Don your warmest Scandinavian sweater, and join Lydia Gwin for a hands-on class baking traditional Nordic holiday treats. Everyone will learn how to pronounce the words, as the class makes kransekake - a Norwegian almond ring celebration cake, krumkake - Norwegian holiday almond pizzelle cookies, St. Lucia saffron buns, Danish hindbærsnitter - glazed buttery cookie […]

Indulge in a delightful morning as we create a relaxed lunch with bright seasonal ingredients. Enjoy a savory crispy potato waffle with prosciutto and mustard crème fraîche sauce, cauliflower-hazelnut soup, plus glazed gingerbread bundt cake.

Treasure the magic of the holidays with a variety of teas including Crème de Earl Grey and Cranberry Crush and prepares delectable offerings. Enjoy parsnip-leek soup with chocolate brioche croutons, gouda and rosemary scones, turkey lingonberry puffs, Brussels sprouts-farro salad with bacon and parmesan dressed with maple-apple cider vinaigrette, plus butterscotch budino with caramel sauce […]

Discover what's popping as Lydia Gwin creates surprising dishes with popcorn, including Lydia's popcorn bar complete with a variety of flavorings, including butter-toffee, spicy caramel, pepper and parmesan, cinnamon-malt, and sriracha-lime. Enjoy spiced popcorn-crusted chicken breast, a controversial you-be-the-judge popcorn salad with bacon and cheddar, popcorn bread and butter, plus caramel-butter popcorn ice cream.

With just days before Father Time changes the clock to a new year, take a few hours to plan (and practice) a great celebration menu. This hands-on class will shake up two cocktails - a spiced pomegranate fizz and espresso martinis, then join to create caramelized onion-mushroom bruschetta, mini beef and sausage meatballs in a […]

Treat yourself to a fabulous array of charcuterie and cheese boards with vegetable platters and all the details for creating a WOW presentation. Lydia Gwin has pulled out the raclette sets for Swiss melted cheese, as this hands-on class creates a stunning array of gruyère, comté, emmentaler, sausages, pulled chicken, asparagus, zucchini, mushrooms, cornichons, and […]

Ted Lasso won our hearts with his daily “biscuits for the boss” shortbread tied up in a little pink box, and Lydia Gwin will win over this hands-on class with dishes from her favorite scenes. Learn to make fish-and-chips from Crown & Anchor Pub with mushy peas, Ted's bullseye "KC style BBQ" chicken wings, Roy […]

Start the year off on the right key with a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate keto diet designed to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Lydia Gwin prepares pimiento deviled eggs, bacon-asparagus bites, steak and pear salad with Thai lime-fish sauce dressing, grilled pork tenderloin with grainy mustard vinaigrette served with lemony Brussels sprouts, plus peanut butter chocolate […]

Serving breakfast for dinner is always a winning idea with dishes normally saved for leisurely weekend fare. Lydia Gwin does all the preparations as the class enjoys a savory Dutch baby with smoked salmon and asparagus topped with crème fraîche and scallions, carbonara frittata, caramelized citrus salad with prosecco on salted coconut granola and yogurt […]

Experience Lydia Gwin behind the “bar” creating a zero-proof cocktail flight paired with three perfect courses. Lydia shares mixology tips and the difference between simple syrup and shrubs, as she prepares cucumber tonic with lemon-lime simple syrup and Dry Botanical Cucumber Bubbly paired with tabbouleh with apples and walnuts and quinoa and pomegranates, a non-alcoholic […]

It's that time of the year to help support the Girl Scouts with cookie orders and find inspiration to create exciting homemade brownies. Join Lydia Gwin for a hands-on class making chocolate-coconut-caramel Samoa® brownies, Thin Mint® brownies, Tagalong® peanut butter-cornflake crunch brownies, ToffeeTastic® - half brownie and half toffee chip cookie, plus S'Mores® chocolate brownies […]

Lydia Cooks the Books is a monthly culinary adventure featuring cookbooks from exciting and innovative chefs. Each month, Lydia demonstrates recipes from favorite cookbooks in her vast library. Enjoy a relaxed lunch highlighting recipes from Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking with white bean soup with garlic and parsley, potato gnocchi in gorgonzola sauce with steak […]