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Disney’s Snow White Cupcakes

We are so excited to announce our partnership with our friends at Walt Disney Studios to celebrate the re-release of one of our favorite movies, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. To celebrate in tasty TBK style, we are whipping up scrumptious red velvet cupcakes from scratch and turning them into deliciously tempting red apples in our…

Junior Chef of the Month: Nikki

TBK North Andover is so pleased to award Nikki with our Chef of the Month honor for January. Nikki is a star TBK student and a veteran camper.  This winter she’s busy tackling our SuperFoodie semester and sharing her Taste Buds knowledge with her fellow chef students.  Congratulations Nikki, we can’t wait to see what…

Hollandaise Without a Double Boiler

Making hollandaise in the microwave is as easy as can be! We love Hollandaise Sauce here at Taste Buds Kitchen, it goes great on top of Eggs Florentine in our Let’s Brunch adult cooking class, and our teenage chefs really enjoy mastering this classic French mother sauce during challenges in cooking camp. Hollandaise Sauce is…

How to Store Fresh Ginger

At Taste Buds Kitchen, fresh ginger is one of our favorite ingredients and we use it often.  Ginger is a flavorful addition to both sweet and savory recipes from our Veggie Dumplings – a favorite in our Adult BYOB Sushi & Dumplings Class – to our Honey Soy Dipping Sauce in our Kids Summer Camps…

Homemade Croissants in under an hour

Croissants can be an intimidating dough to master in the kitchen, it consists of counting layers and chilling dough between every roll out – as well as working quickly to prevent the butter from melting. Here at Taste Buds Kitchen, our clients – young and old – love Fresh Baked Croissants so we had to…

Featured on ABC’s The Chew

Jump into our Kitchen as we enjoy a special visit from Chef Carla Hall from ABC’s The Chew and make Gingerbread Cupcakes with our budding chefs. Ready, set, COOK! Click here to watch the video!

Meringue Royal Icing

Love decorating sugar cookies and gingerbread houses? Ever wonder what holds everything together?  The trick is Meringue Royal Icing!  Deliciously thick and sweet, royal icing dries hard, keeping your candy secure and your gingerbread houses together. Give it a try with our tried and true Merengue Royal Icing recipe. Enjoy! xoxo, Taste Buds Kitchen  …

How to Make Apple Roses

It’s Pie Season at TBK! We are always looking for creative and yummy ways to make pies in our cooking classes.  These Apple Roses are perfect for our teen cooking classes as well as adults!  We make these pies in our cooking workshops, camps and birthday parties. We begin by making our classic pie dough,…

How to Make Meringue Cookies

Meringue Cookies are light, fluffy clouds of crunchy sweet cookie that dissolve when you bite into them.  Rumor has it that Meringue Cookies are tricky to make – and Taste Buds Kitchen was up to the challenge.  How can we make this delicious recipe easy for kids and adults for our cooking classes, birthday parties…

Junior Chef of the Month: Mia

TBK North Andover is so pleased to award Mia with our Chef of the Month honor for October. Mia started her career as a TasteBuddy in Mommy + Me workshops and quickly graduated to semester classes! This Fall she’s busy cooking her way Around the World with her Dad as her trusty traveling companion.  Mia…

Junior Chef of the Month: Max

TBK North Andover is so pleased to award Max with our Chef of the Month honor for August. Max joined us for semester classes this past spring, and has become one of our incredible campers over the summer.  Max recently wowed us with his homemade clam chowder, and his teamwork and creativity make each day…