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Article: Southern sizzle: foodies flock to gourmet classes at the Viking Cooking School in downtown Greenwood.(Food)
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- Mississippi Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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"Add a pinch of sage to your next batch of pimento cheese," advises Martha Foose, the vivacious executive chef at Greenwood's Viking Cooking School. Martha passes fresh sage, rosemary, and parsley to our gourmet club of 20 Jacksonians to smell before she steeps the herbs in milk and cream. She is making Herbed Cheese Flan, the first course for our culinary class and dinner. All ingredients are arranged in classic mise en place--chopped, measured, and ready to use. Martha adds them in order while chatting about food topics such as the current popularity of rosemary in desserts.
After the flan has been prepared, waiters place individual servings on the ...