Non-credit Cooking, Wine-tasting Classes Return to HCC This Fall

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College (HCC) is running a series of non-credit cooking and wine-tasting classes this fall at the HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute.

Monthly sessions of both the cooking and wine-tasting classes run from 6 to 8 p.m. starting Thursday, Sept. 11, and will continue on Thursday, Oct. 16; Thursday, Nov. 13; and Wednesday, Dec. 10 at the HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute, 164 Race St., Holyoke.

Valley wine writer Ken Ross returns to lead the wine-tasting classes. The four stand-alone sessions each focus on a different theme: organic wine (Sept. 11), Rhone wine (Oct. 16), California wine (Nov. 13), and holiday wine (Dec. 10). The classes cost $79 per session, which includes wine and light snacks.

The cooking classes are led by HCC culinary arts alumni and local chefs Diana Swanigan and Marangelly Vargas-Gonzalez: Sept. 11: charcuterie board workshop (Swanigan); Oct. 16: Mediterranean night (Vargas-Gonzalez); Nov. 13: una noche en España (Swanigan); Dec. 10: wine and tapas night (Vargas-Gonzalez). Each session costs $99, including food and drinks.

To register or read a more detailed description of each class, visit hcc.edu/food.