Learn how to make brioche (and pizza) in the fifth class of the new Winter Baking Series at the Sitka Kitch. The Brioche (and Pizza) With Andrew Jylkka class takes place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, at the Sitka Kitch community commercial kitchen. Please note this is an earlier starting time than our usual night classes, since brioche can take three hours to make.

Come learn to make buttery and delicious brioche bread. This yeasted bread is great for decadent french toast or full-flavored burger buns. Andrew will be bringing along some sourdough pizza dough to make pizzas as the brioche dough rises. Feel free to bring along some of your favorite toppings so that we can make dinner together in the downtime.

Andrew just moved here from Wrangell, where he started baking sourdough as a hobby. Two years later, and he’s diving full on into the bread world and wants to share his passion with Sitka.

The registration deadline is 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 15. Space is limited, so register early to secure your place in the class. We need at least eight students to register and pre-pay to make this class happen. The class costs $40, which is part of our new all-inclusive fee system (you no longer have to pay a class fee to register, then a separate food/supply fee). You can register and pre-pay using credit/debit cards or PayPal on our EventSmart page, http://sitkakitch.eventsmart.com (click on class title). For those wanting to pre-pay with cash or check, please call Chandler O’Connell or Clarice Johnson at Sitka Conservation Society (747-7509) to arrange a payment.

Current (paid) members of the Sitka Food Co-Op are now able to attend the classes for $30 each (the co-op will cover the other $10 of your class fee). Please use the Sitka Food Co-Op ticket when you register and send an email to sitkafoodcoop@gmail.com letting them know you’re in the class. (NOTE, Only one person per Co-op household may use the Co-op discount per class. Please name that person when you register so the name can be checked against the Co-op membership list.)

For more information about the class, contact Jasmine Shaw at 747-9440. We do offer one potential scholarship spot per class for people with limited incomes, so long as we have enough students registered to make the class happen. Contact Chandler at SCS for more details about the scholarship. This class is a fundraiser for the Sitka Kitch.

Also, the registration deadline for the fourth class in the Winter Baking Series, Sourdough Bread With Carolyn Rice (Take Two), is 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Sitka Kitch, and is similar to the sourdough bread class Carolyn taught on Jan. 14. Details on other classes in the series will be posted as they become available.

In addition, the Sitka Kitch is hosting a vegetarian Indian food buffet fundraiser and silent auction from 5:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, at Beak Restaurant. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the silent auction closes at 7:30 p.m. Seating is limited for this event, so register early. The cost is $40, with all proceeds going to the Sitka Kitch to promote new classes.

Students should enter the Sitka Lutheran Church through the back entrance (through the alley off Harbor Drive by the old Bev’s Flowers and Gifts location). The door on the right should be open for students to enter. Please do not park in the church’s back parking lot. Please use the public parking lots off Harbor Drive.

The Sitka Kitch also has a new class cancelation policy. If you register for a class, then find out you can’t attend, please email us at sitkakitch@sitkawild.org and we may be able to help fill your slot through our waiting list. If you cancel from the class at least five days in advance (eg, by Wednesday the week before for a Monday class), you are eligible for a partial refund of your class fee, minus $5 for processing (in this case, $35). If you need to cancel with less than five days advance notice, there is no refund.