Tour With Your Taste Buds

You’ve taken a carriage ride. You’ve done the ghost tour. Now head to Charleston Cooks!, a wonderful kitchen shop on East Bay Street, for a Lowcountry cooking class. “Charleston has a unique cuisine, with all its history and culture,” says culinary director Danielle Wecksler. “We wanted to give people a little bite of what we experience here every day. That’s how this class was born.”

The store offers its demonstration-style Taste of the Lowcountry classes several afternoons a week at 2 p.m. Though the menu changes daily, you’ll sample such dishes as blackened pork tenderloin, gumbo, lemon-broccoli pirlau, and bourbon pecan pie. The $25 admission fee includes a three-course tasting, so eat sparingly before you go.

Be sure to save time for some shopping at Charleston Cooks! too. Participants get a same-day 10% discount on merchandise or future classes. For a complete schedule of cooking classes and special events, visit www.mavericksouthernkitchens.com, or call (843) 722-1212. In addition to several ongoing educational series, special appearances by top chefs such as cookbook author James Peterson, Italy’s Giuliano Hazan, and TV host Marvin Woods are scheduled throughout the year.

NextGalleries Galore