The award winning, Lake Side Cafe, in Rogers Park, famous for their creative vegan and vegetarian menu and delicious desserts, regularly offers vegan and vegetarian hands-on cooking classes (from vegetarian basics to sushi to regional foods) every first or second Sunday of the month.
Their latest offering can help you learn the skill of vegan baking and how to convert your favorite baked good recipes to vegan versions. If you have a child allergic to eggs or sensitive to wheat or gluten, vegan baking and alternative flours and sweeteners can offer a delicious alternative.
Vegan Baking: The Essentials to Baking with Compassion
October 4, 2009
Noon to 3 p.m.
Taught by Dacia Lange, the class will show you how simple it is to convert your favorite "sweets" recipes using vegan ingredients. This class concentrates on different cookie techniques, cupcakes, and "cheesecake". Also included is an introduction to alternative flours and sweeteners. On the menu are cupcakes, cookies, cheesecake.
The Cost for the class is: $68 pre-paid or $75 at the door, if space is available.
Where: Lakeside Cafe, 1418 W. Howard St. Chicago, IL
For more information call: 773-262-9503.
-photo credit: "Scott Beale / Laughing Squid"
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