If you like to cook or want to learn and want to have fun doing it with like-minded people; then this is the meetup for you. If you watch the Cooking Channel, Food Network, America's Test Kitchen, Julia, Jacques...you are a Culinary Addict, If you read Food and Wine, Bon Appétit, Food Arts, Cooks Illustrated you are a Culinary Addict...If those magazine pages, worn recipes torn from newspapers, and pages of your cookbooks are stained and smeared from use...then this group is for you. If you want to learn restaurant secrets and follow a syllabus overseen by a Cordon Bleu trained chef then this is the meetup for you. If you want to learn how to make burrata, ricotta cheese, crème fraiche...If you want to work on a class menu then enjoy the fruits of your efforts afterward by participating in a private outdoor communal meal...then this is the meetup for you...If you want to work with fresh herbs and greens picked that day...If you want to learn Tuscan, French, Thai ...If you want to cook using fresh and seasonal ingredients...If you want to learn the secret of pulled pork, smoked brisket, homemade sausage, pasta making and baking, then this is the meetup for you. If you want to make quick salad's with great dressings...if you want to learn sauces, stocks and demi-glace, then this is the meetup for you...If you want to master basic fish recipes...If you want that great steak or you have wondered about molecular gastronomy or never heard of it, then this is the meetup for you. In short if you want to learn cooking with like minded people, enjoy a meal after and have fun doing it... then this is the meetup for you….and if you’ve thought some of those things were too intimidating and would like to learn how to cook…than this is the meetup for you We will meet at a private home in Walnut Creek. There will be a hands-on class and followed by dinner. The instruction's professional but we're pretty casual. By the way her name is Jackie. She's trained in Italy, a food professional and has been trained by various chefs in Northern California. My name is Mike and we’ll be doing our best to offer good instruction and fun times for the culinary addict. ... Looking forward to having fun with food!!!