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Come Into The Kitchen
BARE BONES COOKING CLASS
This foundational five-part course invites you to explore the kitchen as a sanctuary, a space for creativity and connection. Through basic techniques, chart your own kitchen adventures, and deepen your relationship to the cycle of the seasons, grounded in timeless methods that have served home cooks through generations.
We will focus on local, seasonal ingredients that address our appetites influenced by weather and place. Together we will cook, source and grind spices, make stock, and introduce other surprisingly easy practices that enhance and deepen flavor.
Cooking is an ancient skill that offers both practical and daily benefits and profound satisfaction. This course is for all levels, whether you are just starting out or looking for new and simple ways to level up your meals. This class is for you!
THE KITCHEN IS A SANCTUARY, A PLACE FOR CREATIVITY AND CONNECTION.
Join me in Bare Bones Cooking
Each video in the Bare Bones Cooking series speaks to a new foundational technique — offering a different cast of ingredients to tell the story:
Roast - Comforting and simple. Begin your journey by learning to concentrate flavors by coaxing out the natural sweetness in vegetables.
Sauté - Versatile techniques to sear food and lock in flavor by cooking stovetop.
Simmer - Build soups, stews, and stocks while tasting and playing with flavor as part of the process.
Broil - Cultivate caramelization and char using high direct heat on food.
Feast! - Expand your imagination through mapping a celebratory meal based on all that we’ve learned.
Each week includes ingredient guides and recipes grounded in seasonality to create familiarity with the new technique.
LET’S COOK TOGETHER!
What To Expect:
Local and seasonal food, simple techniques - and an opportunity to reflect on your cooking practice!
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Get inspired
Learn technique simply and accessibly with the goal of making you want to jump into the kitchen.
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Refresh your relationship with cooking
Revisit spice blends, making broth, and vegetable knowledge that are gentle rituals to enliven your food.
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Reflect on seasonality
Journal on food inspirations, the current season, and exploring local markets to meet makers.
COURSE
Bare Bones Cooking Class
Bare Bones is a five-video series designed for all levels connecting you with new flavors that reflect traditional values in bold imaginative ways. We waste nothing and savor all that we have to share the bounty.
Through basic techniques, chart your own kitchen adventures and deepen your relationship to the cycle of the seasons — grounded in timeless methods that have served home cooks through generations.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
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Beth Dooley
Beth Dooley is a “writer who loves to cook,” based in Minneapolis, MN. Her first cookbook was with Lucia Watson, of Lucia’s Restaurant, Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland. Beth went on to write over 13 cookbooks, one of which, co-authored with Chef Sean Sherman, won the James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook — Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen. Beth is an endowed chair at MISA, the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture.
For Beth, food is a means for navigating and sensing the world. She wants readers to feel the urge to get up and cook something through simple, plant forward recipes and techniques that spotlight local producers.
Join today!
BARE BONES KITCHEN can be purchased as a standalone course, or with add-ons that include extra recipes, a signed copy of Beth’s cookbook, and a live, intimate session with Beth in the kitchen.
$95 USD
TIER 1
BARE BONES
Buy the BARE BONES KITCHEN series as a streaming and downloadable collection. Own it forever!
$155 USD
TIER 2
IN THE PANTRY
Access to this course, along with 20+ bonus recipes and a signed copy of Beth’s cookbook Chile, Clove, and Cardamom.
TIER 3
AN EVENING AT THE TABLE
A live, small group conversation with Beth. Access to this course, along with 20+ bonus recipes and a signed copy of Beth’s cookbook Chile, Clove, and Cardamom.
$275 USD
FAQs
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This is a five-part, self-paced course that focuses on the foundations of everyday cooking - how to build flavor, how to work with the seasons, and how to cook with greater ease and confidence. It's accompanied by a collection of recipes meant to be returned to over time, as well as food and ingredient guides and "food journal" prompts for self paced learning.
Bare Bones Cooking Class ($95) -Full access to all five streaming video lessons and accompanying PDFs and recipes. Available worldwide.
Bare Bones in the Pantry ($155) — Everything in the Cooking Class, plus a bonus PDF of 30+ seasonal recipes and a signed copy of Beth's cookbook Savoring the Seasons. US shipping only.
Bare Bones An Evening at the Table ($275) — Everything in the Pantry, plus a live small group session with Beth. US shipping only.
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This is a course for cooks at all levels. If you're just beginning, it offers a place to start – clear, practical, and encouraging. If you've been cooking for years, it's a chance to refine your instincts and perhaps see familiar ingredients in a new way.
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Rather than focusing on performance or perfection, this course is about paying attention - learning how ingredients behave, how flavors develop, and how cooking fits into the rhythm of daily life. The intention is not just to follow recipes, but to feel more at home in your own kitchen.
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After purchasing, you'll receive a welcome email with a login button to access your course. If you ever can't find that email, you can log in directly here using the account you created at checkout.
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Bare Bones is a one-time purchase. Once you've enrolled, you own the course. We kindly decline refunds.
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When you purchase An Evening at the Table or In the Pantry, you will receive an email to access the Bare Bones course. When you click “login” through this email, you will be granted both course access and access to the bonus PDF of 30+ seasonal recipes. You can also return to the PDF and the course anytime by clicking here.
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The signed book will be mailed directly to you if you signed up for the In the Pantry or the Evening at the Table tiers. Books ship within two weeks of purchase. Details about timing and shipping will be shared after you enroll and we will reach out via email asking for a shipping address. Please note that shipping is only available within the US.
Books ship within two weeks of purchase to US addresses.
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The session date will occur in late June 2026 on CT via Zoom. You’ll receive a follow-up email after checkout with the Zoom link. Spots are limited so we can keep it intimate.
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The course itself (tier 1) — the videos, recipes, and guides — is available worldwide. The signed cookbook included in the second and third tiers can only be shipped within the US. If you are located outside the US, you are warmly welcome to enroll in the Bare Bones Kitchen (the first tier).