Katie Lee is coming to Southern California and will be teaching 2 special classes at Sur La Table in LA and here in the OC. Katie will be teaching a class called “The Comfort Table: Chrismukkah with Katie Lee” and classes will be held at the Newport Beach store on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 12:00 pm and Los Angeles store on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm.

Katie is the food and lifestyle contributor for The Early Show and has appeared on Oprah, Today, Extra, The Martha Stewart Show, Paula’s Best Dishes, and Iron Chef America. She has been featured in publications such asPeople, Vanity Fair, Town & Country, and InStyle, and writes a regular column for Cosmopolitan. For those that remember, Katie was also the first host of Bravo’s Top Chef.

Katie will share her expertise and tips on throwing a great dinner party. Her delicious Chrismukkah menu was created for a group of friends who celebrated both Christmas and Hanukkah.

She’ll teach this hands-on class using recipes from her latest book THE COMFORT TABLE: Recipes for Everyday Occasions (Simon Spotlight Entertainment; October 2009; Hardcover; $26.00). The class fee is $79.00 (book sold separately). Lee will autograph books after the class.  Space is limited to 16 students.

The Menu for this class includes: Mini Potato-Leek Latkes with  Spicy Apple Chutney; Wild Mushroom Soup “Cappuccino”; Herb-Roasted Salmon; Stewed French Lentils; Spinach and Three-Cheese Phyllo Pie; Mexican Wedding Cookies; Triple Chocolate Brownies and Campari and Blood Orange Sparklers Mocktails

Newport Beach, CA – Corona Del Mar 832 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Register online http://cookingclasses.surlatable.com or call 949.640.0200

Los Angeles, CA – Farmers’ Market 6333 W. Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Register online http://cookingclasses.surlatable.com or call 323.954.9190

You can purchase a copy of The Comfort Table from the FoodieInDisguise Online store. We will also be doing a giveaway of Katie Lee’s book, look for a blog post on that this weekend!