Seats Open for Non-credit Cooking, Wine Tasting Classes at HCC

HOLYOKE — Seats remain open for non-credit cooking and wine-tasting classes this spring at Holyoke Community College (HCC).

Monthly sessions of cooking and wine-tasting classes run from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, Thursday, April 23, and Thursday, May 14 at the HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute, 164 Race St., Holyoke, with an additional cooking class recently added to the spring schedule on Thursday, April 2.

Valley wine writer Ken Ross leads the wine tasting classes. The standalone sessions each focus on a different theme: New Zealand wines (March 26), rosé wines (April 23), and summer white wines (May 14). Wine-tasting classes cost $79 per session, which includes wine and light snacks.

The cooking classes are taught by HCC culinary arts alumni and local chefs Diana Swanigan and Marangelly Vargas-Gonzalez. Dates and themes are March 26 and April 2: Puerto Rican cuisine (Swanigan); April 23: Southern cuisine (Swanigan); and May 14: charcuterie (Vargas-Gonzalez). Each cooking session costs $99, including food and drinks.

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