Greetings! I wanted to let everyone know that the class schedules are on the website from now until the end of March. Since I won't be away for the holidays we have added several new holiday-type classes as well as an extensive amount of time during the season for private parties. It's a good way to entertain with no work and especially no clean-up! Please check out www.chopwoktalk.com<http://www.chopwoktalk.com/> for the 2013 classes to include Superbowl Favorites, Chinese New Year Class, Valentine Dinner for Two, Easter in Italy class, and Easter Brunch as well as the regular classes. We also added a Creole/Cajun and German class for 2013 to our list of ethnic foods. Happy Holidays to Everyone, Dorothy, Martha, & Marianne HOLIDAY OFFERINGS AND HOLIDAY CLASSES....call 412-326-0679 to register or to purchase gift certificates! 11/11 POLISH FAVORITES: 2:00-5:00 PM/$65.00 variety of pierogies, stuffed cabbage, borscht, haluski, and paczki (polish donuts) 11/15 INDIAN: 6:00-9:00 PM/$65.00 Punjabi chicken kebabs with mint sauce, naan, chicken tikka masala, lamb korma, mango chutney, mint riata, saffron rice and gulab jamon for dessert 11/17 HOLIDAY COOKIES & CANDY CLASS: 11:00-2:00 pm/$65.00 Hungarian nut horns, espresso chocolate meringues, orange walnut biscotti, lady locks, chrusciki, English toffee, and tiger butter (bring containers to take home goodies) 11/19 HOLIDAY APPETIZER CLASS: 6:00-9:00 pm/$75.00 caramelized bacon wrapped stuffed dates, broiled shrimp on rosemary skewers with mint pesto, puff pastry palmiers with sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese & pine nuts, mini quiches in prosciutto cups, spicy beef sates, Mediterranean triangles, mushroom ragout on polenta rounds, red pepper soup with Sambucca (easy to serve in cups), pomegranate champagne punch and chocolate Kahlua cranberry mascarpone trifle for dessert. Most are easy/make a-head items that take a minimal amount of time. 11/20 VIETNAMESE: 6:00-9:00 PM/$65.00 sweet & sour shrimp soup, green papaya salad, Vietnamese beef fajitas, braised chicken in caramel sauce over rice, coconut rice pudding with sautéed mango, lemongrass tea and Vietnamese coffee 11/23, 24 & 25 DATES AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PARTIES: (great way to entertain out of town guests/relatives) 11/28 MOROCCAN: 6:00-9:00 PM/$70.00 minted lamb and mushroom kebabs, fig and orange salad, Moroccan flatbread, sweet cinnamon couscous, chicken tagine with almonds & apricots, a sweet chicken and nut pie (b'stilla), mint tea and Moroccan spiced coffee 11/29 MEXICAN: 6:00-9:00 PM/$65.00 tortilla soup, spicy pepper jack quesadillas, flautas, chicken with mole sauce over rice, jicama-mango salad, plus tres leches cake with whipped topping and fresh berries 12/1 HOLIDAY COOKIES & CANDY CLASS: 11:00-2:00 PM/$65.00...........same menu as 11/17 12/3 CHINESE: 6:00-9:00 PM/ $60.00 hot and sour soup, lo mein, steamed chicken dumplings with lime cilantro sauce, sweet and sour shrimp and General Tso's chicken with broccoli 12/5 MEXICAN: 6:00-9:00 PM/$65.00..............same menu as 11/29 12/7, 8, & 9 FELIZ NAVIDAD TAPAS PARTY: (nov. 8th is SOLD OUT)/$75.00/BYOB.....more partying than cooking! marinated cheese and olives with crusty bread, empanadas, Spanish meatballs, grilled veggies with romesco sauce, grilled chorizo kebabs with fruit and onions, country omelet, Spanish orange salad with olives, lamb kebabs with a pomegranate drizzle, churros, hot chocolate and sangria 12/10 ITALIAN: 6:00-9:00 PM/$65.00 arancini (risotto balls), shrimp Marsala style with tomatoes, currants, capers, pine nuts, basil & mint, creamy polenta, Italian herb salad with pancetta crisps, homemade gnocchi with peas, prosciutto & chanterelle mushrooms and a biscuit tortoni for dessert 12/12 THAI: 6:00-9:00 PM/$60.00 bang, bang shrimp, pork sates with peanut sauce, Thai herbal noodles, spicy sweet and sour shrimp, and peanut-tamarind grilled chicken plus a coconut flan with Thai bananas 12/12 HOLIDAY APPETIZERS: 6:00-9:00 PM/$75.00..................same menu as 11/19 12/15 DATE NIGHT DINING (COUPLES): 6:00-10:00 PM/$130.00 butternut squash soup, holiday salad with a variety of lettuces, pomegranates, citrus, and topped with a goat cheese and prosciutto packet, pork crown roast with roasted root vegetables, stuffing, and a black bottom cranberry-mascarpone tart. 12/16-12/23 DATES AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PARTIES (great way to entertain during the holiday!!) 12/26-12/31 DATES AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PARTIES (this includes New Year's Eve) Don't forget or order gift certificates at least 1week before Christmas! Call for private party menus....we'll also take requests, if possible