October 27, 2008...

Get ready for the holidays with culinary courses at the Culinary Institute of Charleston at Trident Technical College’s Main Campus, 7000 Rivers Ave., North Charleston.

Discover a healthy cuisine that uses vegetables, herbs and olive oil in the Mediterranean course. It meets 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6. Cost is $59.

Tapas, those little dishes from Spain, have gone beyond being just a trend. Learn more in Spanish Tapas, which meets 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13. Cost is $59.

In Pastries that Puff, learn how to work with puff pastry and choux paste (éclair-cream puff dough) to make delicious appetizers and desserts. This course is offered 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 and the cost is $59.

Step into the bakeshop with Frank DiNardo to make homemade breads such as lavash, a soft bread that you serve with dips or use for wraps, and mini panettone, the classic Italian sweet bread used for breakfast or dessert. Holiday Gift Breads for the Kitchen meets 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. Cost is $59.

Pastry Chef Bernd Gronert’s Gingerbread Houses for Kids and Adults course is a holiday must. Bring an elementary-school-age child and create your own personal centerpiece from the walls up, decorate it and take it home for the holidays. Classes are offered Sunday, Nov. 23 at 10-11:30 a.m.,
1-2:30 p.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. Cost is $49, which includes one adult and one child.

To register, call 843-574-6152 or visit www.tridenttech.edu/ce.htm. For more information, call 843-574-6022.