Tess’s Kitchen Cooking Classes: HEARTY WINTER SOUPS

During the year-end holidays and beyond, the best answer to “What’s for dinner?’ can be a satisfying bowl of soup, with a green salad and crusty bread.

Winter Minestrone

with white beans and root vegetables is very satisfying and colorful.

Nothing smells better than a simmering pot of

Split Pea Soup with Ham.

We’ll make the cornbread.

Finally, give humble cauliflower its due with

Cream of Cauliflower Soup,

garnished with bacon, crème fraîche and chives.

Alan Tangren Cost: $60

115 Mill Street Grass Valley