Demand for vegetarian cooking classes at the New School of Cooking in Los Angeles has been on the rise for several years. There are many contributing factors to this trend. First, there is a new found appreciation for the importance of eating locally. A growing number of authors, cookbook writers and activists including Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Deborah Madison, and Good Food host Evan Kleiman have helped enlighten us to the importance of eating vegetables in season, and from local [...]

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What determines the best culinary arts school? By far the most important ingredient to any good cooking school is the quality of the chef instructors.  An engaging, knowledgeable and experienced teacher makes all the difference.  A good instructor can make even the most banal topic more interesting, and because even the best chefs in the world don’t always deliver the best instruction, the chef instructors at the New School of Cooking are hand-picked, both for their wealth of experience in [...]

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The New School of Cooking is a School for Culinary Arts which opened its Los Angeles location in June 2000. Our classes serve every kind of cook, from beginners to advanced. We feature part-time professional cooking and baking programs which give students the training they need to become professional chefs without the cost or time commitment of a full-time culinary academy. The Professional series are designed to fit within the schedule of working people and meet once a week for [...]

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With so many different kinds of Cooking Schools in California, choosing the right one may require some groundwork.  This article will outline some of the main points to look for when researching Cooking Schools in California: Does the cooking school offer individual hands-on training in a state-of-the-art kitchen classroom? Does the cooking school offer part-time professional cooking and baking programs, which are designed to fit within a working person’s budget and schedule? Are the professional classes technique-driven so that students [...]

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Cooking Classes are popping up all over Los Angeles these days.  Not only are there a number of bona fide cooking schools to choose from, popular restaurants are also starting to offer their own classes to get in on the action.  But “more” doesn’t always mean “better”.  How can you find the best cooking classes in Los Angeles?  First, look at the website.  You can tell a lot about any business by looking at their site design and how they [...]

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