It's the middle of grilling season, you've mastered the burger and steak, and perhaps some slow-smoked ribs. Now it's time to expand your outdoor cooking skills with grill-baking techniques that produce the best pizzas and flatbreads!

IN THIS ISSUE, we're taking advantage of the outdoor grill's hotter temperatures and making a delicious flatbread, Basic Grilled Rosemary Focaccia with Kalamata Olive Paste, and two grilled pizzas, Mozzarella and Chive-Basil Pesto Pizza, and Spinach Artichoke Pizza with Wood Smoke. Your patio just became the best pizzeria in the neighborhood!

Thursday, July 16, 6:30 PM

PEACH PERFECT SUMMER LIGHT AND SIMPLE

with Chef Crystal Leach - $45 - 30 participants

Please help us welcome Chef Crystal Leach, a dynamic and popular cooking teacher who teaches regularly at Cook's Warehouse in Atlanta. Chef Crystal thinks that one of the best things about summer is bringing home a basket of ripe local peaches from a roadside stand or farmer's market. We all love peach ice cream, cobbler, pie, and preserves, but this lovely fruit isn't just for dessert. Chef Crystal offers a whole menu of her peachy favorites, including:

Sparkling Peach Lemonade: a light and refreshing sparkling summer cocktail with fresh peaches and prosecco
Peach and Prosciutto Crostini with fresh peaches, wafer thin prosciutto, and blue cheese
Summer Peach Salad: grilled peaches, with arugula, pecans, feta and Honey-Lemon Vinaigrette
Hardwood-Grilled Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with fresh Peach-Lime Salsa
Summer Peach Cake: a surprisingly easy summer dessert made with peaches roasted with schnapps and then folded into a rich sour cream cake batter

Thursday, July 30, 6:30 PM

GRILL MEXICANO

with Chef Meredith Hinely - $45

Chef Meredith Hinely recently returned to her roots in Georgia after many years of cooking in Chicago. And within just a couple of classes, has become one of our more popular instructors. Those of you who have taken her classes understand why. This quarter she's back to help give your summer grilling a bit of Latino accent, with a little sampling of how Mexican cooks beat the summer heat, with some classic flavors, including:

Key Lime Margaritas
Jalapeños Rellenos: cilantro-cream-cheesefilled jalapeño peppers wrapped in bacon and grilled
Grilled Lamb with Classic Salsa Verde
Tequila-Lime Marinated Flank Steak with Grilled Peppers and Onions and Mexican Rice
Grilled Lemon-Lime Pound Cake, topped with Grilled Peaches and Cream

Thursday, August 6, 6:30 PM

EASY SUMMER ENTERTAINING

with Chef Christopher Storey - $45

We're pleased to welcome back Chef Christopher Storey, a fourteen-year veteran of the restaurant/catering industry. Formerly Sous Chef at Alligator Soul and present Sous Chef for Chef Nick Mueller & Company, Chef Chris brings a world of culinary knowledge to our kitchen as he presents some fresh new ideas for late summer entertaining that include:

Hoisin-Cured Trout with Chive-Tarragon Cream Cheese and Cucumber-Caper Berry Relish on Grilled French Bread
Southwestern-style Chicken Confit Tacos: soft tortillas filled with spicy Chicken Confit, Pickled Onions, Queso Fresco, fresh Cilantro, and Tomatoes
Mixed-Berry and Mint Tart

Tuesday, August 11, 6:30 PM

ALLIGATOR SOUL SOULFUL FAVORITES

with Chef Martelle Lorenz - $45

We're so pleased to welcome Chef Martelle Lorenz to Kitchenware Outfitters. A thirdgeneration chef from Pensacola, Florida, Chef Martelle has been cooking professionally for twenty-five years and is the former executive chef of Angus, Pensacola's oldest steak house, and Mitchell's Fish Market in Sandestin. Now a chef at downtown's popular fine-dining destination, Alligator Soul, he shares the secrets for some of the restaurants popular new dishes, including:

Maple-Bourbon-Glazed Pork Belly, with Caramel Ancho Chili Popcorn and Pickled Rhubarb
Pan-Seared Scallops with Citrus Pesto
Sun-dried Tomato Orzo "Risotto" with Parmigiano-Reggiano Tuiles

Thursday, August 13, 6:30 PM

MASTERING THE ART OF SUMMER ENTERTAINING

withChef Nathalie Dupree Cookbook Author and TV Cooking Show Host
- $50

Award-winning cookbook author and seasoned teacher, and television personality Chef Nathalie Dupree needs no introduction to the Kitchenware Outfitters kitchen. Co-author of Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking and, most recently, Mastering the Art of Southern Vegetables, she's back with a summer-fresh selection of new recipes for warm weather entertaining (or for just staying cool with your family). The menu includes:

Chilled Pimiento Soup with Shrimp
Barbecue Spareribs with classic Coca-Cola Sauce
Grilled and Roasted Late Summer Vegetables
Watermelon and Tomato Salad
Bourbon-Spiked Chilled Peach Soup