You Can't Can? Then Take Nicki P. Wood's 'Canning With a Pressure Cooker' Class

If you can't can, you soon can, thanks to Bites' own Nicki Pendleton Wood and her Canning With a Pressure Cooker class this weekend at the

. The veteran journalist and brilliant cook (who goes by "Nicki Wood" or "Nicki P. Wood"

) will teach the class from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. this Sunday, May 27, at the

in the Market House. Spaces are limited and reservations are required for the $25 class. You can find out more and sign up at

.

I don't know about y'all, but I was brought up to fear the pressure cooker. Before the days of reliable pressure relief valves, my mother would clear the kitchen when the top began to dance on our cooker. When I shared this fear with Nicki a few years ago, she was kind enough to come to my house and show me how easy the new modern devices are to use, and she even made me a really nice 15-minute risotto.

Now she wants to share some of that knowledge with you, plus she'll be teaching about canning procedures as well.

Here's the syllabus: