Last week I dragged Floyd to his first cooking class. It was at local DC school Culin Aerie, which I had been to one time before. Living Social is a daily email of deals and coupons I get for the DC area and they sent a BOGO for a sushi making class. Knowing how much Floyd loves sushi I thought this would be a good starter class for a guy not super into cooking. Turns out I was right! We had a blast sipping wine while mastering the art of the sushi roll! The wine explains the mediocre pics below (sorry!) and we quickly realized why the art of sushi takes a skilled chef. The rice is beyond sticky! It stuck to our fingers, hands, table, anything it touched. It was like the super glue of rice! We laughed as we tried to julienne veggies and slice avocado and overall had a great time leaving with full bellies and a new appreciation for one of our favorite dishes. And while I’m not sure I will be making this at home anytime soon, I do highly recommend a cooking class date night! Très romantique!
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I would love to take a sushi rolling course. Looks fun!
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Wow, that looks super yummy! Looks hard to make, but I’m sure that it was worth the trouble.
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How fun!!! I love sushi…but I think I’ll leave making it to the pros. A class would be fun though…
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Yummm, that looks wonderful!
What a fun and creative date idea – I’ve never tried to make sushi before and I’ve never been to a cooking class, so it sounds like a win-win! 
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We love sushi and sometimes make it at home. It doesn’t look as nice as the professionals, but it tastes great!
Looks like a fun class.
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That’s the perfect date night
I make my own sushi all the time and LOVE it! I have to do it that way because I live in the boonies!! lol
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This looks like so much fun. I am newly into sushi and have been wanting to learn how to make it. If only I lived closer.
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I wish I could take a cooking class with the hubby! it’s so cool that you were able to do it.
I love sushi and it happens to be my dinner for tonight (I picked some up at the supermarket
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I love sushi! So cool you got to learn how to make it
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What fun! I wish I could learn make sushi, then it eat! but I can not. (deathly allergic to tuna and most fish, of all things!) but I do know is is really good. I used to eat it *sigh* now I just dream of eating sushi:)
Your right, cooking classes are great fun date nights!
xx
callie
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I just had sushi for lunch, but this still looks so delicious!
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okay, I was totally craving sushi tonight and told my husband I wish I could just make it for dinner!!!!! Now I am on a mission to make it too! looks so good!
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I want to do that!!!! I love sushi SOOOO much and this looks like a great class. Oh my gosh – I want sushi right now.
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How funny, Mara over at M loves M is talking about sushi right now too!
I wish I liked it but my pickiness makes me not. So sad.
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Oh, what a fun idea for a date! Sushi is on my list of weekend cooking projects to try. This post inspired me to move it up a few notches on that list.
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I love me some Sushi. Its so fun to make and eat!
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The BonBon Rose Girls Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:27 pm
@Jackie, You’re link doesn’t work. : (
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There’s a bit of an art to making sushi well…one day I’m going to do a class & learn properly, the few times I’ve tried I failed miserably!
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You’re right, that would be an awesome date night!!
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My husband LOVES making sushi!
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THAT looks like SO much fun
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yummy!! looks soo good!! i would love to do a couples cooking class with my hubby, what a great way to bond!!
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i wonder if I could convince my Mr P to do a cooking class with me. It looks like so much fun. Problem is, he doesn’t even butter his own toast when I’m around LOL.
*kisses* HH
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This is the second sushi class post I’ve seen. Maybe it means I need to go to one myself
This looks really good! And what a great skill to have.
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I would really really love to learn how to do this! I love sushi!
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super fun and YUMMY too!
I host a weekly dating idea evr ery friday @ wonderwomanwannabe.com – (working towards a years worth) this was on my list too, so fun to cook adult food to enjoy together becauses usually you’re trying to crowd please so often!
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The BonBon Rose Girls Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:43 pm
@heidi @ wonder woman wannabe, Hey Heidi, is your server down or is the link wrong? : )
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Cooking is a really fun date idea! hehe your sushi doesn’t look _that_ bad!
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I’m not a huge sushi fan, but this does look like fun!
xo Josie
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wow that doesn’t seem too hard!
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Megan, Goodness! What a fun date night! My hubby is from Hawaii (yay! we will be there at the end of this month!), so I had sushi many, many moons ago when we first were married (28+ years ago!), before you were able to get sushi at the grocery stores or were able to find that Japanese restaurant, except for a big city outside of Hawaii and California…
)…I actually found some bamboo skewers and made my own mat with them and crochet thread! haha
& then after returning back to our home in New Mexico and wanting some sushi, but realizing I didnt have the little mat to roll them up in (& a wee bit impatient to wait til family sent one in the mail
Blessings & Aloha!
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My daughter has a kit to make it at home. Sushi is quite the art form!
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Wow! I looove sushi!! Unfortunately I did’t know how to make it!
That one looks divine! Great pictures, too!
Have a lovely Wednesday!
B xx
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Yum!!! How fun!! Makes me in the mood for some good sushi
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It looks so pretty!
I wonder where the nearest cooking school is for us! SOunds like a fabulous date night!
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We took a cooking class in Mexico when we were on our cruise in January. It was sooo much fun & I hate to cook!
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YUM!!! I LOVE sushi – actually going to get sometime tonight with the boy!! Wish I could make it though, I’m not too sure it would go so well
Your’s looks GREAT!!
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Yum!!! My husband and I make sushi every couple of months as a little date night. It is very romantic and very yummy!!!! Awesome photos!
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looks like so much fun!
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How fun! I would love to try this….love sushi!
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Oh these pics make me SO BADLY want to go to a sushi making class. I’ve been meaning to go for awhile cause I just love sushi so much. Glad you had fun!
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If they ever offer a sushi class in my area, I want to go. I’m picky about my sushi, so I’ve always wanted to learn to make exactly what I like. Your results look great!
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That looks like so much fun. What a great idea!
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looks fun! I love love sushi but agree with you I have no plans anytime soon making it at home. I like to sit and enjoy my sake while a nice japanese chef is making my sushi! LOL>
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How fun! I have always wanted to try making my own sushi!
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I’m from a land of sushi and have never learned to make sushi.
Go figure!
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That looked like a lot of fun! I want to take a cooking class too
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We were just talking about this the other day at work (trying to decide how difficult it would be to do at home). I think my main problem would be figuring out how to cut everything (like the avocado) to get it to sit in the sushi correctly!
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They look great! I went to a cooking class at the Melting Pot for a date night and it was a blast! I think doing something new together is the best way to reconnect.
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