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NEW!  Monthly Gift Clubs

Great for the Locavores and Adventurous Souls on your year-round gift giving list

Learn all about 'em HERE.

Fiesta!

Tuesday, January 26  6pm - 9pm

Make every day the "souper bowl" - learn the basics of stews, chilis and soups.  Check out the latin-inspired menu and reserve your seat NOW.

Puttin' Up Casseroles

Saturday, January 30  1pm - 4pm

Spend a few hours with Essen and discover the magic of your kitchen's underappreciated workhorse - the freezer.  Clear a spot for the casseroles you'll be bringing home and reserve your seat NOW.

Kids Summer Cooking Camp

You can never plan early enough for summer

What you've been waiting for.  Check out the schedule and reserve your kids' spot NOW.

Whatsa Essen? Celebrating Lancaster's finest.

Essen is a recreational cooking school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that provides demonstration and hands-on classes for the home cook. The interactive classes are fun, intimate and mind expanding and focus on how to bring delicious, seasonal, and homemade food into our crazy busy lives.

Classes are led by Betsey Gerstein Sterenfeld, who brings her life-long passion and commitment of wellness, food planning and preparation, and bringing people together to Essen.

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