Cocktail Appetizers – Make Ahead Be a guest at your own cocktail party! These make-ahead bits and bites will allow you to relax, opening the door for your guests without having your hair on FIRE!. Learn the secrets of planning and executing a perfect cocktail party from a master, Chef Carol Dearth, all while making the process fun! In this hands on class you will make, eat and take home Baked Brie with Brandied Cranberries Feta with Warm Mediterranean Spices Wasabi Shrimp Flaming Cambodian Meatballs Butternut Squash & Goat Cheese Tart About Carol Carol has trained as both an educator and a chef. After 26 years of living and teaching in numerous cities both within the United States and in Europe, while gaining a wide spectrum of culinary experiences, Carol settled in Bellevue and established Sizzleworks Cooking School as principal chef and owner. She served as co-host of the local PBS affiliate station’s principal fund-raising event, KCTS Cooks for nine years. Throughout her career, a single lesson learned early while studying in Naples Italy became the foundation of her approach to cooking – let the food taste like the food. That means starting with high-quality fresh ingredients and adding excellent culinary techniques to highlight the star of any meal, the food – accessible, genuine and lacking pretentiousness. “The best part of teaching my students is two-fold — meeting and making so many new friends who enjoy great food, and especially those ‘AHA!!” moments, when a bit of information clicks into place for a student. It’s a source of true satisfaction for me.”