Welcome to CookWithJames
We offer cooking & catering services including cooking class parties and private dinners, including mobile paella feasts. We feature Italian and Spanish inspired dishes of the highest quality, and use locally grown and artisan ingredients.

We will be accepting reservations for in-house private groups once it becomes safe to do so. In the meantime, we are offering a variety of fun, fully interactive online classes! Visit our VIRTUAL CLASS page to see a list of offerings and to book online!
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Email us with the experience that most interests you and what dates you and your friends--or corporate colleagues--are available. All experiences start are $135 a person per person and include detailed, step-by-step recipes. A minimum of 4 guests are required for this pricing. If your group is only 2 guests you may pay a $150 upgrade fee to make the evening private for just the two of you. For groups of 4 or more a 20% gratuity will be added. You are welcome to bring with you wine or spirits to have over the course of the evening. A typical experience lasts about 3 to 3.5 hours.

We are happy to customize the dinner--or lunch--to your liking (below are just a few examples of our more popular offerings – we can do nearly anything Italian or Spanish). All cooking class parties include appetizers and a fantastic dessert from Spain called La Quesada (think cheesecake meets flan). We can accommodate vegetarian diets.

Email us with the experience that most interests you and the dates you are available. ​You may also call us at +1 415-425-3444.

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Just a few of our sample menus
(All classes include appetizers while we cook and dessert)

Italian Comfort Dinner #1

PRIMO
-Hand-made parpadelle served with a classic Bolognese sugo of ground pork, beef, carrots, onion, tomato paste, white wine & milk & lots of Parmigiano Reggiano.

SECONDO
-Five Dot Ranch slow-braised beef with wilted Swiss chard.

A Night in Spain

PRIMERO
-Spanish seafood paella with head-on gulf prawns, clams, mussels, piquillo peppers & green beans.

SECONDO
-Salad of radicchio, endive & little gems with Sherry vinegar, olive oil, coarse salt & seasonal fruit.

Rustic Italian Vegetarian

PRIMO
-Hand-made pasta dough, cut into parpadelle & served with my San Marzano tomato "comfort sauce" with a touch of chili flakes, cream & Parmigiano Reggiano.

SECONDO
-Salad of radicchio, endive & little gems with Sherry vinegar, olive oil, coarse salt & seasonal fruit.

Just a few of our sample menus
(All classes include appetizers while we cook and dessert)

Italian Comfort Dinner #2

PRIMO
-Hand-made potato gnocchi, served with a butter, sage & cream sauce with Parmigiano Reggiano.

SECONDO
-Five Dot Ranch slow-braised beef with wilted Swiss chard​.

Rustic Italian Meatball Supper

PRIMO
-Hand-made "polpettini" with heritage pork, bread crumbs, ricotta, egg served with bucatini & lots of Parmigiano Reggiano.

SECONDO
-Salad of radicchio, endive & little gems with Sherry vinegar, olive oil, coarse salt & seasonal fruit.

Saffron Infused Gulf Prawn Risotto

PRIMO
-Carnaroli rice cooked with white wine, saffron and gulf prawns.

SECONDO
-Salad of radicchio, endive & little gems with Sherry vinegar, olive oil, coarse salt & seasonal fruit.

Just a few of our sample menus
(All classes include appetizers while we cook and dessert)

Neopolitan Pizza

.PRIMO
-Classic Neopolitan pizzas made with double zero flour, including Margherita and fungi pies. Customize your own with James!

SECONDO
-Salad of radicchio, endive & little gems with Sherry vinegar, olive oil, coarse salt & seasonal fruit.

How to Cook Meat

-Learn how to cook a variety of cuts of meat, including a double-cut, bone-in cowboy steak (ribeye) and a bavette. Served with a classic Caesar salad & baked potato with butter, chives & Strauss sour cream.

French Bouillabaisse

PRIMO
-Classic bouillabaisse with head-on gulf prawns, mussels, clams, thyme, saffron & snapper. Accompanied with plenty of crusty bread & garlic aioli.

SECONDO
-Salad of radicchio, endive & little gems with Sherry vinegar, olive oil, coarse salt & seasonal fruit.