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January 2020

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31 January 2020

January Tips and Tricks

From cooking with CBD to kicking it old school steakhouse style, January was a great start to the year. Today, we take a look back at some of our favorite moments and share some of the tips that our guests eagerly jotted down to try at home. 

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27 January 2020

Shift Drink: Le Caveau

As an industry worker zipping around on your feet all day, the best part of the day is enjoying a shift drink: a post-work alcoholic beverage to decompress, take a load off, and yes, enjoy a nice buzz before heading home. In our “Shift Drink” series, we explore the many fantastic bar programs of Philadelphia where you can treat yourself after a hard day’s work. For this edition, I visited Le Caveau.

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25 January 2020

Super Snacks

The NFL is almost 100 and this is the 53rd edition of the Super Bowl. Even the most casual fan will partake in the hoopla that is Super Bowl Sunday. Cases of beer will be consumed, and you can bet on the game day food groups being present – wings, pizza and dips. If you’re playing host or bringing something to your friend’s place, you may be wanting to provide a little extra pizzazz this year. Our friends Sara May and Laura Sutter stopped by COOK this week to share their elevated Super Bowl fare, and here are some recipes for you to try!

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21 January 2020

COOKbook Corner: Cooking with Peanut Butter

Peanut butter’s standing amongst the pantheon of kitchen essentials is assured. If for no other reason than making the beloved sandwich with jelly, people (at least those of us that aren’t allergic) will forever have the nutty spread in their cupboards. Ahead of National Peanut Butter day on January 24th, we dug through our bookshelves to find some other applications than just jamming two pieces of bread and being unable to answer radio trivia questions because you ran out of milk.

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17 January 2020

Class Recap: The Farm Cooking School with Ian Knauer

No two journies through life are identical. Finding two chefs that took the same paths is equally as uncommon. Listening to Ian Knauer‘s story of how he got to this point in his culinary career, you might be hard pressed to find anyone whose tale resembles Ian’s. From playing in the home kitchen of a New York food critic that he worked for to being recipe developer for Gourmet Magazine, his unorthodox approach to learning the craft has led to creating a cooking school and his book, The Farm Cooking School.

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14 January 2020

COOKbook Corner: Eating Well

I’m not a nutritionist or fitness guru, but I’ve set my fair share of New Year resolutions about getting healthier to know that achieving that goal goes beyond just trying the newest diet or joining the gym on January 1st. Or making a sweeping declaration. Your best bet for embarking on such an endeavor might be establishing reachable goals that don’t drastically alter your current lifestyle and making sure to give yourself some grace if you “fall off the wagon.” Luckily for all of us mere mortals, there are plenty of people out there that know this and present guides to implement a healthier lifestyle without taxing us with the responsibility of undergoing wholesale changes.

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11 January 2020

Class Recap: Asian Soups and Stews with Robin Admana and Sandy Trinh of Foolish Waffles

Traipse across Philly, you will find Southeast Asia well represented. From Thai to Vietnamese to Indonesian, you’re sure to find something that tickles your fancy. Darken enough doorsteps, you’ll also see that each culture contributes distinct entries into the realm of brothy deliciousness, and it goes beyond just pho. This is where we start our first class recap of 2020. Robin Admana and Sandy Trinh of Foolish Waffles stopped by to expand our knowledge of Asian soups and stews with our guests.

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07 January 2020

Sneak Peek of February at COOK

Photo: Monica Mannion

We’re putting the finishing touches on our February schedule, but here’s a sneak peek of what we have coming up. Don’t forget to grab your seats here this Friday, January 10 at 2pm!

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04 January 2020

You Received a Gift Certificate. Now What?

Someone really loves you and gave you the gift of COOK. If you are not familiar with COOK and what we have to offer, we wanted to take a moment to tell you what’s in store and to answer a very important question: “Now what?” COOK is Philadelphia’s state-of-the-art, fully equipped, sixteen-seat kitchen-classroom where guests come to enjoy chef tastings, culinary demonstrations and cooking classes. Our bookstore, boutique, kitchen, and expert staff are a resource for Philadelphia’s vibrant and diverse culture of food lovers – a space where everyone from the aspiring novice home cook to the most decorated master of cuisine can come to share their love and knowledge of food and drink. Your gift is able to be used for our demonstration classes or boutique purchases alike. There are several bits of advice we offer in terms of how to register for a class. Before we begin, keep in mind that gift certificates never expire or decrease in value, so if you don’t see anything right away that strikes your fancy, check back the following month.

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