Hopkins Community Education

Let Chef Tom Skold be your master of ceremonies for a day of tea tastiness. Work in teams as we steep ourselves in the new trend and fresh taste of tea as a cooking ingredient. Prepare and sample MATCHA DEVILED EGGS WITH BLACK SESAME SLAW, TEA-BRINED SHRIMP WITH SZECHUAN PEPPERCORN BUTTER, a LAPSANG SOUCHONG-RUBBED PORK TENDERLOIN,WITH MAPLE-GUINNESS GLAZE, and CHAI CREME BRULEE. Bring an apron and the rest is in the bag.

You'll begin by preparing delicious egg rolls stuffed with pork, shrimp and vegetables served with both hot mustard and sweet and sour sauce for dipping. You'll then prepare fried rice using chicken, shrimp, fresh vegetables, and the secret sauce. Classic pork chow mein follows served with crispy egg noodles along with egg foo young made with both, chicken and shrimp. We’ll finish this extravaganza with a delightful lemon custard tort.

This 3hr class will build from basic to more advance. Many of your bike issues can be solved in this class! Major focus will be on identification of bicycle parts, trailside repair, shifting adjustments, brake adjustments, chain maintenance, how to repair/replace a tube (flat tire), how to safety check your bike. We will also learn basic wheel truing, replacing a chain, how to replace brake and shifting cables. Learn a skill and leave with a bike tuned up for less than the price of a shop tune up. Plus, you don't have to wait!

Strengthen your love of nature and your appreciation for it in literature in this open-aired discussion about conservationists Roosevelt & Muir with local author Jeff Olson. Jeff will lead a short nature walk at Bryant Lake Park which will rest at a park pavilion for a discussion of the great naturalist writers and facilitate making connections between these themes and the great state and national parks and wildlife refuges of the United States. You will be inspired to read more in your own new copy of Kindred Spirits: The Extraordinary Nature Conservation of Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir (Olsen, 2024). Build your community of fellow local nature lovers and satisfy your appetite after an exhilarating morning at lunch afterward. Note: Please dress comfortably for the weather. Please bring a notebook and a pen. The class will run except in dangerous inclement weather, e.g.: lightening, tornado, etc.). Note: The cost of lunch is not included in the course fee.

This class will provide participants with the fundamentals of fantasy football. If you are new to fantasy football, this is the class for you! Participants will learn how to draft players (there will be a mock 4 round draft), understand important terms and abbreviations needed to succeed in fantasy football, be provided tools (websites) that make it fun and easy compete week to week, and how to begin a league. Participants will learn how fun and easy fantasy football can be.

Learn to create the rolled Norwegian cookie, Krumkakes made with cream, butter and cinnamon or sometimes flavored with vanilla. For generations, minnesotans have purchased their irons to bake krumkakes from local manufacturer Nordic Ware in St. Louis Park. Italian Pizzelles are also baked on the top of the stove using an iron but are a flat, anise-flavoed cookie or they also may be flavors with vanilla. The chewy, almond Swedish Sandbakkelse are delicate golden brown in color and are baked in tiny tins to resemble tarts. Finally, we will master deep fried Rosettes - those exceedingly fragile, paper thin Scandinavian delicacies dusted with confections' sugar. Expect great recipes plus the many tips and techniques that will make your baking a success! Please bring containers to bring your creations safely home.

Join Chef Tom Skold and the crew as we roll up our sleeves and build our knowledge of foundational stocks and classic mother sauces, with fresh takes on Nouvelle mainstays. Features include Smoked Gouda Dijon Béchamel Sauce, Roasted Pepper Mousseline (a hollandaise), Oyster Mushroom-Chive Beurre Blanc, and Real Deal Bordelaise (a demi-glace). Please bring an apron and one or more containers to take sauces home

Join us in preparing a sumptous feast including the national soup (Soupa Avgolemono) a lemon flavored chicken soup. The menu is rounded out with a flaming cheese appetizer (Saganaki) plus an eggplant appetizer. Zucchini with ground lamb (Moussaka) is a wonderful variation from the better known eggplant dish. You'll also master spinach rolls in fillo (Spanokopeta) and walnut cake with orange syrup (Karidopita). Expect more menu items if the class is large!!

Are you tired of staring blankly into your fridge, wondering what to make for dinner? Do you find yourself constantly ordering takeout or making the same boring meals on repeat? Fear not, hungry friend, because Megan and Kirsten are here to spice up your kitchen game in one funfilled weekend! Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned home cook, this live online class is perfect for anyone who wants to take their meal planning to the next level. From “a Month of Meatless Mondays” to “Taco Tuesdays Ten Ways” to “Souper Sundays”, there’s something for everyone. Megan and Kirsten believe that meal planning should be fun! They’ll share their favorite tips and tricks for making meal prep a breeze—from grocery shopping to prepping ingredients in advance—in a handout full of recipes. The live class will be recorded so you can rewatch at your convenience. Kirsten is a champion of cookware who enjoys teaching Instant Pot/air fryer classes from her kitchen with 3 dogs underfoot. Megan is a master of meal planning who manages her busy boys’ schedules and school with grace and style—and would never have a dog in her kitchen!