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It’s February! (And you know what that means.) Downtown Market celebrates Valentine’s Day with a bevy of culinary classes.

SINGLES VALENTINE’S DAY KICK-OFF

Fri, February 10, 6p-8:30p • $65/person

Looking for a fun way to kick off Valentine’s Day weekend? Arrive early to this class and enjoy your first drink at the Downtown Market Ice Lounge. Then make your way to the Teaching Kitchen to meet new people, cook in groups and socialize—all while making seasonal crostini small bites, pomegranate lamb chops, herb cous cous and heart-shaped whoopie pies.

I LOVE SUSHI

Sun, February 12, 6p-8:30p • $65/person

A Valentine-themed sushi class! Learn how to make three sushi favorites: a sweetheart roll, salmon roll, and spicy tuna roll—each will have you falling in love instantly!

VALENTINE’S COUPLES COOKING AND WINE (21+)

Tue, February 14, 6p-8:30p • $150/couple

If you love drinking wine, then you’ll love cooking with it! This class will explore the new dimensions you can add to your culinary repertoire by incorporating the legendary beverage into your meals. The menu will include classic creamy cheese fondue, white wine tomato mussels, coq au vin with herb rice, and double-chocolate profiteroles.

WINTER COMFORT FOODS

Thu, February 16, 6p-8:30p • $65/person

Cook away your winter blues! In this class you’ll make it happen as you create a velvety butternut squash soup, deliciously perfect braised short rib ragu on whipped cheese polenta, and a most comforting warm sticky toffee pudding with whipped cream.

MEDITERRANEAN VEGETARIAN

Sun, February 19, 5p-7:30p • $60/person

In this Mediterranean cuisine class you’ll take a journey with a few of Chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s famous vegetarian dishes such as sundal, mee goreng, seaweed ginger carrot salad, tahini and halva brownies.

WINTER NIGHTS IN THAILAND

Thu, February 23, 6p-8:30p • $65/person

Take a trip to Thailand with hands-on Thai roll instruction and other tasty traditional dishes. You’ll craft Thai spring rolls, a vegetable gang gai (vegetables in red curry), tom qha gai (coconut curry soup) and an unbelievable lemongrass custard.

BIG EASY COOKING AND COCKTAILS (21+)

Tue, February 28, 6p-8:30p • $50/person

Celebrate Fat Tuesday like you’re in the Crescent City with the Downtown Market Teaching Kitchen. We’ll be demonstrating traditional jambalaya and king cake while sipping on hurricanes and sazeracs. Good food and good cocktails, just like NOLA.

435 Ionia Ave. SW

Grand Rapids, MI, MI 49503

616.805.5308

By Lynn Strough

Travelynn Tales

Welcome to this week’s chapter in the ongoing series by our world traveler, Lynn Strough. It’s time for Tokyo!

So, we asked, “How do you know you’re in Tokyo?” And she said, “You know you’re in Tokyo when”:

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About Lynn Strough

Lynn is a 50-something-year-old woman whose incarnations in this life have included graphic designer, children’s book author and illustrator, public speaker, teacher, fine art painter, wine educator in the Napa Valley, and world traveler. Through current circumstances, she has found herself single, without a job or a home, and poised for a great adventure.

“You could consider me homeless and unemployed, but I prefer nomad and self-employed, as I pack up my skills and head off with my small backpack and even smaller savings to circumnavigate the globe (or at least go until the money runs out). Get ready to tag along for the ride…starting now!”

All images copyright Lynn Strough and Travelynn Tales