Join us for cooking class!
Informative, fun and always great food to eat!
Come join us for a fun evening–and taste lots of great food food while you learn everything you need to be successful in the kitchen. Plus, our classes are fun and the evening is packed with laughter. (Information on Team Building Experiences and Private Classes, below.)
Most of our classes sell out quickly, so don’t delay. Register using the links on each class to be sure you don’t miss out.
Bourbon Bliss–A Spirited Bourbon Dinner
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 SOLD OUT
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 SOLD OUT
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 SOLD OUT
A Thyme for Everything
6:00 PM PM
Give yourself a treat or bring that special someone for a fantastic evening at this gourmet dinner when we highlight bourbon from beginning to end. The appetizer will feature Bourbon Brown Sugar Bacon. Our winter salad will delight with a bourbon vinaigrette. The Bourbon Glazed Steak Slices on Cheesy Polenta will star, and that great main dish will be served with Bourbon Glazed Carrots. For dessert? You guessed it! Bourbon and chocolate! What a spirited evening it will be!
Advance registration is required. Register early as our classes often sell out.
A Thyme for Everything
229 B SE Main Street
Lee’s Summit, MO
A Summer Evening on the Seine
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
A Thyme for Everything
6:00 PM PM
The Seine River that flows through the heart of Paris is lined with cafes, and dining leisurely, enjoying time with friends and the scrumptious food, is very popular in France. Since we just returned from an incredible culinary tour of France, we are eager to share stories, tips and their delicious cuisine with you. We will begin the evening with a trio of tapenades, traditional recipes from the South of France. The evening will feature Pork Tenderloin with Sauce Poivrade, in classic French style. We will accompany it with mashed potatoes and seasonal summer vegetables. For dessert, we can’t wait for you to enjoy a chouquette, a sugar topped French pastry, served with macerated summer berries. Come enjoy a mouth-watering dinner and dream of dining on the banks of the Seine.
Advance registration is required. Register early as our classes often sell out.
A Thyme for Everything
229 B SE Main Street
Lee’s Summit, MO
Celebrating Bastille Day
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
A Thyme for Everything
6:00 PM PM
Let’s celebrate Bastille Day with all of France and enjoy classic summer recipes that are as perfect for your backyard or picnic celebrations as they are in France. Vichyssoise, that classic chilled potato soup will begin our evening. We will then enjoy Salad Niçoise, the famous summer dish from Nice that captures the flavors of summer on the Mediterranean and it will be accompanied by a Provencal Vegetable Gratin. The finale with be Tarte au Citron, a luscious lemon tarte. We will begin the evening with an enchanting French appetizer.
Advance registration is required. Register early as our classes often sell out.
A Thyme for Everything
229 B SE Main Street
Lee’s Summit, MO
Jamaican Me Crazy!
Thursday, August 20, 2026
A Thyme for Everything
6:00 PM PM
“Jamaican Me Crazy!” A hot summer evening is the perfect time to dream of sea breezes and beautiful beaches, so join us for a special Jamaican evening. We will begin with Jamaican Beef Pastry as our appetizer. Then on to Jerk Chicken, that famous Jamaican dish, and it will be served with classic Rice and Beans. A fantastic Jamaican pineapple slaw will accompany the dinner and for dessert, it will be rum inspired! Let’s all escape to Montego Bay for a delicious fun evening!
Advance registration is required. Register early as our classes often sell out.
A Thyme for Everything
229 B SE Main Street
Lee’s Summit, MO
An Evening in Provence!
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
A Thyme for Everything
6:00 PM PM
We are absolutely in love with Provence—the sights, the people and especially the food! We are delighted to share this French menu based on the wonderful food we enjoyed there. The class will begin with a cooling gazpacho. White fish glazed with Basil and Almond Pesto served on top of a tomato, carrot, and shallot reduction will take center stage, accompanied by Julia’s Rice and Peas. We will finish with a cookie and rich ice cream, in the true French style. Bon appétit!
Advance registration is required. Register early as our classes often sell out.
A Thyme for Everything
229 B SE Main Street
Lee’s Summit, MO
Private Classes and Team Building Experiences
Do you have a group, club, or organization that would like to schedule a private class? Do you want to bond your office group together through a delicious, fun team building experience. We are happy to teach a private cooking class to a group of about 14 or more. Please contact us to discuss this. We would love to chat with you about a private class for your group.
Did you miss our appearances on QVC? You can watch them here. We were thrilled. Tune in to see the introduction of Delicious Dump Cakes. We were on air, talking with David Venable in the popular show, In The Kitchen with David, live on QVC.
Exhibits and Conventions
Travels ahead and staying up-to-date and informed. We always love to connect with colleagues and look forward to making new friends.
Our Newest Cookbooks
The Best Cast Iron Baking Book. Get out that cast iron and enjoy the best breads, pizza, rolls, biscuits, cookies, brownies, pies, and cobblers.
Toaster Oven Takeover This cookbook will showcase all of the delicious easy foods you can cook in your toaster oven. From breakfast to dinner, from appetizer to dessert, it is so much more than toast.
Rice Cooker Revival Now you can use your rice cooker to make lots of delicious meals!
The Easy Air Fryer Cookbook, The American Diabetes Association. Crisp, crunchy and yet healthy and following the standards of the American Diabetes Association.
The Essential Keto Slow Cooker Cookbook, from Rodale Press. Keto never tasted so good, or was so easy to prepare thanks to the slow cooker.
American Heart Association, Instant and Healthy, 100 Low-Fuss, High-Flavor Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker & Instant Pot. Welcome to the world of healthy cooking using your electric pressure cooker or muticooker. Quick, easy, healthy and delicious recipes! What more could you want?
Delicious Bundt Cakes Bundt cakes are a feast for the eyes and the taste buds! Bundt cakes are perfect for every occasion and with the recipes in our newest cookbook, you will be a master Bundt cake baker. Easy, beautiful, and tasty–what more could you want?
Delicious Poke Cakes—means you will have a flavor pop in every bite. Updated classics to new delicious treats, there is a flavor for everyone.
Delicious Dump Cakes: 50 Super Simple Desserts to Make in 15 Minutes or Less means everyone, and we do mean everyone, can bake a delicious dessert and get out of the kitchen quick. Just layer ingredients, or quickly blend a couple together and pop it in the oven. Get ready for luscious chocolate, caramel, apple, blueberry, pecans and more. Every imaginable flavor combo means you will find a favorite right away. Stress free entertaining–just whip it up and get ready for compliments. Children will love to join you in the kitchen and they are safe from knives and mixers. It is published by St. Martin’s Press and talk about a cute book! Staci Valentine took the beautiful pictures and we cannot thank her, and food stylist Jeanne Kelley, enough.
Slow cookers bake the best desserts, and our Slow Cooker Desserts, Oh So Easy, Oh So Delicious cookbook captures them all. From cakes and cheesecakes, to pudding, bread pudding, cobblers and fruit desserts, fondues and candies, you will find a recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth. It is published by St. Martin’s Press, and we are thrilled —it is beautiful! Thanks to Jennifer Davick and James Herrin for sharing their talent and shooting the most gorgeous mouth-watering photos!
Our cookbook, targeted for Newlyweds, is exciting. It is being published by St. Martin’s Press, and is available now! It is packed with information to help with the gift registry and stock the pantry, and is complete with quick recipes for after work, recipes for more leisurely weekends, for grazing, entertaining and indulging. We even got to work on the photographs and loved working with photographer David Shaughnessy.