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1985, after several years of enjoying cooking as a hobby, I decided to pursue
a career in the culinary world. I had just taken a full participation cooking
class that I had found to be a great learning experience. I discovered that the
hands-on method, not just demonstration, is the best way to learn cooking techniques. I
decided to
give it a try. I sent out flyers and took out ads and started teaching classes
in my home. Three years later, Carol Kasper from The
Panhandler kitchen store, asked if I would start teaching classes
in her store. I taught hundreds of avid everyday cooks a variety of recipes in
the kitchen of The Panhandler over the next 15 years. In the fall of 2002, I moved
my classes to The
Royal Standard
on Perkins Road near Highland Road.
In
1994, I published my first cookbook, KAY
EWING'S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK. It
is a collection of menus and recipes from the first
ten years of cooking classes. As a follow-up to my first
book, KAY EWING'S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK…A
SECOND COURSE, was published
in 1999. In 2005 my third book, KAY
EWING'S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK…A THIRD HELPING,
was published.
Over
the past several years, I have escorted several of my
students on enjoyable Culinary Adventures around the
country. Two trips to Walt Disney World included culinary
programs at the Disney Institute. We have also traveled
to Santa Fe, New Mexico for classes at the Santa Fe
School of Cooking and went on a Royal Caribbean Cruise
aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas for a Culinary Adventure
at Sea in March of 2002. In November 2002, we travelled
to Charleston, South Carolina and attended the Johnson
& Wales Cooking School. Culinary tours of neighborhoods
have been the highlights of our recent trips to New
York City, San Francisco and Chicago. Culinary Adventures
such as these have been a rich addition to my experiences
in cooking and travel.
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