What do I do

The Plan

Urban Stove is here to provide expert cooking instruction to you, in your home.  It is our objective to help you master difficult dishes, learn new techniques, and become comfortable in your kitchen. If you are a person of limited cooking experience, want to impress your friends, or have a dinner party where everyone cooks, Urban Stove is your answer.

We customize a menu based on skills you wish to hone or acquire, and handle the grocery shopping for you. Invite some friends, grab a bottle of wine and prepare a meal from scratch that everyone gets to participate in.

Our success is your success; we work to exceed the desires of our clients, make memorable evenings, and provide a personalized experience with every event. Fostering Kitchen skill building and an open environment, we will accommodate all skill sets and turn you into a kitchen whiz in no time.

Private cooking lessons

Broaden your cooking horizons with in home instruction

Dinner parties get a few friends a bottle of wine and have a chef help you make a fabulous multicourse dinner

Private Chef

Grocery shopping

Meal Planning, cooking

Catering for small parties

Custom menus, meals prepared per client requirements

Kitchen tutoring

Involve the whole family, your friends, or both in educating on healthy eating having fun in the kitchen

Butchery

Knife skills

Knife sharpening

Cooking Techniques

Healthy year round indoor herb gardens

Canning

Curing

Charcuterie

Sushi

Breads

Cookies

Pastries

Cook healthier learn how to use whole foods, eat and shop smart

 

Adult Eggnog Cupcakes

Fluffy, soft, and super tasty, these will make a great holiday treat. I am no pastry chef, but I do like to dabble; cupcakes are some of my favorites since the preparation is fairly basic and the results can be spectacular. Using fresh spices especially the nutmeg makes a huge difference in these cupcakes.

Cupcakes

½ c        Butter

4             Eggs Separated

2T          Brandy

¼ c        Agave nectar

½ t         Vanilla Extract

2/3 c      Flour

1/8 t      Ground Clove

1/8 t      Ground Cinnamon

¾ t         Ground Nutmeg

¾ t         Baking powder

1T          Sugar

 

Preheat the oven to 375
Separate the egg whites and yolks. Measure out the liquid ingredients, set aside; sift together dry ingredients leaving the sugar out, set aside. Place softened butter in the mixer, whip until it is lightened in color and fluffy. Add the egg yolks to the whipped butter one at a time, cream together, making sure everything is fully incorporated. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl, add in the liquids with the mixer on medium speed.  Mix in the Dry ingredients and set aside. Whip the egg whites with sugar until they have stiff peaks. Fold the whites into the rest of the mix, scoop into lined cupcake mold about ¼ c a piece will yield 10-12 cakes. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until they pass the toothpick test.

While the cakes are cooking start the brandy syrup and whipped cream topper.

Syrup

3T          Water

3T          Sugar

2T          Brandy

 

Heat the sugar and water in a small sauté pan, add the brandy,cook for a minute or so, remove from the heat let cool slightly before putting it on the cakes.

Whipped cream

2/3 c     Heavy Cream

1T          Sugar

½ t         Ground nutmeg

Whip in the mixer to stiff peaks, do not over whip, you will make butter.

When the cakes come out allow them to cool, then spoon a small amount of the syrup on to each of the cakes, about a teaspoon a piece it will sink into the cake making them extra moist and add a little kick. Add a dollop of whipped cream and a light dusting of nutmeg for garnish.

 

The basics

At Urban Stove we are dedicated to creating a comfortable in the kitchen environment, we are in business to help home cooks astonish their friends with their home made skills.

Think that making scrambled eggs is the best you can do… Let me just tell you, I was almost that bad when I started, I couldn’t have told you the difference between a large dice and a brunoise. Now though, I’d consider myself quite the expert in many kitchen facets.

I have been cooking since I was tall enough to reach the stove, and professionally for about 8 years. With two working parents who loved to cook, some of my best memories are around the kitchen table, getting my hands dirty. I remember one of the first times I was allowed to cook, my mom was making Chinese food, and I got to wring out the excess moisture in the cabbage, I remember wanting so badly to participate, it all looked so fun. To this day the smell of barbecuing chicken takes me right back to Mom’s backyard on a summer day. I’ll never make pancakes without thinking of the squiggles my Dad used to make for us, or the big fluffy, not from a box, Mickey Mouse cakes while we were camping. Food is a joyous adventure for many of us, but if you have no kitchen experience it can be a little scary.

Follow me around for a while; I’ll demystify cooking for you.

I am an aspiring entrepreneur; my plan is to bring Americans back to their kitchens. Intimate gatherings, a dinner party where you and your friends, in your kitchen, each with a dish to prepare, and with my professional instruction, will learn how to cook something new. Whether you want to get the family together or have a night in with your besties I can tailor a menu for the group’s specific wants and guide you to better home eating.