Cooking classes

One of the things that I do enjoy about living in New Zealand are all the cookery classes that are on offer. Not only the usual night courses at the various schools around Christchurch, but also food shops offering classes in the use of their goods à la the Mediterranean Food Company and Café and tonight I’m looking forward to a class with Judith Cullen of Judith Cullen’s Cooking Classes fame.

That cookbook is particularly focused on cooking with seasonal produce, something that I’ve found much easier to figure out by buying my vegetables at Christchurch markets rather than having to depend on supermarket permaseasons. Apparently Judith is going to cook her September menu, “full of great North African flavours”. Sounds good to me! And then, if I’m not all cooked out, there’s a pasta workshop tomorrow night at the Mediterranean Food Company and Café…