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In the Kitchen with Laurie Zalk

The former owner of Our Daily Bread now leads cooking and baking classes.

In the Kitchen with Laurie Zalk
A bakery owner turned cooking teacher, Laurie Zalk breaks down the mystery of perfectly prepared chicken and rice with veggies to one of her students at a recent Men Only class, just one of the at-home culinary courses she offers.

Laurie Zalk, the former longtime owner of Our Daily Bread and a brave, brave soul, has her work cut out for her. She’s leading a group of six middle-aged guys in an afternoon she’s billed Men Only: There’s Nothing to Eat in the Fridge.

As a large pan of everything from red onions to green beans and yellow peppers to multicolored carrots cooks, this bakery owner turned cooking coach says, “When sautéing vegetables, there’s almost nothing you can do wrong.”

Not missing a beat, one of the wisenheimers pipes up, “Is that a challenge?”