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Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

Master the art of seasoning with herbs and spices in this comprehensive class. Learn to identify, pair, and store these flavor enhancers while cooking up delicious dishes like spiced rice pilaf and Middle Eastern chopped salad. Elevate your culinary skills with Seasoning 101 at Home Cooking New York.

  • All levels
  • 16 and older
  • $110
  • 158 Grand St, New York, NY
  • 2 hours & 30 minutes
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  • Home Cooking New York (Manhattan) @ 158 Grand St Stu 207, New York, NY 10013
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What you'll learn in this culinary class:

This class is designed to be the end-all-be-all for your seasoning questions. We cover all of the following, and cook up a variety of different dishes that incorporate these techniques:

  • ​Identifying every herb and spice available to you in the supermarket 
  • When to choose herbs vs. spices
  • Food pairings (what herbs/spices pair well with what meats, vegetables, starches, fruit)
  • Medicinal properties
  • Where to buy
  • How to store
To highlight these teachings, we'll make a spiced rice pilaf, Indian lentil dal with aromatic butter, and fattoush (a Middle Eastern chopped salad with spiced pita chips and fresh herbs, and a Persian kookoo, a baked herb and egg dish).

Important notes:

  • Please reach out to CourseHorse for any dietary restrictions.
  • Make sure to ring the outside buzzer, even if the front door is open, so we know you are arriving!
School Notes:

PLEASE NOTE: If you are registered for a “VIRTUAL” class, you can disregard the information below.

FOR NYC CLASSES:

You’ll receive a complete recipe packet and enjoy a full sit-down meal at the end of class with your classmates. Our classes are BYOB, and you are welcome to bring a bottle to enjoy at the sit-down meal (not including our baking or dessert classes).

Our classes are hands-on, coupled with demonstration-style teaching. Everyone is situated at their own cutting board/chef’s knife station around a large wooden work table that accommodates the whole class (10 people max). We work together as a group, with the chef at the head of the table.

We focus on knife skills, preparing ingredients for cooking, and we strive to find every opportunity to offer you a hands-on experience at the stove and at your station, all within the spatial parameters of a single stove/family-style kitchen. We ask for volunteers to assist in all cooking.

Refund Policy

For Public Classes:

We have a firm business days cancellation policy (for credit only) to ensure that we have enough time to re-fill your seat with another student.

Please note: Boot Camps require business days notice to be rescheduled.

While it is not in our nature to say no, we are simply not able to accommodate last-minute illnesses or work-related conflicts. However, you are always welcome to send someone in your place, because we understand that these things do happen.

Classes are not refundable.

For Culinary Boot Camps:

Because of the volume of Boot Camps we offer, we cannot offer make-up classes to everyone who misses a class, as it happens too often. As a consolation we have two options for making up missed classes, provided you alert us ahead of time.

  • Send a friend in your place (and make them cook you a meal based on their new skills, as repayment!), or
  • Opt for our “Plan B” program: You can register for any single class that covers the same/similar coursework you missed, provided it still has an open seat 48 hours before it runs. That way you can take another class and we are just filling empty seats. Please note, this is a last-minute, drop-in option, not something that can be scheduled more than 2 days in advance. This does require that you keep tabs on our schedule to see what is available (the number of open seats is part of every class listing).

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

Thank you for understanding!

Reviews of Classes at Home Cooking New York (2,012)

(4.7-star rating across 2,012 reviews)
  • Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

    Reviewed by Esterlita B. on 4/2/2023
    Great class. You will definitely learn a lot from this class.
  • Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

    Anonymous review on 4/2/2023
    Very basic , a little too slow pace I was hoping for more information on function of herbs/spices. And maybe the addition of some more exotic ones.
  • Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

    Anonymous review on 2/20/2020
    My husband and I took this class together and enjoyed it very much. We've incorporated new spices in our cooking since this class and will continue to apply these techniques to our cooking adventures.
  • Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

    Reviewed by Kristina R. on 9/2/2019
    The class was fun and very informative. Erica did an excellent job subbing in! I love her style of teaching. She brings lot of years of experience, especially cooking tips and tricks for cooking in the home.
  • Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

    Reviewed by Christine G. on 8/29/2019
    The class was fantastic! Erica, our teacher, was a wealth of information and so easy to work with. I will absolutely be taking more classes!
  • Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

    Reviewed by Laura C. on 3/25/2019
    This was exactly the kind of course I've been looking for literally for years. I am already making one of the dishes and using the information to do what I've wanted to be able to do which is take the basic idea of a recipe but then change the spices around and make something new...granted, I'm literally doing that now so I don't know how it will come out, but I have confidence! If there's a second version of this class where we learn *even more* more things about spices and herbs I would love to go to that too. Great teacher, extremely responsive to everyone. Deliciousness. What more could you want?
  • Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

    Reviewed by Rockelle G. on 7/18/2018
    Great class, learned a lot! Looking for a to my next class in September and all the ones I do afterwards!
  • Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices

    Reviewed by tracy s. on 4/3/2023
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    Anonymous review on 10/21/2022
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    Reviewed by Kelsey F. on 2/14/2020
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    Anonymous review on 10/8/2019
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    Reviewed by Doug L. on 8/29/2019
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    Anonymous review on 8/28/2019
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    Reviewed by samuel g. on 6/18/2019
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Students at 'Seasoning 101: How to Use Herbs + Spices' found the class very informative and enjoyable, and were appreciative of the instructor's teaching style, which was backed by her extensive years of experience. Many learners felt they gained knowledge that allowed them to experiment with different spices and herbs while enhancing their overall cooking skills. Students valued the practical approach of the course. The ability to take the basic principles of a recipe and adapt it in new and creative ways was highlighted as particularly valuable. Overall, students left the class with increased confidence in their cooking and expressed eagerness to attend future classes. 1) "Erica, our teacher, was a wealth of information and so easy to work with." 2) "I am already making one of the dishes and using the information to do what I've wanted to be able to do which is take the basic idea of a recipe but then change the spices around and make something new." 3) "We've incorporated new spices in our cooking since this class and will continue to apply these techniques to our cooking adventures."

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Question from Ronald M.
Is it allowed to bring pen & paper to take notes? I know there will be a lot of info given and and it will be impossible to remember a lot of it.
Answer from Georgia C. CourseHorse StaffCourseHorse Staff
Hi Ronald! You don't need to. You’ll receive a complete recipe packet and enjoy a full sit-down meal at the end of class with your classmates.
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