This class is a private group class organized for Make New Authentic Women Friends Group. If you are not part of this group, please visit our regular class tickets page to purchase tickets for our classes that are open to the public.
Class participants will learn how to make Focaccia Breads and Hearty Soups. The soups featured in this class are a roasted carrot & ginger soup as well as a broth style Tuscan white bean soup with hearty greens. The class will be held on November 7, 2026 and will begin at 1:00 PM
Chef Laura shares her secrets for super easy and delicious homemade focaccia breads, crispy outside and soft and airy center- perfect for snacking and dunking in sauces or soups. While the breads bake, learn how to turn simple, fresh, and locally grown ingredients into hearty & wholesome soups, ideal for dunking the fresh made breads. Class includes 2 different harvest inspired soups. Class will each take home fresh dough to bake at home, as well as finished breads made in class. Her traditional Northern Italian style focaccia will be your new favorite thing to make. Fun with Focaccia shows the importance and ease of a make ahead dough, the methods for flavoring and seasoning the breads, and what items work perfectly to complement the breads such as sundried tomatoes, herbs, olives, and cheese, and techniques for making perfectly dimpled crusty focaccia. Chef Laura will have finished focaccia breads ready to taste, and class attendees get to take home fresh made raw dough batches to bake at home and customize their own flavors, as well as bake their own focaccia in the class.
Class includes recipes & instructions for all preparations discussed and demonstrated in the class. Classes are fun and educational, bring your aprons and your appetite's, the classes are full of great things to sample and taste during the event, both the items made in the class and several other tasting items from products available in the store will be available to sample during the class.