The Courageous Cooking School experience is so vastly different in so many ways from other programs you may come across. Our agenda is to immerse you in a world where you trust your own intuition and taste.

If you are familiar with Julia Child and her world-famous Provencal kitchen, then you are probably well aware of the pegboard wall that is proudly displayed in the space. Let’s talk about it.

Re-packaging (or re-potting) your spices and loose-leaf herbs into matching jars is a process called “decanting.”

Let’s talk cardamom. Full, sweet yet sultry, and enigmatic. I cannot stress enough that it is the holy grail for roasted veggies.

What exactly is mise en place, and should you use this technique in kitchens even when you aren’t in the south of France? (Yes! Here are some tips.)

The world is exactly that. It’s full of hopes and dreams, personalities driven by ideas of luck, and charms that are believed to bring that luck to us. Here are a few we keep handy.

Here are three simple sustainability tricks we use on the property that you may be able to adapt in your own home or commercial kitchen.

Blow torches probably aren’t the first thing you think of when considering kitchen necessities. Our Executive Chef used to have a blow torch hanging out of her pocket at all times…here’s why.

Sabers aren’t just for King Arthur, noble knights, and other European dignitaries. Sabers are for everyday people who just want to celebrate with a good bottle of champagne. Enter: Made In Cookware’s Champagne Saber.

Whether you’ve been binging your favorite culinary extraordinaires in their element, or you’ve just spent a little bit of time in the kitchen, one of the first things of note is that the chef always has a sharp, durable chef knife. But there is more to a quality chef’s knife than meets the eye, and many affordable options fall flat. Until now.

Ever been in the kitchen, diligently - yet hurriedly - working through a recipe, so you can get to other things on your task list? (Or, perhaps, sit down to a nice meal?) Everything feels like it’s in a rhythm…until you turn around and mis-assess how far away the pot is from you as you lean over to taste the sauce.

And now the sauce is on your soft, beautiful sweater. And you were dressed for the evening’s festivities.