold out and you would like to register for it, please call our store to be put on the waitlist.

This class is offered again on October 26.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$125 For Parent and Child
Sat, Sep 20
11 am to 1:30 pm

TACO BELLE

There's no such thing as too many tacos, and our taco belle, Lydia Gwin, is here to prove it with a busy evening in taco-land. This hands-on class will create pomegranate beef short rib tacos with queso fresco and guacamole, portobello mushroom tacos with smoked mozzarella and chipotle, Maui-style snapper tacos with habañero-glazed grilled pineapple and salsa fresco, blackened salmon tacos with grapefruit and avocado, all served with housemade corn tortillas plus a classic margarita.

If this class is sold out and you would like to register for it, please call our store to be put on the waitlist.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$70 Per Person
Tue, Sep 23
6 to 8:30 pm

CULINARY ADVENTURES: BORDEAUX

Travel enthusiast and advisor Lydia Gwin shares her culinary adventures to some of the most beautiful and inspiring places in the world with tales of adventure and a taste of local culture. Enjoy a taste of Bordeaux, France, as Lydia prepares savory canelés with aged cheese and thyme, entrecôte à la bordelaise - rib-eye steak with red wine and shallot sauce, potatoes sarladaises - conical-shaped potatoes cooked in duck fat, red pepper and tomato piperade basquaise, served with a glass of Bordeaux, plus a lovely pear clafoutis.

If this class is sold out and you would like to register for it, please call our store to be put on the waitlist.

Culinary Adventures: San Sebastián is available on October 30.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$65 Per Person
Thu, Sep 25
6:30 to 9 pm

THE COLORFUL ART OF PASTA

Lydia Gwin turns monochromatic pasta into an art form by coloring the doughs in rainbow colors with the use of vegetables and herbs, then creating patterns for a dramatic presentation. This hands-on class will create artful tortellini with lemon-ricotta sauce with roasted asparagus and toasted breadcrumbs, tie-dye garganelli with a pink tomato cream sauce, plus raviolo al uovo in brown butter sauce - herb-pressed pasta filled with an egg yolk surrounded by butternut squash purée.

If this class is sold out and you would like to register for it, please call our store to be put on the waitlist.

This class is offered again on December 8.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Sep 30
6 to 8:30 pm

AUTUMN DIPS AND SIPS

If dips and cocktails are high on the priority list, join Lydia Gwin for a lively evening in the kitchen making a French pear martini and a bourbon-maple spritz. This hands-on class will create baked pumpkin and caramelized onion dip with gruyère, mini crab cakes with horseradish sauce, whipped ricotta-brown butter-sage dip, sausage rolls with mustard-garlic aïoli, plus herb crackers, lemon-parmesan-chickpea crisps, crudités, and crostini for dipping.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$70 Per Person
Thu, Oct 2
6 to 8:30 pm

EAT THE SEASON - FALL

Lydia Gwin procures seasonal ingredients to eat fresh within the current season. Enjoy a warm pear-ginger shrub with sparkling water, creamy miso mushroom orzo topped with slices of seared chicken breast, roasted delicata squash with a sweet-heat maple chile drizzle, crisp shaved Brussels sprouts-apple salad with toasted pecans and a bright cider vinaigrette, plus caramel apple galette topped with whipped cream.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Tue, Oct 21
6:30 to 9 pm

LUNCH WITH LYDIA - BOURSIN TO BAKED APPLES

Indulge in a delightful morning with Lydia Gwin, as she creates a relaxed lunch with bright seasonal ingredients. Enjoy individual shallot-Boursin tarte Tatins, mushroom pot pie with a gouda crust served with a mixed field greens salad and Dijon vinaigrette, plus baked apple with rosemary served with honey crème anglaise and a gingersnap crumble. #weekday

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Mon, Oct 27
11 am to 1:30 pm

HOT SOUPS AND WARM BREADS - FALL EDITION

Have a seat at the counter with Lydia Gwin and discover the ideal combination of an amazing soup paired with a delicious bread, perfect for any day of the week. Enjoy aash e-jow - a Persian barley soup with rice and beans served with garlic flatbread, African peanut soup with a balance of sweet and spicy ingredients for a zesty warming dish served with cornbread, plus almond-caramel sponge cake.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Tue, Oct 28
6:30 to 9 pm

CULINARY ADVENTURES: SAN SEBASTIÁN

Travel enthusiast and advisor Lydia Gwin shares her culinary adventures to some of the most beautiful and inspiring places in the world with tales of adventure and a taste of local culture. Enjoy a taste of San Sebastián - a coastal city in Spain's Basque Country, as Lydia prepares Gilda pintxos - skewers of a guindilla pepper with a Cantabrian anchovy filet and a manzanilla olive, Spain's famous omelet, codfish in an well-known Basque pil pil sauce, manchego cheese and goat cheese-stuffed red piquillo peppers, plus the iconic burnt Basque cheesecake and Basque cider.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$65 Per Person
Thu, Oct 30
6:30 to 9 pm

WHO IS TAKING SIDES?

Whether you are coming or going, Lydia Gwin helps with crowd-pleasing sides for either a small gathering or a boisterous crowd. This hands-on class will create raclette-gruyère mac-and-cheese with pickled shallots, shaved Brussels sprouts salad with preserved lemon vinaigrette, caramelized onion and mushroom green bean casserole, balsamic roasted beet-carrot-date salad with farro and arugula tossed in honey-balsamic dressing and topped with blue cheese crumbles, plus cheesy thumbprint cookies with cranberry-jalapeño jelly.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Nov 18
6 to 8:30 pm

FLIPPIN' THANKSGIVING

Lydia Gwin turns Thanksgiving (and the turkey) upside down to take the chaos out of the kitchen and keep it wear it belongs... at the family table! Learn some great tips for time management as she prepares herb-brined turkey cooked upside down, sourdough and rye stuffing, Brussels sprouts-farro salad with bacon and lemon vinaigrette, roasted butternut squash with brown butter and pecans and currants with fried sage salsa verde, and cranberry-jalapeño sauce.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Thu, Nov 20
6:30 to 9 pm

HEIR AND A PARENT: THE SPARK OF CONFIDENCE

Piper Gwin has been active in Gwin's Tiny Kitchen since its inception, and proves that her food confidence makes her the mini-me of her awesome mom, Lydia. Piper focuses on five important flavors - savory, spicy, salty, sour, and sweet, as this hands-on class makes baked pizza rolls (a savory version of the cinnamon roll), Buffalo cauliflower with ranch dip, soft homemade pretzels with cheese sauce, plus fudgy chocolate brownies, and strawberry sorbet float with lemonade. This class is designed for children, ages 7 to 11, plus a parent.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$130 For Parent and Child
Sat, Nov 22
10 am to 12:30 pm

LUNCH WITH LYDIA - PERSIMMONS TO PISTACHIOS

Indulge in a delightful morning with Lydia Gwin, as she creates a relaxed lunch with bright seasonal ingredients. Enjoy sweet roasted carrot-cumin soup garnished with coriander oil and toasted pumpkin seeds, maple-bourbon glazed chicken with persimmon-pomegranate salsa served over jeweled couscous with pistachios and herbs, plus brown butter almond-pistachio cake with citrus syrup. #weekday

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Mon, Nov 24
11 am to 1:30 pm

HOLIDAY DIPS AND SIPS

If dips and cocktails are high on the priority list, join Lydia Gwin for a lively evening in the kitchen making an Inverno Arancione - white mulled wine with citrus and ginger, and an Earl Grey-infused aquavit spritz. This hands-on class will create pimiento cheese with salt-and-pepper butter crackers, cannoli chips and dip, dried fruit and nut dipping oil loaded with festive ingredients and served with freshly made rolls, toum - Lebanese garlic dip with French fries and veggies, and Boursin-gruyère spinach-artichoke dip with crostinis.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$70 Per Person
Sat, Nov 29
6:30 to 9 pm

WINTER WONDERLAND TREATS

As sleigh bells ring, it will be thrilling to frolic and play in the warm kitchen baking winter wonderland treats. This hands-on class with Lydia Gwin will create cranberry-orange shortbread cookies, Earl Grey lemon bars, white chocolate scones with peppermint, salted brownie cookie sandwiches with caramel buttercream, and gingerbread-spiced cinnamon rolls with a cream cheese orange glaze. #weekday

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Dec 1
11 am to 1:30 pm

HEIRLOOM COOKIES

Are you craving the holiday cookies that grandma used to bake from handwritten recipes? Join Lydia Gwin in this hands-on class baking heirloom cookies that have been in the family recipe box for generations. Using modern instructions, learn to create Swiss Basler brunsli chocolate-almond spice cookies, triple chocolate-peppermint cookies, pretzel-potato chip moon pies, pistachio thumbprint cookies, and grapefruit-vanilla shortbread cookies.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Wed, Dec 3
6 to 8:30 pm

LUNCH WITH LYDIA - FENNEL TO FRA DIAVOLO

Indulge in a delightful morning with Lydia Gwin, as she creates a relaxed lunch with bright seasonal ingredients. Enjoy insalata di Natale - a colorful holiday radicchio-arugula-fennel salad with pomegranates and candied walnuts drizzled with balsamic glaze, lobster Fra Diavolo, plus "hot toddy" mini pavlovas flavored with whiskey and pear and spices. #weekday

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$60 Per Person
Thu, Dec 4
11 am to 1:30 pm

GIRLS' NIGHT OUT: JINGLE BELLES

Lydia Gwin is making spirits bright with a pomegranate rosemary spritz. Gather your girlfriends and enjoy smooshed carrots and pistachio pesto dip with pita chips, persimmons and fennel salad with lemon Dijon vinaigrette, crab cake latkes with garlic caper aïoli served with pear-apple-celery slaw, plus chocolate cardamom pots de crème with Luxardo cherries.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$60 Per Person
Fri, Dec 5
6:30 to 9 pm

THE COLORFUL ART OF PASTA

Lydia Gwin turns monochromatic pasta into an art form by coloring the doughs in rainbow colors with the use of vegetables and herbs, then creating patterns for a dramatic presentation. This hands-on class will create artful tortellini with lemon-ricotta sauce with roasted asparagus and toasted breadcrumbs, tie-dye garganelli with a pink tomato cream sauce, plus raviolo al uovo in brown butter sauce - herb-pressed pasta filled with an egg yolk surrounded by butternut squash purée.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Mon, Dec 8
6 to 8:30 pm

NORDIC HOLIDAY BAKING

Don your warmest Scandinavian sweater, and join Lydia Gwin for a hands-on class baking traditional Nordic holiday treats. Lydia will teach everyone how to pronounce the words, as the class makes kransekake - a Norwegian almond ring celebration cake, crispy krumkake - Norwegian holiday almond pizzelle cookies filled with lingonberry jam and orange-infused whipped cream, St. Lucia saffron buns, Danish butter cookies, ginger thins, plus Swedish almond caramel cake, all served with an egg coffee with vanilla-cardamom creamer.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Wed, Dec 10
6 to 8:30 pm

'TIS THE SEASON

Be of good cheer in an evening filled with the joy of the holiday season, as this hands-on class with Lydia Gwin creates a traditional holiday dinner. Learn to make herb-crusted seared and oven-roasted beef tenderloin served with creamy horseradish sauce, individual servings of pommes Anna, green beans amandine with portobello mushrooms, gruyère-black pepper popovers, plus 4 Hands chocolate Milk Stout caramel tart.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$75 Per Person
Mon, Dec 22
6 to 8:30 pm

HOME ALONE WITH THE GRISWOLDS AND ELVES FOR A CHRISTMAS STORY

Lydia Gwin's favorite must-see holiday movies have been on replay for weeks and provide all the elfish motivation for a fun movie-themed experience in the kitchen. This hands-on class will create Kevin McCallister's Home Alone highly-nutritious mac-and-cheese, A Christmas Story-inspired meatloaf and mashed potatoes, Griswold's asparagus "Christmas tree", The Santa Clause Caesar salad, 1200 years in-the-making hot cocoa by Judy the Elf served with (yes-it's-a-Christmas-movie) Diehard twinkies. Finish the evening with a build-your-own Buddy the Elf's maple syrup spaghetti with the four major Elf food groups - candy, candy canes, candy corn, and maple syrup, eaten with or without a fork.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Tue, Dec 23
6 to 8:30 pm

IN KNOTS OVER PRETZELS

Lydia Gwin shares global flavors to a variety of homemade soft pretzels that combines technique with creativity. This hands-on class will make German soft pretzel sticks with a duo of dips - pickle dip and Dijon-bacon dip, Swedish sugared sweet pretzels, pretzel-covered hot dogs, and Mexican stuffed pretzels with roasted jalapeño queso dip.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Sat, Dec 27
12 to 2:30 pm

CHEESE BORED? RACLETTE ROCKS!

Treat yourself to a fabulous array of charcuterie and cheese boards with vegetable platters and all the details for creating a WOW presentation. Lydia Gwin has pulled out the raclette sets for Swiss melted cheese, as this hands-on class creates a stunning array of gruyère, comté, emmentaler, sausages, pulled chicken, asparagus, zucchini, mushrooms, cornichons, and pickled onions. Learn to create three potato preparations - roasted smashed with garlic pesto, English roasted, and hasselback, served with creamy horseradish sauce, caramelized onions and mushrooms, and enjoyed with a cardamom-spiced pomegranate martini.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$75 Per Person
Sun, Dec 28
5:30 to 8 pm

SHAKE, RATTLE AND POUR

With just days before Father Time changes the clock to a new year, take a few hours to plan (and practice) a great celebration menu. This hands-on class will shake up two cocktails - a spiced pomegranate fizz and espresso martinis, then join Lydia Gwin to create caramelized onion-mushroom bruschetta, mini beef and sausage meatballs in a tomato marsala sauce served on fontina polenta, grilled shrimp with charred tomato lemon butter sauce, and roasted carrot-onion-hazelnut tart.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$70 Per Person
Mon, Dec 29
6 to 8:30 pm

TEEN CUISINE ITALIAN-STYLE

Designed for teens, ages 12 to 16. Join Lydia Gwin and our team for an awesome afternoon creating your most-requested Italian favorites. This hands-on class will make creamy gnocchi soup, chicken parmesan with fettuccine Alfredo, garlic bread, Italian roasted vegetables, plus lemon gelato with amaretti cookies. #weekday

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Fri, Jan 2
1 to 4 pm

HEIR AND A PARENT: THE SPARK OF CONFIDENCE

Piper Gwin has been active in Gwin's Tiny Kitchen since its inception, and proves that her food confidence makes her the mini-me of her awesome mom, Lydia. Piper focuses on five important flavors - savory, spicy, salty, sour, and sweet, as this hands-on class makes baked pizza rolls (a savory version of the cinnamon roll), Buffalo cauliflower with ranch dip, soft homemade pretzels with cheese sauce, plus fudgy chocolate brownies, and strawberry sorbet float with lemonade. This class is designed for children, ages 7 to 11, plus a parent.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$130 For Parent and Child
Sat, Jan 3
10 am to 12:30 pm

LYDIA LEVELS UP COMFORT FOOD

Whatever comfort food was thought to be, Lydia Gwin advances it to a new level with just the right cheese. Sit back and enjoy gruyère mac-and-cheese raclette with pickled shallots and bacon, albondigas - Mexican meatballs with a bright and spicy roasted salsa tatemada and jalapeño queso served with Mexican slaw, fennel and fried camembert salad with pickled blackberries and white balsamic vinaigrette, plus chocolate cake with ganache.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Fri, Jan 9
6:30 to 9 pm

BROWNIE THROW DOWN

Everyone seems to have their own ideas about what makes the perfect brownie! Should they be chewy, cakey or fudgy? Join the delightful Lydia Gwin in a brownie throw down, as this hands-on class picks their favorite from five spectacular choices, including Texas sheet cake brownies also known as buttermilk brownies, chocolate-thin mint brownies, brownie cookies with salted caramel filling, s'mores brownies with charred marshmallow topping, and raspberry cheesecake brownies.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Sat, Jan 10
11 am to 1:30 pm

THE OFFICE - PRANKS, PRETZELS, AND PARMESAN

Lydia Gwin brings Dunder Mifflin to our kitchen for a cooking adventure. This hands-on class will pay homage to The Office and make Kevin's at-least-once-a-year famous chili, "It's Pretzel Day" soft pretzels, Dwight's family farm spiced pickled beet salad with goat cheese and pecans dressed in pickle brine-Dijon vinaigrette, Michael's carb-loading pre-5K fettuccine Alfredo with "You've been meatballed" chicken-parmesan meatballs, plus Angela's double fudge brownies.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$65 Per Person
Wed, Jan 21
6 to 8:30 pm

WHAT'S IN YOUR DUTCH OVEN?

There is nothing better than a multi-use tool in the kitchen, and Lydia Gwin proves that a Dutch oven can be used for many things other than soups and stews. Enjoy Caesar salad topped with fried artichokes and classic Caesar dressing, one-pot chicken with orzo, sausage-fennel pizza with caramelized onion sauce, plus chocolate-Cherry Coke dump cake.

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Lydia Gwin
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Demonstration
$55 Per Person
Tue, Jan 27
6:30 to 9 pm