463114 Fri Nov 23 13:06:41 -0800 2007 4 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 3149592 Has anyone taken a good knife skills class in the area? I'm in Marin but can go to one wherever. I'm trying to find one so I can hint about it as a holiday gift! Thanks. Fri Nov 23 13:06:41 -0800 2007 11534 The Librarian 1 3149704 I had one at Kitchen on Fire in Berkeley, and enjoyed it a lot: http://www.kitchenonfire.com/ Fri Nov 23 14:09:52 -0800 2007 3149592 13525 JasmineG 1 3149789 I took one at Sur la Table with Mike C.. He owns Kitchen on Fire in Berkeley, so I wonder if he taught JasmineG's class. He also teaches for City College sometimes. The instruction was quite good. He has too much schtick in his delivery for my taste, but the quality of instruction made it worthwhile. One evening, 3 hours, $70. Fri Nov 23 14:56:23 -0800 2007 3149592 10032 david kaplan 2 3150055 Yep, Mike C. taught the Kitchen on Fire class. I agree with the too much schtick, but he also really knows his stuff, and he was really good at the instructing part. They also have a Knife Skills series (check out their schedule, I think that they have three different classes teaching different things), so you could pick and choose. Fri Nov 23 17:20:11 -0800 2007 3149789 13525 JasmineG 1 3154006 This is probably too far for you, but I gave a cooking class offered by the Palo Alto Adult School as a gift to someone, and we both chose the knife skills class. The class was $40, I think. I was a little disappointed by the class-- I was hoping to learn how to julienne and do fancy cuts, etc., or in the very least, learn how to chop really quickly the way some of my friends know how to do. It taught basic knife skills and stuff like how to hold a vegetable so you don't chop your fingers, but not some of the topics I wanted covered. I might try to take a knife skills class at SLT. Sun Nov 25 18:05:56 -0800 2007 3149592 116395 anzu