McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Restaurant Cooking Class To Be Held On October 29 October 29, 2011

McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Restaurant in San Francisco will host a holidays focused cooking class taught by the restaurant’s Executive Chef Liz Ozanich which will take place on Saturday, October 29 from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.

The class is priced at $40.00 per person and will be held at the restaurant in Ghirardelli Square. Advance reservations are required and class size is limited. Call (415) 929-1730.

The menu to be taught will highlight cooking options for low stress holiday gatherings and be comprised of exotic mushroom toasts with Bellwether Carmody cheese; smoked salmon mousse on cucumber wheels; crispy local duck breast with sauce bigarrade and fingerling potatoes sable; and profiteroles with raspberry sorbet and chocolate sauce.

Techniques for deboning duck and preparing orange duck stock for sauce will be covered, as well as the making of choux paste. Samples of each dish will be included with the class and welcome hors d’oeuvre will also be served.

Chef Ozanich, prior to joining the McCormick & Kuleto’s team, was the Executive Chef at the Seafood Brasserie in Santa Rosa, California, a venue that she helped launch in 2002. Before coming to the Bay Area, she was the protégé of the internationally acclaimed Philippe Boulot who was the Executive Chef at the Heathman Restaurant in Portland, Oregon and a winner of the James Beard “Best Chef/Northwest Region” award. Complementing her work on the West Coast have been stints in the American Midwest and a year spent in France.

McCormick & Kuleto's Seafood Restaurant is located in Ghirardelli Square (900 North Point Street) at the corner of Beach and Larkin Streets, in San Francisco, California. Validated parking is offered in the on-site garage. Visit McCormick & Kuleto's on the Web at www.mccormickandkuletos.com. For more information or reservations, also available at OpenTable.com, call (415) 929-1730.