Mark Sanfilippo, chef-owner of Salume Beddu and a teacher at Kitchen Conservatory, is pictured in a front page article in today’s Wall Street Journal.
Mark cures pork using traditional Italian methods. He makes soppressata, coppa, pancetta, spicy and sweet sausages, guanciale, and salami.
His small-batch production usually sells out, but you can taste his creations in several cooking classes at […]

Our Winter 2010 cooking class schedule is now available online with 150 new classes!
Please welcome these new chef-instructors:

Lauren DeSantis, who has a cooking show on TV in Washington called “Capitol Cooking,” will cook with wine on December 22.
Chuck Friedhoff of Persimmon Woods Country Club is making his well-known and delicious pierogis on January 11.
Jamie De Weer […]

Anne, I just wanted to let you know that Mark and I had a really good time in the cooking classes. We have continued to try new things and it has made a lasting impact on us. Our daughter had H1N1 and Mark made a stuffed chicken, mashed potatoes and cobbler to leave on her […]

Dear Chef, 
I had the pleasure of taking your seafood and fish class last Saturday (October 17), and I wanted to thank Kitchen Conservatory for a great learning experience. I was amazed how much information was packed into one day of cooking. I learned skills and information that I will carry with me from now on, and […]

Over five days, 30 hours of cooking, we cooked 62 recipes! Wow, what a fun week we had for “Mastering the Art of Cooking.” This limited-size cooking class is an intense exploration of five cuisines: French, Italian, Latin, American, and Asian. One student commented on the last day, “I liked all the recipes and I’d […]

For those who enjoy spicy and flavorful foods, but have been burned by generic Indian food (pureed baby food with cumin or dry orange-colored chicken), please join us on October 6 for an extraordinary cooking class. The new chef at the new Rasoi Restaurant (in the Central West End) creates delicious and modern interpretations of classic southern […]

Spend a week cooking at Kitchen Conservatory! We had so much fun with our week-long cooking class last January that we are doing it again, starting on Monday, October 5. One student liked the class so much that she is taking it again!
This 30-hour class (five days, six hours a day) covers a world of […]

Pies are not just for dessert, but taste delicious throughout the whole meal. Brush up on your pie and crust-making skills on Saturday, August 22 at 10:30 am as Christie Saali shows how to make four scrumptious pies. Two pies are savory creations: fresh tomato-mozzarella pie with a basil crust and a French-style shellfish en […]

July is the most wonderful time to be in St. Louis, because the local farms are at the peak of the season: tomatoes, potatoes, squash, eggplant, peppers, corn, and succulent peaches. The quality of the produce does not get any better than right here, right now. 
Partake of the cream of the crops on July 25 in “Slow-MO” when a great […]

According to this week’s New York Times food section, butchering is in; “for chefs, you’re not really in the game if you can’t cut up a pig.” Curious about how to cut up a large animal? Just where does a pork butt come from? What’s the difference between spare ribs and baby back? Do you choose […]