Hi everyone, The winter-spring schedule for 2012 is up and running! We hope you like the selection of classes.....take a peek at the menus at www.chopwoktalk.comB<http://www.chopwoktalk.comb/> There are a 'few' spots left in December for a private party. Please call for available dates if you are interested. Please don't forget to purchase gift certificates for the holiday season for your 'foodie' friends, spouse, or significant other. You might want to drop a few hints for yourself too! DECEMBER CLASSES: (call Dorothy at 412-362-0679 to register) Baking & Candy Making Class: Dec, 3rd./Saturday from 11:00-3:00/lunch included/$75.00 variety of chocolate barks, cranberry tart, mini nut rolls, stollen with dried cherries, almond paste, and a brown butter topping, tiger butter, pecan brittle, toffee, and no bake Kahlua balls Moroccan: Dec. 7th./Wednesday from 6:00-9:00 PM/ $65.00 lamb kebabs with red pepper puree, chicken in pomegranate walnut sauce, lemon couscous with pignolia nuts, tangerine, olive and parsley salad, fried briouats with a sweet chicken filling and an orange blossom sauce, and a dried fruit tart with cardamom cream topping Italian: Dec. 8th./Thursday from 6:00-9:00 PM/$60.00 herb salad with shaved Parmesan, fettuccini in sundried tomato and artichoke cream sauce, spinach and ricotta dumplings with vodka sauce, individual beef bracioles, fried bread pocket with a lemon caper sauce, and cannoli for dessert Elegant Entertaining: Dec. 11th./ Sunday from 2:00-5:00 PM/ $70.00 butternut squash soup, fig and pistachio stuffing, brined pork rib roast with a port sauce, spinach salad with stuffed pears and a port dressing, cranberry, cherry, and walnut chutney, plus a chocolate almond soufflé torte for dessert Tapas: Dec. 13th./Tuesday from 6;00-9:00 PM/$65.00 sangria, Spanish coffee, roasted sweet onions with cabrales blue cheese, salad of oranges, fennel, and red onion with an orange yogurt dressing, baked leeks with Serrano ham, grilled chorizo kebabs, spicy potatoes, shrimp in manzanilla sherry cream sauce, and dessert fritters filled with egg custard Happy Holidays to All, Dorothy, Marianne, & Martha 412-362-0679