About the Natural Epicurean Public Classes

The Natural Epicurean offers a wide range of public classes and teaching series including classes that will teach you vegan/vegetarian kitchen basics, cooking for the family (and finicky kids!), gluten free, raw food fun, and flavorful menu Friday night classes. Beginners are welcome, so get ready to cook up wholesome, healthy and delicious meals with the knowledge you gain from Natural Epicurean culinary courses. We offer additional macrobiotic classes at Casa de Luz and will be introducing a wide range of new classes at our new kitchen space!

Macrobiotics, which originated in Japan, is so much more than a cooking style; it is an art of living that seeks joyous balance of the body, mind, and spirit. In this four-part introductory series, you will prepare a range of delicious, health-supportive recipes while gaining an understanding of fundamental principles of Macrobiotics that will transform your cooking, eating, and lifestyle. Please click on series title for more informaion and menu items.

Enjoy a free cooking demo (and sampling!) presented by a graduating culinary program student and a lecture / information session about Macrobiotics presented by a senior staff member. Learn how food affects your health and emotions and how a clearer understanding of dietary choices can bring you optimum health and maximum vitality. Would you like to learn that brittle bones, low-back pain, diabetes, and cancer are sometimes not inevitable? Through the application of intuitive macrobiotic principles and by learning common sense eating and living, you can achieve balance in your body and a peaceful mind.

Explore vegan applications of classic Interior sauces with Chef Marko Ellinger. Dried premium chiles open up many possibilities for flavors beyond fresh chiles and quite often the two are combined for unique complexity.

Ayurveda, Yoga’s sister science, is one of the most ancient healing systems on earth. Ayurveda (Ayus = life Veda = wisdom) offers a holistic approach to living and eating, utilizing food as medicine and eating as a healing practice. Click class title for more information and sample menu's!

Join Chef Dimitra Kriticos for a vegetarian Greek feast! Dimitra is a first generation Greek-American whose family has been in the restaurant and culinary world for more than a century. Click on class title for menu items and to reserve your space!

Join private chef and local musician Michael Fracasso for an evening of delectable food and live music! Click the class title me menu items and to sign up!

Becoming proficient with a knife is one of the most important things to learn before hitting the stove. Excellent knife skills will significantly reduce your time in the kitchen and make cooking a breeze.

Join Indian cuisine specialist Shefaly Ravula for an evening of vegetarian Indian specialties Including Dahi Puri's. Tomato Rasam and okra curry. Click the class title for more details and to reserve your space.

Becoming proficient with a knife is one of the most important things to learn before hitting the stove. Excellent knife skills will significantly reduce your time in the kitchen and make cooking a breeze.

Discover the hidden sugars in so many foods we regularly consume. Sugar takes many of us on a physical and emotional rollercoaster each day of which we may not even be aware. Learn how to break the cycle!

Break out of the idea that a gluten-free diet needs is restrictive and come learn about the wide array of whole, unprocessed natural foods that will strengthen your overall health and leave you feeling satisfied without the wheat!

Learn creative recipes that will tantalize your child’s taste buds and encourage a love of grains, vegetables, fruits and other healthful foods.

Plant-based nutrition during pregnancy will not only give your baby a head start in life but will assist in a smooth and happy pregnancy. In this two class series for moms to be, you will learn how to provide the highest quality nutrition for yourself and your baby.

This class will cover a variety of creative brunch recipes, tips and secrects! Menu includes: Roasted Vegetable Quiche; Homemade Whole Wheat Pastry Dough; Spinach & Mushroom Frittata; Poached Eggs with Asparagus & Topped with a Healthy Hollandaise.