Neighborhood Notes

It's hard not to be fond of cookies. There’s nothing like lifting the lid on a cookie jar and seeing a myriad of little treats, ranging from simple sugar cookies marzipan confections to buttery spritz. While cookies are lovely all year round, they are particularly suited to the holidays. You can decorate them, eat them, share them and give them as gifts. They even travel well if they're packaged right.

This year, In Good Taste is crazy for cookies. There is a treat -oriented holiday class to fit every appetite.

On Sunday, November 23 at 2:00 at the Pearl District location, Ken Hoyt will teach “Cookies!”. His class will include a basic cookie dough that can be turned into a roll, bar, or drop cookie with just a few additions. It also freezes well. He’ll also be preparing Gluten Free Brownies, Super Deluxe Chocolate Bark, and White Chocolate & Toasted Almond Caramel Corn. These cookies are elegantly addictive- and will soon become the most requested of your secret recipes.

On Sunday, November 30, In Good Taste features one of the new classes in the Teen Cooking Series with a Teen Holiday Cookie Class. Not only will the teens get to make and eat cookies in class, but they’ll also have several dozen cookies to take home. The class is designed for pre-teens aged 10-14, and will include cookies such as Decorated Sugar Cookies, Ginger Bread Cookies, Chocolate Candy Cane Bark, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chocolate Dipped Lace Cookies. It will start at 2:00 PM at the Lake Oswego Location. For teens interested in other holiday baked goods, there will be Holiday Baking Class Around the World on Saturday, November 22. The menu features delicious desserts such as Mexican Christmas Spice Cake, Italian Chocolate Biscotti, American Cranberry Walnut Pie, German Holiday Stollen,  and a Latin Pumpkin Bread Pudding.

For more information at to register, please visit www.ingoodtastestore.com, or call (503) 248-2015.