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School of Cooking

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      September
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      November
      December
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      All About
      Basic
      Celebrity
      Couples
      Culinary Cupboard
      Kids in the Kitchen
      Mom's Morning Out
      Wine & Food

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Deb Lackey
School of Cooking Director
 
937-434-1294 ext 22269
dlackey@dorothylane.com

Deb Lackey is a home economist and Director of the School of Cooking for Dorothy Lane Market. She writes the curriculum, manages the classes and the volunteer program, and is responsible for buying and merchandising the retail department of the school. Cooking and cookbook collecting are a passion for Deb. An avid cook, her approach to cooking is to keep it seasonal and simple, using the freshest and best quality ingredients available. She holds a B.S. in Home Economics from Ohio University and has taken graduate courses in food science and nutrition at Miami University.


Welcome to Dorothy Lane Market's School of Cooking.

We offer both single-session and series classes Monday through Thursday, with occasional weekend classes. Week-night classes are from 6 to 9 p.m. and daytime classes are offered on the weekend.

Classes are taught mainly by demonstration with opportunity for lots of interaction between the students and the instructor. Participation classes are noted as hands-on classes, and class size is limited. Generous samples and recipes are given in all classes. We suggest you eat a snack or a light meal before arriving for class.

We offer classes taught by a variety of local and guest instructors on topics as basic as knife skills and cooking with a wok, to appetizers, pastries, and pies, to classes featuring entertaining upscale menus. Sign-up for any of our ethnic classes and discover a whole new cuisine that interests you. Our All About classes teach basic cooking skills and are designed for the novice, however many students sign up for these classes to refresh cooking techniques. Be sure to look for our new Mom's Morning Out classes the second Friday of each month starting in September.