About Essen

Essen is a recreational cooking school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that provides demonstration and hands-on classes for the home cook.  The interactive classes are fun, intimate and mind expanding and focus on how to bring delicious, seasonal, and homemade foods into our crazy busy lives.

At Essen we focus on developing solid cooking techniques, easy concepts which will be used throughout the course of your life.  We explore the myriad of opportunities to get simply-prepared, good food on the table each day.  We use fresh, not processed ingredients, with a preference for locally-grown and produced foods.  The result will be an increase in your self-confidence and self-esteem, vital to navigate today's world.  And you'll be well-nourished and satisfied to boot.